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A day of hard-fought competition is in prospect this Sunday (September 21) when the top 10 crews in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship points standings face off in the Carter's Pit-stop September Safari. With just four points separating the top two crews overall, and a tie at the top of the Novices table, the battle lines are drawn.
The first crew is scheduled to leave the start in the car park at the Carters Complex, Wildey, St Michael at 8.00am. There will be a lunchtime stop-over between routes one and two at approximately 11.30am to 12.00pm in Conset Bay, St John, with the finish slated for around 4.00pm in Foul Bay, St. Philip. The location of any Driver Challenges is yet to be confirmed.
Route-setters are Kirk Watkins and Ben Norris, who finished second in this year's Sol Go Even Further June Safari, after a lengthy lay-off from the discipline. The navigational systems used will on Sunday be BRC, Straight-line and Tulip, which look set to present crews with a testing challenge.
With three rounds out of five contested, and the dropped points system yet to come into play, the Chefette MudDogs Championships are closely poised: in the overall standings, Derek Gill and Andrew Croney (Insurance Solutions/Sweet Temptations Mitsubishi Pajero) lead with 178 points, four ahead of Leslie Alleyne and Chris O'Neal (Simpson Motors/Shell Spirax/Shell Rimula/Maxxis Isuzu D-Max), each crew having won one event this year.
It is even closer in the Chefette MudDogs Novice Championship, with Damien and Brandon Johnson (Western Union Suzuki Samurai) tied on 174 points with Julian Kirton and Dominic Straker (Kirts Connection Jeep Wrangler). Kirton and Straker won in March and June, with the Johnsons victorious in April.
Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship
& Chefette MudDogs Safari Novice Championship
Round 4 – September 21 – Pit-stop September Safari
Novice Class
1 Damien Johnson/Brandon Johnson (Western Union Suzuki Samurai)
4 Nicholas Pinto/tba (Power King Jeep Grand Cherokee)
7 Julian Kirton/Dominic Straker (Kirts Connection Jeep Wrangler)
13 Richard Hinkson/Nicola Clarke (No More Turns Racing/Eastern Veterinary Clinic Suzuki Samurai)
Pro Class
2 Wayne Manning/Willie Hinds (Zephrin's Bakeries Suzuki Samurai)
3 George Mendes/Gary Mendes (G & G Sales & Service/Lunatics Inc Mitsubishi L200)
5 John Pinto/Nicholas Branson (Amsoil/Paints Plus GMC Sonoma)
6 Nicholas Lorde/Brett Barber (Comfeet/NL Engineering/Sam Lordes Enterprises Land Rover Discovery)
8 Derek Gill/Andrew Croney (Insurance Solutions/Sweet Temptations Mitsubishi Pajero)
9 Warrick Eastmond/Trina Griffith (Daihatsu Feroza)
10 Audley Croney/Paul Marshall (CC Motor Sports & Friends Suzuki Vitara)
11 Chris Armstrong/Wayne Clarke (Toyota Hilux)
12 Leslie Alleyne/Chris O’Neal (Simpson Motors/Shell Spirax/Shell Rimula/Maxxis Isuzu D-Max)
14 Gregory Dickenson/Andre Murrell (Toyota Hilux)
Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship
Positions after round 3
Drivers
1st Derek Gill (Insurance Solutions/Sweet Temptations Mitsubishi Pajero), 178 points
2nd Leslie Alleyne (Simpson Motors/Shell Spirax/Shell Rimula/Maxxis Isuzu D-Max), 174pts
3rd George Mendes (G & G Sales & Service/Lunatics Inc Mitsubishi L200 Sportero), 156pts
4th equal Wayne Manning (Zephrin's Bakeries Suzuki Samurai), Damien Johnson (Western Union Suzuki Samurai) & Audley Croney (CC Motor Sports & Friends Suzuki Vitara), 148pts
7th Gregory Dickenson (Toyota Hilux), 142pts
8th Chris Armstrong (Toyota Hilux), 138pts
9th Julian Kirton (Kirts Connection Jeep Wrangler), 130pts
10th Richard Hinckson (Eastern Veterinary Clinic/No More Turns Racing Suzuki Samurai), 126pts
etc
Navigators
1st Andrew Croney (Insurance Solutions/Sweet Temptations Mitsubishi Pajero), 178pts
2nd Chris O’Neal (Simpson Motors/Shell Spirax/Shell Rimula/Maxxis Isuzu D-Max), 174pts
3rd Gary Mendes (G & G Sales & Service/Lunatics Inc Mitsubishi L200 Sportero), 156pts
4th equal Willie Hinds (Zephrins Bakeries Suzuki Samurai), Brandon Johnson (Western Union Suzuki Samurai) & Jeremy Croney (CC Motor Sports & Friends Suzuki Vitara), 148pts
7th Wayne Clarke (Toyota Hilux), 138pts
8th Dominic Straker (Kirts Connection Jeep Wrangler), 130pts
9th Dean Springer (Eastern Veterinary Clinic/No More Turns Racing Suzuki Samurai), 126pts
10th Jonathan Millar (Sweet Temptations Suzuki Samurai), 124pts
etc
Chefette MudDogs Safari Novice Championship
Positions after round 3
Drivers & Navigators
1st equal Damien Johnson/Brandon Johnson (Western Union Suzuki Samurai) & Julian Kirton/Dominic Straker (Kirts Connection Jeep Wrangler), 174pts
3rd Richard Hinkson/Dean Springer (Eastern Veterinary Clinic/No More Turns Racing Suzuki Samurai), 168pts
4th Simon Parravicino/Jonathan Millar (Sweet Temptations Suzuki Samurai), 164pts
5th Michael Broome/Joshua Broome (WOW Camp/12 Volt Auto Suzuki Jimny), 108pts
etc
Forthcoming events
MudFest - October 26
Round 5 - November 9 - BRC MudDogs November Safari
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Web sites: www.barbadosrallyclub.com [2], www.muddogsbarbados.com
