Posted on 16 December 2008
Jamaican drivers Jeffrey Panton – a former winner in Barbados – and Bobby Marshall have each won free shipping and free entry to Sol Rally Barbados 2009 after finishing the recently-contested Rally Jamaica (December 5-7) as the highest-placed local crews in the four-wheel-drive and two-wheel-drive categories.
The awards were presented at the Rally Jamaica Prizegiving at [...]
Posted on 16 December 2008
Only a day after Suzuki revealed it would pull out of the World Rally Championship, Subaru has announced that it will follow suit and quit the sport ahead of the 2009 season.
The decision comes as car manufacturers continue to feel the squeeze as a result of the current global economic downturn and will see the [...]
Posted on 14 December 2008
New World Rally Car details revealed
The FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) has announced further technical details of the future World Rally Car.
After meeting today in Monaco, the council reconfirmed that the 2010 World Rally Car will be based on an S2000 specification car.
However, the scope of the removable performance kit, already adopted by the [...]
Posted on 13 December 2008
Greg Bullock is a Jamaican car enthusiast living in Chicago. He has always loved cars and it shows in his dedication over the years. Greg has been drag racing for 20 years, built 3 race cars, and was one of a handful of mechanics that tuned high compression engines to run turbo boost on pump [...]
Posted on 08 December 2008
[ December 8, 2008; 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] The JMMC Rally Jamaica 2008 Awards Ceremony will be held at the Hilton Kingston Hotel, at 7:30 PM
Posted on 08 December 2008
Rally Jamaica 2008 Results
POSITION
COMPETITOR NAME
CTRY
4WD/2WD
MAKE CAR
CAR NUMBER
CLASS JMC
ELAPSED TIME
PENALTY
OVERALL
1
Jeffrey Panton/Michael Fennell Jr
JAM
4WD
FORD FOCUS WRC
4
JA9
01:22:33.892
00:01:20.000
01:23:53.892
2
Roger Skeete/Robert Simmons
BAR
4WD
2003 SUBARU IMPREZZA WRC
3
JA9
01:25:42.164
00:00:00.000
01:25:42.164
3
Douglas Gore/Mark Nelson
JAM
4WD
MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION 10
11
JN8
01:29:22.473
00:00:00.000
01:29:22.473
4
Gary Gregg/Hugh Hutchinson
JAM
4WD
FORD FOCUS WRC
2
JA9
01:30:18.249
00:00:00.000
01:30:18.249
5
James Betts/Jeremy Gonsalves
BAR
4WD
SUBARU IMPREZZA N9
17
JN8
01:31:01.645
00:00:00.000
01:31:01.645
6
David Lee/Colin Chambers
JAM
4WD
MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION 8
12
JN8
01:32:33.659
00:00:00.000
01:32:33.659
7
Harold Morley/Geoffrey Goddard
BAR
4WD
SUBARU N14
8
JN8
01:32:52.103
00:00:30.000
01:33:22.103
8
Natasha Chang/Guy Fraser
JAM
4WD
MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION 5
10
JN8
01:40:40.877
00:00:00.000
01:40:40.877
9
Salvador Solis/Nigel Lyn
JAM
4WD
MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION 2
9
JN8
01:42:24.072
00:00:30.000
01:42:54.072
10
Gordon Brandon/Marcel Brandon
JAM
4WD
MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION 3
16
JN8
01:46:00.891
00:00:30.000
01:46:30.891
11
Bobby [...]
Posted on 08 December 2008
After a grueling 3 day rally Jeffrey Panton and co-driver Mike Fennel Jr. have won Rally Jamaica 2008. The rally was very challenging for all involved with many cars falling out due to damage. Jeffrey had two main challengers, Gary Gregg and Paul Bourne. It was a long journey. On day 2 of the rally, [...]