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MUDDOGS PREPARE FOR 2012 SEASON FINALE

Competitors in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2012 MudDogs Safari Championship and the Chefette MudDogs Safari Novice Championship are making final preparations for Sunday’s (November 11) fifth and final round, the Nassco November Safari.   With route-setters Chris Armstrong and Wayne Clarke, Champions-elect for 2012, revealing little of what they have in store for the 20 crews listed on the running order published today, an intriguing day is in prospect.

NASSCO NOVEMBER SAFARI THE FINAL SHOWDOWN

The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) off-roaders face the ultimate challenge in the final round of the 2012 MudDogs Safari and Chefette MudDogs Safari Novice Championships. The Nassco November Safari on Sunday, November 11, is being set by two of the island’s most experienced navigational competitors, reigning Champion Navigator Wayne Clarke and his driving partner of many seasons, Chris Armstrong.   With two wins this season – in the Chefette March Safari and the Shelbury Construction September Safari – plus two more top three finishes, they are already Champions elect for 2012.

BOURNE SNATCHES LAST-MINUTE WIN AT BLACK BESS

Driving the Chefette/LIME/Slam 101/MQI/Banks/Castrol Ford Focus WRC07, Paul ‘Surfer’ Bourne recovered from some early dramas to snatch a two-second victory on the final stage of the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Winter Gravel Rally. Run on a slightly ‘tweaked’ Black Bess course in St Peter yesterday (October 28), it was the final round of 2012 BRC Virgin Atlantic Championship.

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BRITAIN’S SWANN FOR GROUP N AT BLACK BESS

While the front-runners striving to become Champion Driver in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2012 Virgin Atlantic Championship fight their last battle of the season at Black Bess in St Peter this Sunday (October 28), Britain’s Rob Swann will be using the BRC Winter Gravel Rally as a warm-up for his next outing in the UK.

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IRISH FANS PLAN FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2013

Nearly 50 Irish rally fans are looking forward to Sol Rally Barbados 2013, having signed up for the first-ever package deal offered by an Irish travel agent for the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international. While some overseas competitors have taken as many as 20 family and friends, this will be the largest single group to attend Sol Rally Barbados, reinforcing it as a key player in the country’s sports-tourism product.   Barbados Rally Club (BRC) PRO Neil Barnard is delighted: “This is amazing.

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NEW REGULATIONS FOR THE BARBADOS RALLY CLUB

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has confirmed the revised vehicle regulations under which its events will run during the next three-year cycle from 2013 to 2015. Among the key changes are the abandonment of the lower-capacity production classes and the division of World Rally Cars into two classes; this reflects the performance gap between cars of different periods and allows the inclusion of the most recent World Cars, such as the Ford Fiesta and MINI.

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CLOSE FINISH FOR VIRGIN ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIP

After nine hotly-contested rounds of the 2012 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships, fought out since the curtain-raiser in March, the chase for the prestigious Champion Driver title will go down to the wire at the Club’s final event of the season, the BRC Winter Gravel Rally at Black Bess on October 28.   With a perfect score in earlier events, Modified 7 leader Daryl Clarke (Honda Civic) was hot favourite to win the title, which is based on each driver’s class total, minus the season’s lowest score.

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SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2013 DATES ANNOUNCED

On-line entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2013 will open on November 1 on the event’s official web site - www.rallybarbados.bb – as the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) targets yet another milestone in the 24-year history of its premier event. Subject to final ratification by the island’s governing body, the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF), Sol RB13 will take place on Saturday and Sunday, June 1/2, with Scrutineering and the Sol Go Further King of the Hill ‘shakedown’ the previous weekend, May 25/26.

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GILL PREPARES FOR JAMAICA WITH BLACK BESS WIN

Sean Gill and the Simpson Motors/Shell V-Power/Automotive Art/Monster Energy Drink Suzuki SX4 WRC were the class of the field when competitors in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2012 Virgin Atlantic Championship gathered at the popular Black Bess course in St Peter on Sunday (September 23) for the BRC Autumn Gravel Sprint.

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CHAMPION DRIVER TITLE CHASE RESUMES SUNDAY

For the front-runners battling for the prestigious Champion Driver title in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2012 Virgin Atlantic Championship, it is all hands on deck for Sunday’s (September 23) BRC Autumn Gravel Sprint, a double-header at the popular Black Bess course in the northern parish of St Peter.   At a time of year when some classes are not fully-subscribed, resulting in a lower points haul for those competitors who do turn out, ensuring the minimum three starters is vital for those who stand a chance of claiming the big prize . . .

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