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Slippery Wen Wett, JMMC Dexterity #4 report & results

The Jamaica Millennium Motoring Club continued it’s drive towards conducting multiple motorsports events across the island when they held the fourth installment of the national dexterity championships at Pines Plaza, Junction, St. Elizabeth on Sunday, December 11, bringing motorsports entertainment once again to the speed loving south coast crowd that have made that venue arguably the most popular in recent times.

Made possible with the assistance of Kinkaid’s Cellular, Tyre Warehouse, KFC, Tru Juice, The Automotive Performance Centre Ltd., Scott’s Auto and ATL Automotive, the penultimate event saw all the leading championship contenders competing for overall honors, but there was a surprise in store as out of the blue, the traditional top finishers were all upstaged by a relative newcomer.

Overall victory.
Ameer Johnson, driving the Team mad Dem Toyota Corolla Levin rally car in the front wheel drive with limited slip differential (FWD LSD) class, posted the fastest overall and fastest two wheel drive time of the event in the single lap runs of 1min.00.01 secs, just milliseconds ahead of multiple dexterity champions Christopher “Teach” McFarlane (1.00.04) and Maurice “Whitty” Whittingham (1.00.67) in the front wheel drive (FWD) and rear wheel drive with limited slip differential (RWD LSD) classes respectively.

Rear Wheel Drive with LSD
In this the most populous class that saw 17 competitors entered in the class that displays the most flamboyant and crowd pleasing drivers, 1st place was again the domain of Whittingham as previously mentioned, while 2nd place was taken by veteran Christopher “Chippy” Addison in the immaculately prepared Kinkaid’s Cellular Toyota Corolla SR5, with Cleve “Cutta Hype” Ottey rounding out the top three.

Multiple Champion
Multiple class champion Christopher “Teach” McFarlane was the sole entrant in the front wheel drive class, but notwithstanding the lack of competition, his winning time was good for 2nd overall, proving that the competition in this genre of the sport is really against the clock more than anything or anyone else.

Championship Run.
Accumulating a total points tally now of 72 points with his third place in the two lap championship run, Maurice Whittingham has again wrapped up another overall dexterity championship, having won titles on occasions too many to list here. Upstaging him for the win of this round was McFarlane who posted a winning time of 2 min.02.33 secs. and arch rival Ottey who captured 2nd spot by stopping the clocks at 2 min.03.03secs. to Whittingham’s 2 min.05.65 secs.

The 2011 national dexterity championship series culminates on Tuesday, December 27 at Whitter Village in Ironshore, Montego Bay with the staging of Wet ‘n Slide, the Go green Edition, starting at 3pm.

Name                        Car            1st run 2nd run 3rd run Best Time

RWD LSD

1. Maurice Whittingham Toyota Starlet 1.01.70 1.00.67 1.03.61 1.00.67

2. Christopher Addison Toyota Corolla SR5 1.00.92 1.01.59 1.00.78 1.00.78

3. Cleve Ottey Toyota Starlet 1.05.57 DNF 1.01.46 1.01.46

4. Jamar Kinkaid Toyota Corolla 1.01.74 1.05.43 1.02.59 1.01.74

5. Christopher Scott Toyota Corolla 1.04.98 1.17.00 1.06.21 1.04.98

6. Salvador Davis Toyota Corolla 1.13.39 1.05.21 1.13.56 1.05.21

7. Randall Singh Toyota Corolla DX 1.05.62 1.110.29 1.07.73 1.05.62

8. Dennis Bicarie Toyota Starlet DNF 1.08.34 1.06.50 1.06.50

9. Sanjay Singh Toyota Corolla DX 1.07.76 1.06.78 DNF 1.06.78

10. Marcus Barnes Toyota Corolla GTS 1.16.74 1.16.56 1.09.46 1.09.46

11. Gary Ellis Toyota Corolla DX 1.11.38 1.26.65 1.17.66 1.11.38

12. Mark Thompson Nissan 240 SX 1.18.47 1.13.51 1.18.16 1.13.51

13. Roger Lewison Nissan Silvia 1.22.72 1.23.71 1.14.71 1.14.71

14. Kingsley Scott Toyota Corolla DX 1.15.64 1.15.76 1.45.00 1.15.64

15. Patrick Smith Toyota Corolla DX 1.17.15 1.23.40 1.21.74 1.17.15

16. Shane Rhoomes Nissan 300 ZX 1.49.13 DNS DNS 1.49.13

17. Mark Lim Nissan Silvia S14 DNF DNS DNS DNF

FWD LSD

1. Ameer Johnson Toyota Corolla Levin 1.00.01 1.00.05 1.00.67 1.00.05

2. Courtney Wilson Mitsubishi Lancer GT 1.10.26 DNS DNS 1.10.26

FWD

1. Christopher McFarlane Mitsubishi ASX DNS 1.04.43 1.00.04 1.00.04

Championship run

1. Christopher McFarlane 2.02.33

2. Cleve Ottey 2.03.03

3. Maurice Whittingham 2.05.65

4. Christopher Addison 2.10.44

5. Salvador Davis 2.14.75

6. Sanjay Singh 2.16.31

7. Marcus Barnes 2.21.74

8. Gary Ellis 2.23.10

9. Randall Singh 2.25.03

10. Kingsley Scott 2.26.74

Fastest Overall and fastest 2WD Ameer Johnson

4×1 Relay winner Team Mad Dem

Maurice Whittingham

Marcus Barnes

Christopher McFarlane

Ameer Johnson

Dexterity championship

The list has only paid up JMMC club members on it.

Kyle Gregg                      930
Maurice Whittingham        570
Matthew Gore                 530
Jordan Powell                  480
Keith Saunders                470
Robert Singh                   240
Dwain Gayle                    220
Sebastian Rae                 220
Dean Corrodus                200
Andy Williams                 190
Alan Chen                     190
Thomas Hall                  170
Randall Singh                 170
Tony Fu                       170
Gary Gregg                   160
Alejo Lee                     120
Spencer Whittingham    120
James March                110
Leroy Spence              110
Richard Rerrie              110
Nigel Wilmott              90
Dion Gardner              80
Tarik Minott               80
Kenji Lee                   60
Andrew Balbour         50
Jason Lawson            50
Chris Scott                40
Benji Hodara              30
Junior Barnes             10

Final Sprint class championship points standings after Sprint #6
Names in red are not paid up JMMC members and as such are ineligible for championship awards.

NAMES    Sprint 1   Sprint 2   Sprint 3   Sprint 4   Sprint 5   Sprint 6   Total   Qualify
JA1
Clasford Woolery   50   0   0   0   0   0   50   No

JA2
Kyle Gregg   0   0   150   90   150   110   500
Maurice Whittingham   100   100   110   70   70   10   460
Jordan Powell   0   0   0   150   80   150   380
Patrick Gore   130   130   0   0   60   0   320   No
Matthew Gore   0   0   0   110   110   90   310
Daryl King   0   0   90   80   90   0   260   No
Robert Singh   70   0   80   10   20   60   240
Marvin Porteous   0   0   10   50   40   70   170   No
Tony Fu   0   0   0   60   30   80   170
Randall Singh   0   0   70   0   0   50   120
James March   0   60   0   0   50   0   110
Troy Bernard   0   0   60   0   20   0   80   No
Dion Gardner   80   0   0   0   0   0   80
Tarik Minott   0   80   0   0   0   0   80
Ivan Lee   0   70   0   0   0   0   70   No
Kenji Lee   0   0   0   40   20   0   60
Benjie Hodara   0   0   0   30   0   0   30

JA3
Keith Saunders   70   90   70   70   50   70   420
Kyle Gregg   150   150   0   0   0   0   300
Dwain Gayle   80   60   80   0   0   0   220
Dean Corrodus   110   80   0   0   0   0   190
Andy Williams   90   50   0   50   0   0   190
Sebastian Rae   0   0   150   0   0   0   150
Alejo Lee   50   70   0   0   0   0   120
Gary Gregg   0   110   0   0   0   0   110
Leroy Spence   0   0   110   0   0   0   110
Ricardo Scott   0   0   50   0   0   50   100
Nigel Wilmott   0   0   90   0   0   0   90
Richard Chan   0   0   60   0   0   0   60

JA4
Alan Chen   0   0   50   0   0   70   120
Thomas Hall   10   50   0   0   0   0   60
Orville Johnson   0   0   0   0   0   50   50

JN8
Spencer Whittingham   0   0   0   0   0   70   70
Sanjay Singh   70   0   0   0   0   0   70   No
Randall Singh   50   0   0   0   0   0   50
Peter Jaggon   0   0   0   0   0   50   50
Macklin Peterkin   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

JA8
Richard Rerrie   0   0   0   0   50   0   50
Junior Barnes   10   0   0   0   0   0   10

JA9
Gary Gregg   0   0   0   0   0   50   50

JC2
Ian Edwards   70   50   70   70   0   50   310
Richard Chan   0   0   0   110   0   70   180
Ian Wright   0   0   100   0   0   0   100
Charles Chen   0   70   0   0   0   0   70   No
Sanjay Singh   0   0   0   0   50   0   50   No
Dwight Walters   0   0   0   50   0   0   50   No
Dennis Bicarrie   0   0   50   0   0   0   50   No
Doug Gore   10   0   0   0   0   0   10

JC1
Nigel Edwards   100   100   70   0   0   0   270
Cleve Ottey   70   70   50   0   0   0   190   No
Mario Scott   0   0   0   0   0   50   50
Everette Brady   0   50   0   0   0   0   50   No

OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Kyle Gregg  84

Maurice Whittingham  56

Matthew Gore  45

Keith Saunders 44

Jordan Powell  30

Alan Chen  23

Gary Gregg  20

Dwain Gayle 16

Dean Corrodus 15

Tarik Minott  15

Tony Fu  12

Peter Jaggon  10

Dion Gardner  8

Leroy Spence  8

Nigel Wilmott  6

Robert Singh 4

Kenji Lee  3

Randall Singh  3

Andy Williams  0.5

Brighton River Run/JMMC Gravel Sprint #6 report and results

The Jamaica Millennium Motoring Club concluded its 2011 National Sprint Championship season on Sunday, November 6, 2011 when they visited the new Palm Springs Raceway in Brighton, Santa Cruz in the bread basket parish of St. Elizabeth. An idyllic campground type-setting watered by three natural, freshwater springs teeming with fish, the raceway welcomed the fire spitting monster machines of Jamaican rally-sport for the first, but certainly not last, time.

Overall championship battle
Young Kyle Gregg driving the BD Gregg & Bros/Hero Tyres/MAD/NG Racing Honda Civic came away with the victor’s spoils in the overall sprint championship as well as the overall rally-sport drivers championship, in the latter gaining an unassailable 360 point lead on 2nd placed Maurice Whittingham who scored only 10 points when his Toyota Corolla Levin suffered mechanical difficulties just after taking the start of the 1st timed run. 2nd place was where Kyle finished in the JA2 class to add 110 points to his overall tally which now stands at a massive 930 points to  Whittingham on 570 closely followed by Matthew Gore on 530.

Fastest 2WD
Jordan Powell driving the R&B Auto Parts Toyota Corolla FX was the toast of the class however, as he posted a blistering time of 1.58.780 on his 2nd timed run to claim the class and overall 2 wheel drive honors, but a lazy roll at the 1st corner of his 3rd run put an end to his day preventing him from not only improving that time but from participation in the three lap championship run. Gregg as mentioned before got the better of outgoing 2010 Rallysport Drivers Champion Matthew Gore in the Ocean Spray Wata Toyota Starlet by posting a 1.59.000 time on his 3rd and final run to beat Gore’s 1.59.725 recorded on his 2nd run.

Elder statesman of motorsports Keith Saunders again registered the win of the JA3 class in his Chevrolet Chevette ahead of Ricardo Scott in a Toyota Corolla.
Mandeville resident Alan Chen took a short trip down Spur Tree Hill to have some fun in the JA4 class, posting an entertaining and aggressive winning time of 2.03.185 in his turbo-charged, rear wheel drive Pavecon/Allied Concrete Toyota Corolla SR5, followed by Browns Town native Orville Johnson in a turbo-charged Toyota Tercel in 2.17.850.

Sprint debutant Spencer Whittingham in the Megamart Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V quickly came to terms with driving on a loose surface and rapidly improved his 1st run time of 2.03.565 to a JN8 class winning time and 2nd fastest overall of 1.57.055, with Peter Jaggon in the Team Outkast Subaru Impreza WRX in 2nd place on 2.04.140.

Showtime!
Gary Gregg certainly was the most talked about driver of the meet as he brought his BD Gregg & Bros. Ford Focus World Rally Car to the grassy track for an absolutely entertaining display of full power slides thinly disguised as a shakedown test for the car after its recent return to the island from a complete overhaul at Dom Buckley Motorsports in the United Kingdom. His times consistently improved over the three timed runs and he ended the day on 1.52.00 for the two lap runs and 2.44.575 in the championship 3-lapper.

Richard Chan of Team Challenger was having too much fun in winning the JC2 class in 2.14.220 and dove extra laps just for the thrill of it. He was followed by Ian “The Beast Master” Edwards driving a Mazda 323, whose power was so much it broke a wheel on his 3rd run. He ended the day with a best time of 2.15.065.

The JC1 class was won by Westmoreland resident Mario Scott driving a Ford Escort fitted with a Toyota 20 valve 4AGE engine, while the former track record holder Andrew Green representing the local talent won the street car class for naturally aspirated vehicles with a best time of 2:29.735 in his Peugeot 205.

NAMES   CAR   1st run   2nd run   3rd run   TIME
JA2
1.Jordan Powell   Toyota Corolla FX   2.04.880   1.58.780   DNF   1:58.780
2. Kyle Gregg   Honda Civic   2.05.810   2.00.830   1.59.000   1:59.000
3. Matthew Gore   Toyota Starlet   2.04.475   1.59.725   1.59.895   1:59.725
4. Tony Fu   Toyota Corolla GT   2.20.495   2.10.375   2.08.435   2:08.435
5. Marvin Porteous   Toyota Starlet   2.11.735   2.08.840   2.08.860   2:08.840
6. Robert Singh   Toyota Corolla GTS   2.21.790   2.12.305   2.11.560   2:11.560
7. Randall Singh   Toyota Corolla DX   2.30.640   2.15.215   2.12.475   2:12.475
8. Chris Scott   Toyota Corolla   3.02.890   2.38.105   DNF   2:38.105
9. Maurice Whittingham    Toyota Levin   DNF   DNS   DNS   0:00.000

JA3
1. Keith Saunders   Chrevolet Chevette   2.15.440   2.08.400   2.08.960   2:08.400
2. Ricardo Scott   Toyota Corolla   DNF   2.28.670   2.26.510   2:26.510

JA4
1. Alan Chen   Toyota Corolla SR5   2.10.985   2.05.340   2.03.185   2:03.185
2. Orville Johnson   Toyota Tercel   2.19.940   2.17.850   2.22.140   2:17.850

JN8
1. Spencer Whittingham   Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 5   2.03.565   1.59.870   1.57.055   1:57.055
2. Peter Jaggon   Subaru Impreza WRX   2.12.820   2.04.140   2.04.330   2:04.140

JA9
1. Gary Gregg   Ford Focus WRC   1.54.385   1.53.335   1.52.000   1:52.000

JC1
1. Mario Scott   Ford Escort   2.23.735   2.27.645   2.32.700   2:23.735

JC2
1. Richard Chan   Mitsubishi Evolution 4   2.14.220   2.15.665   DNS   2:14.220
2. Ian Edwards   Mazda 323   2.17.085   2.15.065   DNF   2:15.065

STREET CAR CLASS Normally aspirated
1. Andrew Green   Peugeot   2.42.065   2.29.735   DNS   2:29.735
2. Kirkland Billings   Nissan B12   DNF   DNS   DNS   0:00.000

FASTEST OVERALL
Gary Gregg   Ford Focus WRC   1.54.385   1.53.335   1.52.000   1:52.000

FASTEST 2WD
Jordan Powell   Toyota Corolla FX   2.04.880   1.58.780   DNF   1:58.780

CHAMPIONSHIP RUN
1. Gary Gregg   Ford Focus WRC   2.44.575           2:44.575
2. Matthew Gore   Toyota Starlet   2.56.335           2:56.335
3. Kyle Gregg   Honda Civic   2.57.335           2:57.335
4. Peter Jaggon   Subaru Impreza WRX   3.02.745           3:02.745
5. Alan Chen   Toyota Corolla SR5   3.03.785           3:03.785
6. Tony Fu   Toyota Corolla GT   3.12.775           3:12.775
7. Keith Saunders   Chrevolet Chevette   3.15.645           3:15.645
8. Randall Singh   Toyota Corolla   3.18.440           3:18.440
9. Spencer Whittingham   Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 5   DNF           0:00.000
10. Jordan Powell   Toyota Corolla FX   DNS           0:00.000

The next event on the rally-sport calendar will be the JMMC/Petcom 20th Anniversary Rally Jamaica 2011, scheduled to take place on December 4-6 using stages in Bog Walk, Bernard Lodge and the Kingston Waterfront. For more information, visit www.rallyjamaica.com .