Forty Entries for Summer Nights Tarmac Sprint
Virgin Atlantic Championship contenders rejoin battle

An impressive 40 entries have been received for tomorrow's (Saturday, August 17) Summer Nights Tarmac Sprint, including all the leading challengers in the Barbados Rally Club's (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver's and Class Championships. The battle for points resumes after a seven-week break, with four rounds to go.

The popular Hangman's Hill to Lion Castle stage, which offers competitors their last chance to score points on tarmac in the 2013 Virgin Atlantic Championship, is expected to attract a significant turn-out of spectators, who have limited opportunities to see night-time competition.

Conor Roach (Clubman Peugeot 106) and Rhett Watson (SuperModified 12 BMW M3) are the joint leaders in the overall title chase, based on class results, with 105 points each (scored from a possible maximum of 108); drivers will count their nine best scores at year-end. Group N leader Geoff Noel (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) is third on 102 points, with Josh Read (SM10 Toyota Starlet) fourth on 96.

Tied in fifth place, each with 92, are Andrew Jones (SM11 Ford Escort MkII), Roger Skeete (WRC-1 Subaru Impreza WRC S12) and Ian Warren (SM10 Suzuki Swift), while the top 10 is completed by WRC-2 class leader Roger Hill (Toyota Corolla WRC) with 88, Andrew Mallalieu, whose 87 points place him second in Group N in his Subaru Impreza N10, and Modified 7 leader Edward Corbin (Toyota Corolla RunX), who has 76.

Competitors are due at the Service Park in Hopewell Plantation Yard by 5.00pm for scrutineering, with the start slated for 6.30pm. The Summer Nights Tarmac Sprint, which is also a round of the Motoring Club of Barbados Inc's (MCBI) annual championship, will run to the usual speed event format, with one practice run followed by three official runs.

BRC Summer Nights Tarmac Sprint
Running order at August 16

#	Driver	Car
1	Manning, Trevor	BMW M3
2	Brathwaite, Jamal	Mitsubishi Colt
3	Cumberbatch, Kenny	BMW E36
4	Skeete, Roger	Subaru Impreza S12 WRC
5	Armstrong, Neil	Suzuki SX4 WRC
6	Bourne, Paul	Ford Focus WRC 06
7	Hill, Roger	Toyota Corolla WRC
8	Serrao, Dean	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC
9	Warren, Ian	Suzuki Swift
10	Read, Joshua	Toyota Starlet
11	Watson, Rhett	BMW M3
12	Chatrani, Avinash	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
14	Thompson, Mark	Mitsubishi Evolution 9
15	Noel, Geoffrey	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
16	Mallalieu, Andrew	Subaru Impreza Sti
17	Skeete, Dane	Peugeot 306 Maxi
18	Gill, Brian	BMW M3
19	Jones, Andrew	Ford Escort MkII
20	Roett, Cliff	Toyota Starlet
21	Campbell, Justin	BMW M3
22	Corbin, Edward	Toyota Runx
23	Horton, Paul	Ford Escort MkII
24	Sisnett, Jeremy	Ford Fiesta ST
25	Corbin, Neil	BMW M3
26	D'Andrade, Rhett	Daihatsu Charmant
27	Gonsalves, Jeremy	Opel Corsa
28	McKenzie, Brendon	Toyota Corolla
29	Kinch, Mark	Toyota Starlet
30	Walcott, Shareef	Toyota Corolla
31	Cozier, Greg	Ford Escort RS2000
32	White, Stuart	BMW E21
33	Corbin, Sean L.	Toyota Starlet
34	Roach, Conor	Peugeot 106
35	Cox, Sean	Suzuki Swift Gti
36	Mapp, Trevor	Mitsubishi Colt
37	Martin, Rommell R.	Toyota Starlet
38	Croney, Jeremy	Peugeot 206 Gti
39	Brewster, David C.	Peugeot 205
40	Cumberbatch, Kevin	BMW E36
41	Toppin, Miguel	Peugeot 205