LAST CHANCE SALOON FOR RALLY CLUB CONTENDERS

Enhanced points on offer in Sunday’s BRC Winter Rally

Competitors in the 2022 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s and Class Championships face their eighth and final challenge of the season this weekend in Sunday’s (October 16) BRC Winter Rally. With around 200 kilometres of competitive motoring already under their belts since the Shakedown Double-Header in April, 10 more special stages in the north of the island will settle the matter with the now-customary enhanced points structure in place for the season finale.
  Leaders of the 4wd Championship standings, Dane Skeete and Tyler Mayhew (Subaru Impreza WRC S12) are seeded at number one of 29 cars and the lone entry in WRC in the running order published at last evening’s (Thursday) Briefing Meeting at the Barbados Clay Target Shooting Association Clubhouse, Searles, Christ Church. Stuart Maloney and Kreigg Yearwood start at number two, their Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo the first of nine cars in the FIA R5 class, as drivers continue the hunt for points in the Barbados Motoring Federation-administered R5 Rally Championship presented by First Citizens.
  Josh Read and Mark Jordan start at three in their Ford Fiesta R5, with Mark Thompson and Kurt Seabra at four in their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX, the only car entered in Modified 4, ahead of the remaining R5 cars. These include the Fiestas of overseas visitors Rob Swann from the UK and Turks & Caicos Rally Team members Paul Horton, Stan Hartling and son Ben. Swann and Horton are entered with their regular Welsh co-drivers Darren Garrod and Matt Edwards, who have won two British Rally Championship titles together with Edwards at the wheel,
  The morning route will comprise three runs through the 3.6-kilometre Dark Hole stage northbound from Upper Parks to Haggatts – SS1 is scheduled to start at 10.30am – and two through Rock Hall (3.00km) from east to west. After the lunch break, much of the transit route will differ, as Dark Hole will run southbound – SS6 should start at 14.25pm - while Rock Hall will be tackled in the same direction as before. The event, which will be based in the Service Park in Haymans Factory Yard in St Peter, is expected to finish around 5.00pm.
  In terms of the Driver’s Championship, the leading contenders are Edward Corbin and Jonathan Alleyne (Daihatsu Charmant) with 113 points, Robert Ryan Wood and Miranda Ho (BimmaCup) with 108 and Jermin Pope/Aaron Kirton (Honda Civic) with 101. Corbin and Pope are separated by 12 points in the fight for Modified 1, while ‘Woody’ has a slightly safer margin of 17 points over Sean Corbin/Emily Kinch in Clubman 2. Both classes are fully subscribed - three or more entries - so all can enjoy the maximum benefit of the 28 points on offer for a class win, with 23 for second and 20 for third.
  Highest 2wd seeds, at 12, are Logan Watson and Barry Ward (BMW M3), current leaders of the 2wd Championship and the Modified 3 class; with no entries in SuperModified 2 on Sunday, there are sure to be some changes in the 2wd standings, where three of the top six positions are held by SM2 regulars Andrew Jones and brothers Roger and Barry Mayers.

BRC Winter Rally - Sunday, October 16
2022 BRC Driver’s & Class Championships, round 8
Final running order at October 14:

1 Dane Skeete/Tyler Mayhew (WRC Sol/CO Williams Sand & Lime/Automotive Art Subaru Impreza WRC S12)
2 Stuart Maloney/Kristian Yearwood (FIA R5 Rock Hard/VP Fuels/Chevron/Bushy Park/Sign Station Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo)
3 Josh Read/Mark Jordan (FIA R5 Automotive Art Ford Fiesta R5)
4 Mark Thompson/Kurt Seabra - GUY (M4 Glassesco Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)
5 Roger Hill/Graham Gittens (FIA R5 Esso/MaxMeyer Paints/MotorMac Skoda Fabia R5)
6 Mark Maloney/Kreigg Yearwood (FIA R5 Rock Hard/VP Fuels/Chevron/Bushy Park/Sign Station Skoda Fabia R5)
7 Rob Swann – ENG/Darren Garrod - WAL (FIA R5 Blue Sky Luxury/RA Swann Ltd/Marriott International Ford Fiesta Rally2)
8 Andrew Mallalieu/Geoff Goddard (FIA R5 Terra Caribbean Ford Fiesta R5)
9 Paul Horton – TCI/Matt Edwards - WAL (FIA R5 Java Island/HO2 Construction/Sky Motorsports Ford Fiesta R5)
10 Ben Hartling – CDN/Mark Kinch (FIA R5 The Hartling Group/Bambarra Rum Ford Fiesta R5)
11 Stan Hartling – CDN/Jeremy Croney (FIA R5 The Hartling Group/Bambarra Rum Ford Fiesta R5)
12 Logan Watson/Barry Ward (M3 Cargo BGI/Enermax Ltd/Luxe Caribbean Properties/It’s Barbados/Sign Depot/Bajan Pure Water/Stihl/Hankook Tires BMW M3)
14 Neil Corbin/Matthew Staffner (M2 Nassco Limited/H Jason Jones/Auto Solutions/Stamina Energy Drink/Pressout Performance Toyota GT86 CS-R3)
15 Edward Corbin/Jonathan Alleyne (M1 Automotive Art/Valvoline/Pro Sales/Cargo BGI/Hilti Daihatsu Charmant)
16 Jamal Brathwaite/Tammy Nelson (F) (M2 Wolf Lubricants/A & A Auto Parts/JAVA Island Coffee/Consumers Guarantee Insurance/The East Connection/Caribbean Auto Glass/Stylez Auto Spa Honda Civic Type-R)
17 Jermin Pope/Aaron Kirton (M1 Glassesco/PEG Farms/Good Time Snacks/NKM Clothing/Bio Beauty Day Spa/Automotive Art/Industries Job/C & A Auto Body Repair Honda Civic)
18 Sean Corbin/Emily Kinch (F) (C2 Super-S Premium Lubricants/Kikks Slippers/Carters Pitstop/Westlake Tires/Gunk BimmaCup)
19 Robert Ryan Wood/Miranda Ho (F) (C2 Carter’s Pitstop/Power King Batteries/C&A Autobody Repair/Guava Tech/Hilti/West Lake/Medical Massage Specialist BimmaCup)
20 Chris Hoad/Castara Waterman (F) (C2 Subway/Dasani Water/Guava Tech BimmaCup)
21 Ahmed Esuf/Havabibi Suleman (F) (M3 Express Imports/Royal Chai Barbados/Prosales/Y Esuf Auto Clinic BMW M3)
22 Pierre Clarke/Paul Inniss (M1 SDRR Hydraulics & Industrial Spares Honda Civic)
23 Sacha Soodeen/Dwayne Forde (C2 SMJ/Kure Oxygen Water/Turbo Energy BimmaCup)
24 Stuart Garcia/Rasheed Smith (C3 Kirba Inc/Smith’s Engineering Works/Guava Tech BimmaCup Too)
25 Calvin Briggs/Fabian Morris (GpB Flying Bell Farms Ford Sierra)
26 Horatio Brown – JAM/Leslie Evanson (F) (M1 Fast Parts Barbados/Garage 61/Esuf Racing/RAW Power Motorsports Citroen C2R2)
27 Jason Tull/Sameisha Williams (F) (C1 Jay-T’s Auto Services/Shalom Management Services Peugeot 106 Rallye S2)
28 Ryan O Wood/Shaquille Mayers (SM1 MB Auto City/BizNeedz Racing/Lucas Oil/Shonny’s Kitchen/Street Locker The Store Toyota Starlet)
29 Darren Lashley/Jason Harewood (SM1 HEL Performance/Hi-Speed Performance Parts/Starboy Performance/Lashley’s Auto Garage/High Maintenance Detailing Toyota Starlet)
30 Natya Soodeen (F)/Nicholas D Gill (C2 SMJ/Kure Oxygen Water/Turbo Energy BimmaCup)

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