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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.

Trevor 'Electric Micey' Manning maintained his good early-season form on Sunday (March 6) with victory in the opening round of the new-for-2005 Texaco Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Rally Championship; co-driven by Ryan Rodriguez, Manning won by a margin of more than 24 seconds.