Text by Dean Corrodus, Photos by Donovan Montaque.
The Jamaica Millennium Motoring Club (JMMC) staged the first of ten dexterity events for the 2012 season at the ATL Bogue City Centre parking lot in Montego Bay on Saturday night, February 18. The night dexterity idea made a welcome return courtesy of ATL Automotive’s state of the art dealership facility at Bogue City Centre, representing industry leading brands Audi, VW (ATL Autohaus) and Honda (ATL Motors) and backed up by the prestigious Jaguar, Range Rover and Land Rover marques (ATL Britannia). The venue offered an attractive background for the exciting and entertaining wet tarmac format of this entry level of motorsports and saw huge cheers from the crowd in attendance when their favorite drivers displayed flamboyant skill and car control in maneuvering their vehicles around the cones that marked the course.
Overall win
Maurice “Wurl Boss” Whittingham emerged with the fastest time of the night overall in winning the rear wheel drive with limited slip differential class in a time of 37.35 seconds in his Team mad Dem/Carz rehab Toyota Starlet, Whittingham is the defending dexterity champion and has won this class on numerous occasions. 2nd place was Cleve “Cutta Hype” Ottey, the only person to have beaten Whittingham in 2011, Upcoming star, young Jamar “Schoolaz” Kinkaid, placed third with solid, entertaining performances in the Kinkaid Cellular Toyota Corolla Levin.
The battle of the dealers
In the highly competitive front wheel drive class, Jordan Powell, driving the ATL Autohaus Volkswagen Polo for the first time, copped the top spot on the podium to reverberate the “ATL Unbeatable” marketing campaign, as 2nd place was the highest that double 2011 class winner and multiple class champion Christopher “Teach” McFarlane would manage on the night in the Stewarts Auto Sales Mitsubishi ASX. 3rd place was won by McFarlane’s team mate Courtney Wilson.
The front wheel drive with limited slip differential class was won by Ameer Johnson in the Team mad Dem/Carz rehab Toyota Corolla Levin with Tony Fu of Team Challenger racing 2nd driving his Toyota Corolla GT.
4WD
Top circuit driver Douglas “Hollywood” Gore drove his ATL Automotive Audi A4 coupe to victory in the four wheel drive class, with Team Challenger’s Richard Chan in 2nd place in a Toyota Starlet, both cars being at opposite ends of the size spectrum with the powerful and wide Audi getting the better of the nimble Toyota in the class.
In the 2 lap championship run for the top ten fastest competitors, Whittingham again stood on the top step of the podium with a time of 1.08.58, with Powell in 2nd place in 1.10.49 and McFarlane 3rd a whisker away in 1.10.97.
The next two events on the motorsports calendar take place next Sunday when Jamwest Speedway in Westmoreland, stages the first drag race meet of the season with a provocative titled event; Run your car, not your mouth!”.
At the other end of the island, the Jamaica Karting Association starts their season with the first of ten meets scheduled for the year at the Palisadoes International Raceway, just across from the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.
1st run 2nd run 3rd run Best Time Points
RWD LSD
1. Maurice Whittingham Toyota Starlet 39.38 40.62 37.35 37.35 150
2. Cleve Ottey Toyota Starlet 42.01 39.22 1.09.38 39.22 110
3. Jamar Kinkaid Toyota Corolla 46.19 40.59 41.09 40.59 90
4. Ron Samuels Toyota Starlet DNF 41.04 51.64 41.04 80
5. Kingsley Scott Toyota Corolla DX 41.45 46.02 45.06 41.45 70
6. Dennis Bicarie Toyota Starlet 42.01 53.55 55.07 42.01 60
7. Terri Stubbs Toyota Corolla SR5 43.79 45.94 44.33 44.33 50
8. Salvador Davis Toyota Corolla 44.5 DNF DNF 44.5 40
9. Ian Wright Toyota Tacoma 47.19 44.82 49.07 44.82 30
10. Owen Wong Ken Mazda RX7 52.45 44.99 47.74 44.99 20
11. Christopher Scott Toyota Corolla 45.41 59.35 45.59 45.41 20
12. Dayne Graham Toyota MR2 51.59 DNS DNS 51.59 20
13. Brandon Bayley Haye Ford Escort DNF 1.03.25 56.35 56.35 20
FWD LSD
1. Ameer Johnson Toyota Corolla Levin 46.25 43.21 39.65 39.65 70
2. Tony Fu Toyota Corolla GT DNF 44.57 42.95 42.95 50
4WD
1. Douglas Gore Audi S4 Coupe 42.35 DNF DNF 42.35 130
2. Richard Chan Toyota Starlet DNF 43.55 42.99 42.99 100
3. Dominic Peterkin Subaru Impreza WRX DNF DNF DNF DNF
4. Macklin Peterkin Subaru Impreza WRX DNF DNS DNS DNF
FWD
1. Jordan Powell VW Polo 40.58 38.99 37.75 37.75 130
2. Christopher McFarlane Mitsubishi ASX 39.3 40.98 40.5 39.3 100
3. Courtney Wilson Mitsubishi ASX 46.31 44.96 44.27 44.27 80
4. Kemar O’Brian Mitsubishi ASX DNF 49.59 44.98 44.98 70
5. Stephen Wright Toyota Starlet 46.65 DNF 57.29 46.65 60
6. Damian Francis Toyota Corolla Levin 52.64 48.7 DNF 48.7 50
Championship run
1. Maurice Whittingham 1.08.58 20
2. Jordan Powell 1.10.49 15
3. Christopher McFarlane 1.10.97 12
4. Cleve Ottey 1.14.05 10
5. Jamar Kinkaid 1.15.05 8
6. Douglas Gore 1.17.78 6
7. Tony Fu 1.20.45 4
8. Ameer Johnson 1.25.42 3
9. Kingsley Scott 1.26.32 2
Fastest Overall and fastest 2WD Maurice Whittingham
4×1 relay winner: Team Mad Dem:
Maurice Whittingham, Christopher Addison, Christopher McFarlane, Ameer Johnson.
