PAUL “THE SURFER” BOURNE kept up his winning ways and brushed aside challenges from an impressive field in the Motoring Club Barbados Inc.’s (MCBI) speed event ‘Hammertime’ last Sunday.
Set from Society-Pool, St John, Bourne in a well turned out Ford Focus WRC gave notice of his intentions by posting the fastest time on the “practice run” of 2 minutes 48.97 seconds and never looked back.
He stayed on course throughout the day’s action and posted the event’s fastest time of 2 minutes 44.68 seconds, once again beating arch-rival Roger “The Sheriff” Skeete in a Subaru Impreza S12 into second place.
Skeete returned a time of 2 minutes 46 minutes 13 seconds.
Neil Armstrong, in a Suzuki SX4 WRC, was a gear-change away in third spot after he posted a best time of 2 minutes 46.93 seconds.
The experienced Roger “The Ninja” Hill, in a Toyota Corolla WRC, grabbed fourth spot with a time of 2 minutes 51.84 seconds.
But it was Josh Read in a Toyota Starlet who again caught the attention as he turned an outstanding performance to grab the honours at stake in SuperModified 10 and fifth place overall with a time of 2 minutes 51.89 seconds.
His Paul Hasselgreen-powered machine kept ahead of Ian “WeeWee” Warren, in a Suzuki Swift, who posted a time of 2 minutes 55.30 seconds.
Rhett Watson looked good over the 6.3 kilometre long and sometimes twisty course and was took the honours at stake in SuperModified 12 in a BMW M3 with a time of 2 minutes 55.59 seconds.
Daryl Clarke, in a Honda Civic, helped to keep competition keen among the two-wheel drive competitors and cleaned up Modified 7 with a time of 2 minutes 58.08 seconds.
Double-club champion Neil Corbin, in a Toyota Starlet M6, was ninth overall with a time of 3 minutes 31.03 seconds.
Andrew Jones, in a Ford Escort Mk II, drove away with top honours in SMII with a time of 3 minutes 02.25 and rounded out the top ten.
Allan Maynard, in a Toyota Starlet, turned in a good performance to win SuperModified 9 with a time of 3 minutes 17.97 seconds, while former Barbados Karting Association champion driver Conor Roach in a Peugeot 106 won the Clubman Class with a time of 3 minutes 23.01 seconds.
Randy Reid in a BMW M3 carried off the Group B title with a time of 3 minutes 26.86 seconds while David Brewster won the Historic Class in a Peugeot 205GTi.
