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Twenty-eight crews drive into the ‘last chance saloon’ this weekend (November 1 & 2) as the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Virgin Atlantic RallySport Championship reaches its conclusion with an event new to the Club’s calendar, the BRC Winter Rally; this gravel event comprises 12 stages split into three routes, one on Saturday evening and two on Sunday.

The pressure is on this weekend (November 1/2) as the 2008 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Virgin Atlantic RallySport Championship reaches its climax at the BRC Winter Rally; this new event on the Club’s calendar is a gravel rally, featuring a total of 12 stages, split into three routes, one on Saturday evening and two on Sunday.

The running order published today lists 25 crews ready to be ‘let loose’ on Sunday (October 19) as the 2008 Barbados Rally Club switches back from tarmac to gravel for the Club’s penultimate rally of its 51st competition season; the final round will run over the November 1/2 weekend.

Husband and wife crew Leslie and Anna-Lee Alleyne added another navigational victory to their already impressive cv on Sunday (September 21) when they won the Regional Fire & Security September Safari, round three of the 2008 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship.
Merely 105 penalties covered the top three crews after a hard-fought contest, where consistency was all-important and in which the weather did not play as great a part as expected - despite the heavy rainfall of Thursday and Friday, the tracks were significantly drier than many had predicted.