Photos by Omar Munroe, Blista Inc and Marlon Chin
The Jamaica Millennium Motoring Club (JMMC) brought the curtains down on its 2011 motorsports season when in association with the Montego Bay Motoring Club, they staged a successful Wet & Slide Dexterity #5 at the upscale Whitter Village Shopping Centre in Ironshore, Montego Bay on Tuesday, December 27, 2011.
The event got off to a 5pm start, with 27 competitors taking to the track laid out by clerk of the course Pernell Fitz-Coy. The tarmac surface was properly wet before each of the three single lap runs, with the competitors having a reverse grid for the 2nd run and then drawing numbers for the run order of the third. Before the two lap championship run, a 4×1 team relay was run with a merged Team Challenger/Mad Dem going up against Team Westslide in a best of three format.
Top Spot.
Ivan Lee driving the Team Challenger Garage Toyota Corolla SR5 “Blackbird” copped the fastest time of the event, posting a 1.20.78 in his 3rd run. Ivan had flown in from Mexico specifically for the event, and upset 2011 Overall Dexterity Championship winner Maurice “Worl Boss” Whittingham, the latter placing 2nd ahead of Cleve “Cutta Hype” Ottey in 3rd place.
Ameer Johnson in the Team Mad Dem Racing/Cars Rehab Toyota Corolla Levin rally car won the FWD LSD class ahead on Team Challenger’s Richard Chan in a Toyota Starlet.
Multiple Dexterity class champion Christopher “Teach” MacFarlane again copped the win of the front wheel drive class at the event and also won the class championship for 2011, driving a 2012 Mitsubishi ASX, ahead of Dean “Duct Tape” Corrodus in a Toyota Corolla and Kevin “Bruksport Racing” Watson in the fabric Smart Suzuki Swift GTi.
Garth Chin who hails from Kingston got the better of the Munroe brothers in their year-long battle in the rear wheel drive class. Driving a Mercedes Benz 190e, Chin posted a best time of 1.34.49 to outclass his rivals Shane and Omar who posted best times of 1.40.12 and 1.504.92 in similar Toyota Altezzas.
Championship run.
In the 2 lap championship run, Whittingham redeemed himself and won 1st place with a scorching 2.18.68, followed by team-mate Ameer Johnson in a time of 2.20.18 and Ivan Lee in 3rd place a shade behind in 1.20.85.
Wet & Slide JMMC/MBMC Dexterity #5, Tuesday December 27, 2011.
1st run 2nd run 3rd run Best Time
RWD LSD
1. Ivan Lee Toyota Corolla SR5 1.26.24 1.31.17 1.20.78 1.20.78
2. Maurice Whittingham Toyota Starlet DNF 1.25.50 1.22.77 1.22.77
3. Cleve Ottey Toyota Starlet 1.26.46 1.24.54 1.23.80 1.23.80
4. Sanjay Singh Toyota Starlet DNF 1.38.48 1.25.57 1.25.57
5. Salvador Davis Toyota Corolla DNF 1.31.60 1.27.03 1.27.03
6. Dennis Bicarie Toyota Starlet DNF 1.28.36 1.27.32 1.27.32
7. Jamar Kinkaid Toyota Corolla 1.30.24 1.27.66 1.31.80 1.27.66
8. Kingsley Scott Toyota Corolla DX 1.45.79 1.37.19 1.40.26 1.37.19
9. Patrick Gore Toyota Corolla SR5 1.41.32 1.38.52 DNS 1.38.52
10. Andrew Hessing Toyota Corolla SR5 1.39.98 DNF 1.51.03 1.39.98
11. Christopher Scott Toyota Corolla DNF 1.45.18 DNF 1.45.18
12. Ricardo Scott Toyota Corolla DNF DNF 1.45.26 1.45.26
13. Jason Shaw Toyota Pickup 2.16.32 1.56.96 1.50.97 1.50.97
14. Terri Stubbs Toyota Corolla SR5 1.52.10 2.01.96 DNS 1.52.10
15. Ian Wright Toyota Tacoma DNF DNF DNF DNF
RWD
1. Garth Chin Mercedes Benz 190e 1.53.11 1.41.32 1.34.49 1.34.49
2. Shane Munroe Toyota Altezza 1.48.74 1.40.12 1.40.20 1.40.12
3. Omar Munroe Toyota Altezza DNF 1.54.92 1.58.12 1.54.92
FWD LSD
1. Ameer Johnson Toyota Corolla Levin 1.36.81 DNF 1.25.07 1.25.07
2. Richard Chan Toyota Starlet 1.32.80 1.32.46 1.33.14 1.32.46
3. Owen Campbell Honda Civic 2.27.66 2.04.71 2.01.11 2.01.11
FWD
1. Christopher McFarlane Mitsubishi ASX 1.29.72 1.30.96 1.26.44 1.26.44
2. Dean Corrodus Toyota Corolla 1.29.51 1.30.76 1.28.60 1.28.60
3. Kevin Watson Suzuki Swift Gti 1.41.58 1.32.32 1.39.34 1.32.32
4. Douglas Gore VW Jetta DNF 1.33.47 DNS 1.33.47
5. Derrick Shim Suzuki Swift Gti DNF 1.53.64 1.52.09 1.52.09
Championship run
1. Maurice Whittingham 2.18.68
2. Ameer Johnson 2.20.18
3. Ivan Lee 2.20.85
4. Christopher McFarlane 2.22.61
5. Cleve Ottey 2.37.32
6. Kevin Watson 2.38.26
7. Kingsley Scott 2.41.63
Fastest Overall and fastest 2WD Ivan Lee
“Pon di Belly” Lowest car competition winner: Denham Howden, Audi TT.
