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Mindful of current concerns over the level of inconvenience caused to members of the public by road closures, officials of the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) have devised an exciting new format for the deciding round of the Texaco BRC Rally Championship, slated for a 9.00am start on Sunday, October 16.

Roger ‘Ninja’ Hill tops the list of more than 50 drivers who have scored points in the 2005 Virgin Atlantic Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Drivers’ Championship, following an impressive performance during the two international events of last month’s fifth Barbados Rally Carnival.
At the wheel of his Mobil 1/Nassco/Motormac/Michelin Toyota Celica GT4, the island’s Toyota dealer won the Modified 8 classification at the Vaucluse Raceway International RallySprint, then turned in a near-perfect score the following weekend with co-driver Graham Gittens during Rally Barbados 2005.

Clearly, the organisers’ promise that the island’s oldest organised motor sport event would also be one of the year’s toughest has not deterred competitors; the 2005 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) 4x4 June Safari, which will be staged this weekend (June 18/19), had attracted a mammoth 43 crews by the entry deadline of 5.00pm today (Friday).

The island’s oldest organised motor sport event looks set to be one of the toughest as well this year; that’s the word from the organisers of the 2005 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) 4x4 June Safari, which will be staged next weekend (June 18/19).
This year’s event will be the 48th in its history; formerly known as the June Rally, it began as a purely navigational event before being run for some years as a navigational rally, including special stages. It eventually reverted to its navigational format, and five years ago became a 4 x 4 off-road event.