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The JMMC will be joining KIA Motors at their 2 Chelsea Ave/Half Way Tree Rd location on Wednesday, March 21, for a live outside broadcast on Power 106FM from 2pm to 5pm for a celebration of the achievements of KIA Motors over the years ahead of this weekend’s ADA Motorshow.
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Text by Dean Corrodus

Photos by Donovan Montaque & Michael Samuels.

Close competition fueled exciting racing on an extended track at the Palm Springs Raceway in Brighton, Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth on Sunday, when the Jamaica Millennium Motoring Club hosted the third round of the national sprint championship at the beautiful, palm lined venue.

Class JA2

The highly subscribed JA2 class that has seen the fiercest competition since the season started again delivered on its top billing. Matthew Gore driving the Team Mobay Racing Toyota Starlet finally upstaged Jordan Powell in the R & B Auto parts Toyota Corolla FX who has had a run of three straight sprint victories and a rally victory in the class for two wheel drive cars with an engine capacity up to 1600cc. Gore posted a fastest time of 2 mins.04.44 secs. ahead of Powell in 2.05.080 and Maurice Whittingham in third 2.11.080 driving the Team Mad Dem/Carz Rehab Toyota Corolla Levin. Team Challenger racing’s Tony Fu completed the class in a Toyota Corolla GT, posting a best time of 2.22.045.

Gore with the spoils of victory.

Powell (left) and Whittingham.

Class JA3.

In the next higher JA3 class for 2 wheel drive cars up to 2000cc, Dean Corrodus came out on top for the third time this season in the Maxxis Tyres/Automotive Performance Centre Ltd/ATL Automotive Racing Honda Civic Type R, despite only completing one timed run due to fuel system and driveline problems on the 1st and 3rd runs. Gentleman racer Keith Saunders in “old Faithful”, his rear wheel drive Chevrolet Chevette with a Toyota 7a engine, was again 2nd in class as he has been all season with a best time of 2.13.06.

Two different ways to displace dirt. From the front (left) with Corrodus’ Honda Civic Type R and from the rear with Saunders’ Chevrolet Chevette.

JN8 and JA8

Spencer Whittingham driving the MegaMart sponsored Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V had his second overall sprint event win of the season when he posted the fastest time of the day on his 3rd timed run: doing  2 min. 03.045 sec over the two laps. Richard Chan driving the Team Challenger Racing/Excel Electronic Security Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V was busy having fun and enjoying the track to the fullest on his way to posting a time of 2.08.855 for the top prize in the JA8 category.

Whittingham (left) and Chan.

In the 3 lap championship run, Powell got the best of the entire field with a scorching time of 3.06.065, with Gore losing his front right brake rotor on his 3rd la but managing to place 2nd with a time of 3.06.655. Spencer Whittingham, Corrodus and Maurice Whittingham completed the top 5.

Results

Car   1st run   2nd run   3rd run   Best   Points

JA2

1. Matthew Gore   Toyota Starlet   2.11.530   2.07.955   2.04.44   2.04.44   130

2. Jordan Powell   Toyota Corolla FX   2.12.250   2.07.035   2.05.280   2.05.080   100

3. Maurice Whittingham   Toyota Corolla Levin   2.19.050   2.13.980   2.11.11   2.11.11   80

4. Tony Fu   Toyota Corolla GT   DNF   2.22.045   DNF   2.22.045   70

JA3

1. Dean Corrodus   Honda Civic   DNF   2.10.785   DNF   2.10.785   70

2. Keith Saunders   Chevrolet Chevette   2.18.955   2.15.375   2.13.06   2.13.06   50 

JN8

1. Spencer Whittingham   Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V   2.05.405   2.07.77   2.03.045   2.03.045   50 

JA8

1. Richard Chan   Mitsubishi Lancer Evoltion IV   DNF   2.11.61   2.08.855   2.08.855   50    

Championship Run

1. Jordan Powell      3.06.065            20

2. Matthew Gore      3.06.655            15

3. Spencer Whittingham      3.07.565            12

4. Dean Corrodus      3.10.315            10

5. Maurice Whittingham      3.15.655            8

6. Richard Chan      3.17.843            6

7. Tony Fu      3.18.55            4

8. Keith Saunders      DNF            3

Powell continues to lead the Overall JMMC Rally sport driver’s championship after 4 events now with a total of  510 points, with 2010 Drivers champion Gore in 2nd place on 370 and 2006 and 2009 Champion Corrodus in 3rd on 270.

The next event on the motorsports calendar will be the JMMC Dexterity #3, Blockbuster “We set the trend!” at Meikle’s Block Factory, Spur Tree, Manchester on March 25.

Rallysport championship scores so far:

NAMES    Sprint 1   Sprint 2   Rally 1   Sprint 3   Sprint 4   Rally 2   Sprint 5   Rally 3   Sprint 6   Rally Jamaica   Total
Jordan Powell   150   150   110                        410
Matthew Gore   90   80   70                        240
Daryl King   110   110   0                        220
Dean Corrodus   110   110   0                        220
Spencer Whittingham   130   0   70                        200
Keith Saunders   70   70   50                        190
Peter Jaggon   80   50   50                        180
Maurice Whittingham   80   90   0                        170
Richard Chan   100   70   0                        170
Tony Fu   60   70   0                        130
Kenji Lee   40   60   0                        100
Marvin Porteous   50   50   0                        100
Ricardo Scott   50   50   0                        100
Dave Lee   0   70   0                        70
James March   70   0   0                        70
Jackie Jaggon   70   0   0                        70
Alan Chen   50   0   0                        50
Junior Barnes   0   50   0                        50
Thomas Hall   0   10   0                        10

Sprint championship scores so far:

NAMES    Sprint 1   Sprint 2   Sprint 3   Sprint 4   Sprint 5   Sprint 6   Total
JA2
Jordan Powell   150   150               300
Daryl King   110   110               220
Matthew Gore   90   80               170
Maurice Whittingham   80   90               170
Tony Fu   60   70               130
Kenji Lee   40   60               100
Marvin Porteous   50   50               100
James March   70   0               70

JA3
Dean Corrodus   110   110               220
Keith Saunders   70   70               140
Ricardo Scott   50   50               100

JA4
Alan Chen   50   0               50
Thomas Hall   0   10               10

JN8
Peter Jaggon   80   50               130
Spencer Whittingham   130   0               130
Dave Lee   0   70               70
Jackie Jaggon   70   0               70

JA8
Richard Chan   100   70               170
Junior Barnes   0   50               50

Overall Sprint championship
NAMES    Sprint 1   Sprint 2   Sprint 3   Sprint 4   Sprint 5   Sprint 6   Total
Daryl King   20   10               30
Jordan Powell   15   15               30
Dave Lee   0   20               20
Matthew Gore   12   6               18
Dean Corrodus   8   4               12
Maurice Whittingham   10   2               12
Richard Chan   0   12               12
Peter Jaggon   0   8               8
Alan Chen   6   0               6
Keith Saunders   5   1               6
Tony Fu   4   0               4
Junior Barnes   0   3               3

Upcoming events: JMMC Sprint #3, the Brighton River Run 2012 on March 18 set for Palm Springs raceway in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth starting at 11 am

JMMC Dexteirty #3, Blockbuster “We set the trend!” at Meikle’s Block Factory, Spur Tree, Manchester on March 25, starting @ 11 am.