Three tied for BRC Championship ahead of BCIC RB26

Two former Champion Drivers are among the three joint leaders of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) overall points standings as teams prepare for First Citizens King of the Hill (May 24) and BCIC Rally Barbados 2026 (May 29-31), but there are new names rising up the order.
 Edward Corbin and Neil Corbin, with five Champion Driver crowns between them, and Antigua’s Stewart Gordon are tied on 35 points, with class wins in the only two rounds so far, as the second part of the Motoring Club Barbados Inc’s (MCBI) Spring Blaze Double-Header in March was abandoned because of spectator safety concerns.
 The overall title is based on points scored by drivers against their peers in each of 12 classes, with entries always higher for the Club’s two marquee events, which count for around one-third of the season’s total. There are also overseas entries in all but one class; visitors do not take championship points away from local drivers, but bragging rights are important, so competition will be hot right through the field.
 Reigning Champion Edward Corbin, who also won the title in 2019 and 2022, leads the SuperModified 1 (SM1) class in his Daihatsu Charmant. Although his namesake and 2012/2020 Champion Neil competes in Modified 2 (M2) in a Toyota GT86 CS-R3, they frequently enjoy close battles on events and were separated by just 4secs at the end of last month’s Shakedown Stages, having swapped times all day.
 Winner of the 2025 BimmaCup Caribbean Championship after many years in the category, Gordon’s first full season of Rally Club events was also last year, when he lost the Clubman 2 (C2) class by just two points.
 Fourth and fifth in their Ford Fiesta Rally2s are Josh Read (32pts) and Jamaica’s Kyle Gregg (31pts), with a first and a second place each; they are also the top two in the 4wd Championship and the FIA R5 class, with former Champion Driver Jeff Panton of Jamaica third in both in another Fiesta Rally2.
 Newcomer to 4wd this year, BimmaCup graduate Savio Walcott leads M4 in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX, tied in the overall standings on 31 points with record-holding four-time 2wd Champion Rhett Watson (BMW M3), leading the SM2 and 2wd standings.
 Walcott’s closest challenger in M4 and fellow BimmaCup-to-Evo IX graduate David-Anthony Balgobin is equal eighth, tied on 30 points with Kyle Gill, leader of C1 in his Mitsubishi Colt. Logan Watson (Ford Escort MkII) completes the top 10 with 29 points, lying second to brother Rhett in SM2 and 2wd, with Nigel Reece (Toyota Starlet) third.
 Joining Walcott among the new names making their mark are Jamar Haynes (Honda Civic), who leads M1, and Simon Tempro (BimmaCup), second to Gordon in C2.

BRC Class Championship
Positions after round 3:
WRC: 1st Dane Skeete (Automotive Art/C O Williams Sand & Lime/Sol Subaru Impreza WRC S12), 11 points
FIA R5: 1st Josh Read (Servall Inc/Stihl/Fig Products/H&B Hardware/Hankook Batteries/Weetabix/Sign Station Ford Fiesta Rally2), 33pts; 2nd Kyle Gregg – JAM (York Investments/B D Gregg Ford Fiesta Rally2), 32pts; 3rd Jeffrey Panton – JAM/Michael Fennell Jnr – JAM (KIG/Sandals Ford Fiesta Rally2), 25pts; etc
Modified 4: 1st Savio Walcott (Worthing Secured Services/Movements Plus Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX), 31pts; 2nd David-Anthony Balgobin (DKK Industrial Supplies/Da-Shem-Rae Inc Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX), 30pts; equal 3rd, Chris Shooter - ENG (Sparrowhill Cars Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII FQ) & Neil Thompson (Glassesco/NKM Clothing/Bio-Beauty Day Spa/SMT FIT/Exclusive Fitness/Kristina Creations Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) 15pts; etc
SuperModified 2: 1st Rhett Watson (Chefette/Frosteez/Bajan Pure/Hankook/Gliptone/Stihl BMW M3), 31pts; 2nd Logan Watson (Cargo BGI/Don Henrique Tequila 100% Agave Azul/Tequila Quinto Sol 100% Agave/KIG/FRII GUYS/Hankook/Colour XL/C3 Communications/Boot Camp Central Ford Escort MkII), 29pts; 3rd Nigel Reece (Subzero Services/Hankook Tyre/Quality Tyre Plus/Ultrabright LED Solutions/Sign Station), 28pts; etc
SM1: 1st Edward Corbin (Prosales/Automotive Art/Hilti/Bajan Pure Daihatsu Charmant), 35pts; 2nd Antonio Springer (Lamar Mechanical Services/Trey Vision Toyota Starlet), 17pts; 3rd Mark Brome (Huntes Auto Spares/BizNeedz/LMB Cooling/Prime Garage/Limitless Auto Clinic/Kell’s Fish Shack/Momos Coco Loco Suzuki Swift Sport), 15pts; etc
M2: 1st Neil Corbin (Nassco/Superfeeds/Stamina Energy/ColourXL/Auto Solutions/Pressout Performance Toyota GT86 CS-R3), 35pts; 2nd Sean Corbin (Super-S/Bajan Pure/Foxin/Carter’s Pitstop/Guava Tech/First Step Security/Gunk), 28pts; 3rd Jermin Pope (Glassesco/NKM Clothing/Bio-Beauty Day Spa), 17pts; etc
M1: 1st Jamar Haynes (Temperature Pro Inc/J’s Services Home & Auto Clinic/Alex’s Home & Property Maintenance Honda Civic), 15pts; 2nd Stephen Nicholls (Siara Farms Nissan March), 13pts; 3rd Natya Soodeen (Fun Miles/Executive Auto/Mark’s Auto Spares/Servall/Hilton Barbados Resort Peugeot 208 R2), 11pts
Clubman 2: 1st Stewart Gordon - ANT (Hadeed Motors/Pavilion Picks BimmaCup), 35pts; 2nd Simon Tempro (Salt Café/Guava Tech BimmaCup), 25pts; equal 3rd Jason Downey (Country House Caterers/Happy Hour Events BimmaCup) & Daniel Ullyett (King Ocean/One Fund/Race BB/Bajan Exotics/Crown Charters/One Caribbean Estates/BidBB . com/Gatorade BimmaCup), 22pts; etc
C1: 1st Kyle Gill (Expressionism/Fun Miles/Chicken Stop Mitsubishi Colt), 30pts; 2nd Shawn Brathwaite (Homeomart Barbados/Security Hub Inc Toyota Corolla), 26pts
Open Class: 1st Sean Merritt (Seven Creative Media Inc/Stag/Panadol/Sea Shell Toyota Starlet Turbo), 13pts; 2nd Ryan Boyce (Angloco/Prime Garage 246 Toyota Corolla), 11pts

BRC 4wd Championship: 1st Read, 31pts; 2nd Gregg – JAM, 30pts; 3rd Panton – JAM, 24pts; 4th Adam Mallalieu (FIA R5 Terra Caribbean Ford Fiesta Rally2), 22pts; equal 5th Roger Hill (FIA R5 Mobil 1/Max Mayer Paints/PPG Paints/Motormac Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo) & Stuart Maloney (FIA R5 M-Jet FBO/Imagine Developments/Bushy Park Barbados Skoda Fabia RS Rally2), 18pts; etc
BRC 2wd Championship: 1st R Watson, 31pts; 2nd L Watson, 29pts; 3rd Reece, 28pts; 4th Andrew Jones (SM2 Gale’s Agro Products/Hankook/Tunnocks/Weetabix/Southern Surf Holiday Apartments/Whistling Frog Designs Ford Escort MkII), 22pts; 5th E Corbin, 21pts; 6th N Corbin, 18pts; etc

BCIC Rally Barbados (May 29-31, 2026) is a tarmac rally with around 20 special stages run on the island’s intricate network of public roads, under road closure orders granted by the Ministry of Transport, Works & Water Resources; King of the Hill (May 24), run under a similar arrangement, features four timed runs on a roughly four-kilometre stage, with the results used to seed the running order for the main event.