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HILL WINS BRC STAGE RALLY

Roger Hill and Eric Allamby in the Mobil 1/Nassco/Michelin/Motormac Toyota Celica GT4 were declared provisional winners of Sunday’s (October 31) BRC Stage Rally, the final round of the 2004 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Drivers’ Championship.
Barry Gale/Ryan Rodriguez (Automotive Art/Courts/Kerridge/Yokohama/ Simpson Motors Rally Team Mitsubishi Evo VI) finished second, five seconds behind, with Sean Dowding/Jason Cozier (Pro Pac/Globe Finance Mitsubishi Evo V) third, another three seconds adrift.

LAST-MINUTE ENTRIES BOOST NUMBERS

A number of last-minute entries for the final round of the 2004 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Drivers' Championship tomorrow (Sunday) have boosted the start list to at least 24 cars. Titled the BRC Stage Rally, this mixed-surface event will run at Hangman's Hill and the Vaucluse Raceway in St Thomas and Black Bess Plantation in St Peter.

MANNING TURNS OUT FOR BLACK BESS FINALE

Trevor ‘Electric Micey’ Manning has joined the growing entry for the final round of the 2004 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Drivers’ Championship on Sunday (October 31). Titled the BRC Stage Rally, it will be a mixed-surface event, run at Hangman’s Hill and the Vaucluse Raceway in St Thomas and Black Bess Plantation in St Peter.

FAREWELL TO RALLYING AT BLACK BESS

Plans are well advanced for the final round of the 2004 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Drivers’ Championship, which is slated for this Sunday (October 31); the BRC Stage Rally will be a mixed-surface event, run at the Vaucluse Raceway in St Thomas and Black Bess Plantation in St Peter, which is being used for motor sport competition for the final time.

STRONG ENTRY FOR SUNDAY NAVIGATIONAL EVENT

Twenty-four crews entered for the third round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Ruf 'n' Tuf Navigational Championship, sponsored by Barbados Industries Ltd, at the briefing meeting on Wednesday evening. The event is slated for this Sunday (September 26), with an 8.00am start in Speightstown, St Peter.

RACE AGAINST TIME FOR CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERS

Two front-running crews are facing a race against time to prepare their machines for the third round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Ruf 'n' Tuf Navigational Championship, sponsored by Barbados Industries Ltd. It is slated for next Sunday (September 26), and will starting in Speightstown, St Peter.

LOOSE STAGES RALLY POSTPONED

The start of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) loose season, slated for this Sunday, July 25, has been postponed. A combination of the recent bad weather and the amount of repair work necessary to prepare the courses for competition has forced the 11th-hour decision.
A new date for this event will be announced once agreement has been reached between the BRC and the Barbados Motoring Federation, which controls the island’s motor sport calendar.

McCONNEY AND CRONEY WIN JUNE SAFARI

Philip McConney and Kenny Croney in their Suzuki Samurai defeated all-comers - and the elements - to claim victory in last Saturday's 4 x 4 June Safari, the second round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Ruf 'n' Tuf Navigational Championship, sponsored by Barbados Industries Ltd.
At the end of a demanding route, one section of which had to be cancelled as the hill had been rendered impassable by heavy rain, McConney and Croney had a total of 1500 penalties. Second were David Stoute and Robin Hinds, who collected 3200 penalties in their Toyota Hilux.

PREVIOUS WINNERS HEAD JUNE SAFARI ENTRY LIST

The winning crews from the previous two years head the provisional entry list for Saturday's 4 x 4 June Safari, the second round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) increasingly popular Ruf 'n' Tuf Navigational Championship, sponsored by Barbados Industries Ltd.

ISLAND’S OLDEST MOTOR SPORT EVENT THIS WEEKEND

Preparations are well under way for the 4 x 4 June Safari, to be run by the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) on Saturday (June 26); it is the second round of the Club’s increasingly popular Ruf 'n' Tuf Navigational Championship, sponsored by Barbados Garment Industries.
This year’s June Safari will be the 47th running of the event – formerly known as the June Rally – which makes it the oldest organised motor sport event in Barbados . . . possibly even in the Caribbean.

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