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Roger Mayers and Max Ferri defeated the opposition and the elements to win Saturday's (August 30) BRC Summer Nights Tarmac Stages, in association with LIME and Banks Beer. As changeable weather conditions presented drivers with almost impossible tyre choices, the day and night event presented one of the biggest challenges of the season.

1 Roger Skeete/Louis Venezia (WRC-1 Sol/LIME/Simpson Motors/Williams Trading Inc Subaru Impreza WRC S12)
2 John Powell – TRI/Nick Telfer - TRI (WRC-1 Intercontinental Shipping/Trinidad Mooring & Launch Services Ford Focus WRC08)
3 Roger Hill/Graham Gittens (WRC-2 Esso/Pennzoil/Nassco/MotorMac Toyota Corolla WRC)

Since its outstanding debut performance at Rally Jamaica in 2010, the Simpson Motors Suzuki SX4 WRC has racked up a string of impressive results initially in the hands of experienced driver Sean Gill and more recently from rising regional star Neil Armstrong.

Leading rally drivers were today (Friday) vocal in their praise and support for mandatory training sessions staged this week by the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF), the governing body of motor sport in the island. Approaching 60 competitors attended the two-part course, staged on Tuesday and Thursday evenings (August 19 & 21) at the Sir Garfield Sobers Gymnasium in Wildey.