Rally Club Championship to be settled on Sunday

 Stuart Maloney and Kristian Yearwood lead the field of 43 cars entered for the final round of the 2024 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s and Class Championships in the Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 in which they won BCIC Rally Barbados. With the now-customary enhanced points structure in place for Sunday’s (November 17) BRC Winter Rally and overall and class champions yet to be crowned, a hot day of competition is anticipated.
  Seeded at one in the running order published at last evening’s (Thursday) Briefing Meeting at Savvy on the Bay, Carlisle Bay, Bridgetown, Maloney heads a 10-strong entry in the FIA R5 class, which promises a thrilling day for fans. Jamaicans Kyle Gregg and Michael Fennell Jnr are seeded at two in their Ford Fiesta Rally2, with Maloney’s brother Mark at three in his Fabia Rally2 evo, co-driven by son Justin.
  Top two-wheel-drive seeds at 11 are Rhett Watson and Andrew Croney in their mighty SuperModified 2 BMW M3. Barry Mayers and Ben Norris start at 12 in their Ford Fiesta, back in action with a new engine after retiring from BCIC RB24, then Mark Kinch and Seth Prescod at 15 in another SM2 BMW. While not in contention for 2wd or SM2 titles, 2016 Champion Driver Daryl Clarke also returns after a DNF in BCIC RB24, eager for some more seat time in his Honda-powered Suzuki Swift RS, one of eight entries in SM2.
  For the second time, 2021 Champion Driver Maloney reaches the final round with his closest challenger being Clubman 2 points leader Chris Hoad, who lost out in a tie-break three years ago. With 118 points, Maloney leads Hoad by five, with Watson third, another 18 adrift. With a dropped score rule in play this year, however, Watson closes in to within 10 points of Maloney, having missed the opening round.
  As always, the season finale will benefit from an enhanced scoring system - 28 points for a win compared with 20, then 23 for second place, 20 for third and so on down to 10 for 10th place – so there is still much to be settled.
  While Maloney also leads the 4wd Championship, brother Mark has a mathematical chance of overhauling him if he failed to finish, but there is a good fight to savour for third place between Britain’s Rob Swann and island driver Logan Watson, both driving Fabia Rally2 evos, who are separated by just three points after dropped scores.
  Watson has already put the 2wd Championship out of reach of his rivals (SM2 as well, very nearly), a decade since he won the first of his two 2wd and Champion Driver titles. But the places are yet to be settled: after dropped scores, just 11 points cover Andrew Jones (SM2 Ford Escort MkII) and Barry Mayers, also Sol Esuf (Modified 3 BMW 1M) and two-time Champion Driver Neil Corbin (M2 Toyota GT86 CS-R3).
  Although some class winners are home and dry, others remain to be resolved. Neil Corbin is one point behind Sean Corbin (BMW 318ti) in M2, while there’s just a five-point spread across the BMWs of Jonathan Still, Stuart Garcia and Sol Esuf in M3, with Garcia the only one needing to drop a score. In Clubman 1, Reigning Champion Kyle Gill (Mitsubishi Mirage RS Clone) has a six-point cushion over Wayne Tasker (Opel Corsa B).
  C2 was a straight fight between the BimmaCups of Hoad and Allan Kinch, separated by 20 points after dropped scores, but Kinch was a late withdrawal. Any of three drivers could finish third, as five points covers Jason Downey, Natya Soodeen and Russell Smith. David-Anthony Balgobin and Savio Walcott are also in that bracket, but not entered.
  The BRC Winter Rally comprises nine three-kilometre stages at two venues, starting from the central Service Park at Colleton Plantation in St John at 10.30am. In the morning, three stages from Malvern to Wilson Hill will alternate with two from Stewart’s Hill to Society; in the afternoon, which is scheduled to start after the lunch break at 2.00pm, the Stewart’s Hill stage will run twice in the same direction, alternating with a reversed Wilson Hill to Malvern. The organisers expect the event to finish at around 5.30pm, with a Prizegiving to follow.

BRC Winter Rally - Sunday, November 17
2024 BRC Driver’s & Class Championships, round 8
Final running order at November 15:

1 Stuart Maloney/Kristian Yearwood (FIA R5 Rock Hard Cement/M-Jet/Bushy Park Barbados/Sign Station Skoda Fabia RS Rally2)
2 Kyle Gregg – JAM/Mike Fennell Jnr - JAM (FIA R5 York Investments/B D Gregg Ford Fiesta Rally2)
3 Mark Maloney/Justin Maloney (FIA R5 Imagine/M-Jet/Bushy Park Barbados/Sign Station Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo)
4 Josh Read/Mark Jordan (FIA R5 Automotive Art/Weetabix Ford Fiesta R5)
5 Logan Watson/Barry Ward (FIA R5 Cargo BGI/Packaging Centre Ltd/Pressure On/Shell
Lubricants/Jack Daniels/Bajan Pure Water/Luxe Caribbean Properties Inc/Boot Camp Central/Hankook/Stihl/C3 Communications/Colour XL Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo)
6 Rob Swann – ENG/Geoff Goddard (FIA R5 Cygnet Plant Ltd Export and Sales/R A Swann Ltd Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo)
7 Roger Hill/Graham Gittens (FIA R5 Mobil 1/Motormac/Max Mayer/PPG Paints Skoda Fabia R5)
8 Adam Mallalieu/Steve McNulty - ENG (FIA R5 Terra Caribbean Ford Fiesta R5)
9 Paul Horton - TCI/Leslie Evanson (F) (FIA R5 Java Island/HO2 Construction/Edge Development/Sky Motorsports Citroen C3 Rally2)
10 Mark Thompson/Ron Greaves (M4 Glassesco Hardware/Automotive Art/Valvoline/NKM Clothing/Bio-Beauty Day Spa/Realtors Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)
11 Rhett Watson/Andrew Croney (SM2 Chefette/Frosteez/Finlandia Vodka/Stihl/Gliptone/Bajan Pure Water/Motul Oils/Hankook BMW M3)
12 Barry Mayers/Ben Norris (SM2 Chefette/Frosteez/Kooyman/Hankook/Packaging Center/Sign Depot Ford Fiesta)
14 Kurt Thompson/Adam Straker (M4 Glassesco Hardware/Automotive Art/Valvoline/NKM Clothing/Bio-Beauty Day Spa/Realtors Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)
15 Mark Kinch/Seth Prescod (SM2 Express Motors/Bajan Rum Cakes/Servall Inc/Sign Up BMW Compact)
16 Daryl Clarke/Nigel Reece (SM2 Enerjet Batteries/Rexoil/A & A Auto Parts Suzuki Swift RS)
17 Andrew Jones/Lindsey Pilkington (F) - ENG (SM2 Southern Surf Beach Apartments/Gale’s Agro Products/Go On Energy Bars/Weetabix/Tunnock’s/Hankook Ford Escort MkII)
18 Suleman Esuf/Asif Suleman (M3 Express Motors/Munch Hut/Fusionz Boutique/Versatile Group of Companies BMW 1M)
19 Neil Corbin/Matthew Staffner (M2 Nassco Limited/Stamina Energy/Colour XL/Auto Solutions/Pressout Performance Toyota GT86 CS-R3)
20 Edward Corbin/Johnathan Alleyne (SM1 Automotive Art/Valvoline/Pro Sales/Hilti/Bearded Hogs BBQ/Weetabix Daihatsu Charmant)
21 George Sherman - USA/Scott Pinheiro – T&T (FIA R5 Tide Cleaners/GS InMotion/Subway Ford Fiesta Rally2)
22 Wayne Archer/Castara Waterman (F) (M3 Arrow Construction/Arrow Woodworking/Archers Hall Design Center/Total Sourcing and Supply BMW M3)
23 Jonathan Still/Heath Hazell (M3 Suga Apple Swim/InoGro-Hydroponics/Weddings by Melissa/New York Pizza/Bajan Pure Water/Young Island/Quality Tyre BMW M3)
24 Calvin Briggs/Fabian Morris (SM2 Bassive/Sirrom Lighting Ford Sierra)
25 Sean Corbin/Moishe Steinbok (M2 Super-S Premium Lubricants/Carters Pitstop/Kikks Slippas/Westlake Tires/First Step Security/Guava Tech/Gunk/Fabblast Barbados/M&M Tuning BMW 318ti Compact)
26 Chris Hoad/Allan Alkins (C2 Subway/Dasani Water/Color XL/Shell Lubricants/Guava Tech BimmaCup)
27 Chadane Holder/Shaquille Mayers (SM1 Carnique Transport Inc/Seven Creative Media/City of Bridgetown Credit Union Toyota Starlet)
28 Robert Ryan Wood/Tristan Mapp (C2 Carters Pitstop/Power King/Caribbean LED Lighting/Hilti Tools/CA Autobody Repairs/Westlake/Sitemasters Construction/SB Tuning BimmaCup)
29 Russell Smith - ENG/Dwayne Forde (C2 Kirba Inc BimmaCup)
30 Ross Callender/Damien Castillo-Marshall (SM2 Empire Building & Construction/Express Motors/The Tavern Pub/Rent & Run/Percy King Auto/HEL Performance/Highgate Bar/Nassco/Cheese Auto Glass Toyota Starlet)
31 Jason Harewood/Darren Lashley (SM2 Starboy Performance/Prime Garage 246 Toyota Starlet)
32 Pierre Clarke/Tyrese Alleyne (M2 SDRR Hydraulics/Performance Plus/Camp’s Auto Service Honda Civic)
33 Shareef Walcott/Justin Lynch (GpB Movements Plus/Autobody Plus/Melwani’s Toyota Corolla)
34 Stuart Garcia/Rasheed Smith (M3 Time Out Car Rentals/Smith’s Engineering Works/Kirba Inc/Four & Twenty Bakery/Quality Tyre/Forin BMW Compact)
35 Mark Huggins/Kyle Ifill (GpB General Distributors Daihatsu Charmant)
36 Jason Downey/Kristina Pinto (C2 BimmaCup)
37 Kyle Gill/Aliya Trotman (F) (C1 Expressionism/Adhoc Industries/Chicken Stop Barbados Mitsubishi Mirage RS Clone)
38 Jason Tull/Joseph Tseu (C1 Jay-T’s/BG Prod/Warmstyle Developments Peugeot 106 Rallye S2)
39 Jayden Thompson/Jacob Mustor (C2 Glassesco/NKM Clothing/Bio-Beauty BimmaCup)
40 Anderson Roachford/Rico Maynard (GpB Toyota Starlet)
41 Harold Morley/Mutamuliza Cutting (F) (H2 Spectrum Antimicrobials Inc Porsche 911RS)
42 Natya Soodeen (F)/Sameisha Williams (F) (C2 JFK House/Servall Inc/Executive Auto Center/ChillOut Motorsports/Richie Beach/Marks Auto Spares/NewTech BimmaCup)
43 Wayne Tasker/Antonia Springer (F) (C1 Signiaglobe Financial Group/Klean-az/Claytons Kola Kick Energy/DT Construction Drink Opel Corsa B)
44 Shawn Brathwaite/Johnathan King (C1 Executive Air/Homeomart Barbados Toyota Corolla)

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