BRC new season to begin at month end

Ian Warren will begin his defence of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) driver title in the coming weeks with the new season set to begin at the end of April.

The season will start on Saturday, April 27 with a Rally Sprint organised by the Vaucluse Raceway Motorsport Club (VRMSC) at Bushy Park, St Philip, while track repairs are being carried out at Vaucluse. The event is being shared by BRC, with the fastest time in the four qualifying runs determining the points.

On Sunday, the action will move to the north of the island for the Shakedown Stages, to be contested over special stages in St Lucy and St Peter.

There will be eight rounds between this month and November, with one dropped score to be taken into account at year-end and the now-traditional enhanced scale of points awarded for the Winter Rally finale.

The champion driver title will be awarded to the class champion with the highest number of points scored against his peers in one of the BRC’s 13 classes, with 4wd and 2wd champions also to be crowned.
The Shakedown Stages will start at 10.30 a.m. on Sunday, April 28, with scrutineering from 8 a.m. at Haymans Plantation, St Peter.

There will be nine runs through two venues in the north of the island which are popular with spectators and drivers alike. The stage between Luke Hill and Lamberts in St Lucy will run in both directions, alternating with French Village to Four Hills, with the event slated to finish by around 5.30 p.m.
Entries open on April 3 at Motorsport Services in Haggatt Hall. Regular entries will close at 3 p.m. on April 24, with a late fee for entries received after this time up to midday on April 25.
The BRC’s two grassroots competitions have already started.

The second round of the Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship will be the All Terrain Enterprises Safari April 13, with round two of the BRC Autocross Championship at Bushy Park Barbados the following day.

(PR)