Reigning Champion Driver Ryan Gonsalves (right) was put to the test this Sunday, at the 10th Round of the Barbados Karting Association (BKA) 2003 Frutee Championship, when he came up against young ace rally driver Roger Mayers, 'returning to his roots' driving his Birel kart for the first time in 18 months. Gonsalves was put on notice by Mayers, who set fastest qualifying time of 36.63 seconds and went on to win the opening race of the premier 310 lb class by a comfortable margin.

Gonsalves stormed back to take the following races in his Vitamalt/Becks Motorsport Deavinsons Sprint kart and end the day in first place with 96 points. Engine troubles late in the day could not prevent Mayers from finishing in second position with 83 points. Despite not being entirely happy with the kart setup, Matthew Staffner (right) continued to impress to finish third with 63 points in his Structural Systems Deavinson Sprint kart. Female driver Krystal Branch was forced to watch the hotly contested event from the pits after loosing the engine in the opening race.

In the Sportsman class, Orry Hunt (left) celebrated his return after a 1-race layoff to make a clean sweep of the 270 lb category. Driving the ADO Trading Wright kart well prepared by his father and local rally veteran Don Hunte, Orry was undaunted despite no-nonsense charges by Dane Skeete and a display of flamboyant passing by Dane McConney who finished 2nd and 3rd with 79 and 76 points respectively. Despite blowing an engine on the qualifying round and a collision in Race 1, Connor Roach continued his heroics to finish all races with his newly imported Gold F355 Kart now sold by Automotive Art.

Brett Judd (left) drove with commitment to keep his Tracey kart ahead of the talented Maloney brothers and win the 125cc shifter-kart category with 96 points. Sean Maloney finished second with 82 points and Stuart Maloney finished third with 78 points, both driving Maranello Shifter karts, that demonstrated great promise when they set track times two seconds faster than event winner Paul Bourne, at last weekend's Barbados Rally Club Bushy Park Super Special.

The BKA Frutee Championship 2003 season draws to a close with the final round number 11 scheduled for November 23, at the Bushy Park racing circuit.