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Paul ‘Surfer’ Bourne extended his lead in the Virgin Atlantic Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s Championship with victory in Sunday’s (March 14) BRC Spring Gravel Rally, but he was made to work for it, after a stall on stage two cost him 30 seconds.
Co-driven by Stuart Maloney in the Banks/Chefette/LIME/Virgin Atlantic Ford Focus WRC07, carrying revised livery front and rear marking a new sponsorship deal with Chefette, Bourne started the day well: he was fastest by 7.3 seconds on the first of the 12 planned stages.

Fresh from victory in last weekend’s Rally Internacional de Curitiba in Brazil, Ulstermen Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle have cast serious doubts on their chances of returning to attempt a hat-trick of wins on Sol Rally Barbados (May 29/30), which celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the inaugural running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) International All-Stage Rally.

The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship gets under way on Saturday (March 6), with the ARMAG March Safari, which has been set by reigning Champion Navigator and Driver Robert Warren and Darrin White.
After completing the route, White said: “I would like to let everyone know that we have set this Safari with mainly the novices and beginners in mind. Our goal was to set a Safari that was fun to drive with great off-road terrain and great views of the island . . . but not to get competitors lost.

Reigning Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s Champion Paul ‘Surfer’ Bourne (Banks/LIME/Virgin Atlantic Ford Focus WRC07) opened his title defence in fine style on Saturday (February 27), dominating both parts of the double-header format Spring Gravel Sprint, run in predictably dusty conditions at Searles.