The JMMC/MBMC will be hosting sprint 1 of the 2011 series on Sunday February 20, 2011. The event will be held at Ironshore in Montego Bay, St. James Jamaica. Starting at 10AM.

Spot Valley Sprint 1 2011 Event Report

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On Sunday Feb. 27th 2011 Spot Valley Raceway will host “Clash of The Titans”. The event is a high speed motorsports sprint event, which will take place in Montego Bay, St. James, Jamaica.

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Round 3 of the JMMC Taboo Sprint Championship will be held on Sunday June 7, 2009. Please see the additional supplementary regulations below:

This event is sanctioned by the Jamaica Millennium Motoring Club and held under the present Motor Sports Rules and Regulations of the JMMC/MBMC and is open to all members in good standing with the MBMC and its affiliated clubs.
PERMIT# JMSP2009-13
Name of Event: BAY WATA Time Attack (Sprint #3)
Date: Sunday June 7, 2009.
Type of Event: Tarmac sprint.
Location: Ironshore, Montego Bay.
Start: 8:45 a.m.
Sign in & Tech: 8.00 am. To 8.10 am. at start.
Inspection
Drivers Meeting 8.15 a.m. at start.
Timing: Electronic Timing with stop watch backup(s)
As per JMMC sprint Rules: Three 3 runs (2 laps each), One 1 Championship run (3 Laps)
Trophies As per JMMC/MBMC regulations.
License Competition License for 2009 must be presented at event.
Requirements MINIMUM JMMC PROVISIONAL LICENSE
Entry Fees $3,000.00/ All Cheques payable to MBMC
Entries Open Wednesday June 3, 2009.
To: Maurice Whittingham/Terry Hamilton @ Maurice’s Gas Barnett
Street Ph. 952-2000/1629
Or JMMC, Ferry Industrial Terrace, Mandela Highway, Kingston 11.
Ph. 934-1288
Entries Close Sunday June 7, 2009, 8.10 a.m. at start
Provisional Results After last Championship run at finish
Event Officials
Organizer Sean Williams 877-7324/Stephen Mahoney 388-1664
Secretary Liz Allen 297-3283
Stewards Larry Henriques, Chris Sunderland, David Neil Baugh
Clerk of the Course Colin Chambers 861-6369
Scorer Liz Allen/ Marcia Dawes-Lamey
Scrutineer Norman Bernard 434-7743
Ambulance Jamaica Red Cross 984-7860.
Medical Officer: TBA
Insurance Thwaites Finson Sharpe.
JMMC/MBMC Scrutineers, reserve the right to scrutineer any vehicle on
request.
MONTEGO BAY MOTORING CLUB (M.B.M.C)
72a Barnett street, Montego Bay, Jamaica, W.I.
Phone 952-2000/1629
Maurice Whittingham – President, Stephen Mahoney – Vice President,
Liz Allen- Secretary, Terry Hamilton – Treasurer
Directors- Sean Williams, Richard Rerrie, James March, Patrick Gore, Andrew Forsythe.

The second event in the JMMC/Kirdex/Taboo Energy Drink Sprint Championship Series got off to a damp start exactly one month after the last event on Sunday March 22, 2009, as motorsport fans were thrilled once again in the beautiful community of Tobolski, just outside of Browns Town in the parish of St. Ann.  The event noted as the JMMC/Taboo/Kirdex Sprint 2, nicknamed ‘Tobolski’s Revenge’, will be remembered for the heated competition among the two wheel drive competitors on a consistently wet surface.  Quite unlike the last event a month ago, the rolling hills greeted competitors and fans with persistent drizzle and no sign of the sun which wreaked havoc in February.  Locals were more prepared this time, as they were shocked by the throng of out-of-towners in their back yards the last time around.  We were even entertained close to the finish with their version of a ‘neighborly scuffle’.

However, the damp, longer surface was not enough to slow down the 25 competitors aiming to claim the King of the Hill trophy.

As was expected, Jeffrey ‘Fudgie’ Panton reclaimed overall honors with his WRC Ford Focus, which was unmatched by any other competitor.  The attention was, however, placed on the slightly slower two wheel drive cars competing in the JA3, JA2 and JC2 classes.  Panton finished far ahead of everyone else with a best time of 1:12.814, which was less than a second slower than his best time in February.

This seemed to be the trend mirrored throughout the rest of the field, as competitors gave little regard to the damp surface.
Among the competitors were only four rear wheel drive entrants.  The hill was greeted by the very talented Alan Chen in his super Toyota Corolla GTS representing the JC1 class.  He not only treated fans to two exciting runs, but took it to the hill in a thrilling time of 1:21.843, which was good enough to place 5th overall.

However, you could have heard the uproar of the crowd from Browns Town when Marcus Barnes appeared for the second run in his Toyota Corolla GTS representing the JC2 class.  Many remembered him from a month ago thrilling the crowd, only to end the day being rear-ended by a local taxi driver.  The crowd was elated to see that he had recovered to compete.  Local favorite Ian Edwards thrilled patrons in his Ford Laser for three exciting runs, also in the JC2 class.

While Ian Edwards’ run was entertaining, he was unable to claim a podium finish in the JC2 class, as his relative Nigel Edwards was faster in his boosted VW Golf to claim third place with a time of 1:25.000 behind David Anderson claiming second place in his Dover prepared Mitsubishi Evolution VI (1:23.000) and Doug ‘Hollywood’ Gore, claiming first place in his immaculate Mitsubishi Evolution X with a best time of 1:14.418.  This time, so happens to be the closest to Pantons’ time.

The highly anticipated battle among the two wheel drive vehicles was headlined by the JA2 class.

Gary Gregg with his Honda Civic Hatch snatched the honors from Tarik Minott to win the class in a best time of 1:19.400 ahead of Tarik in Super 1600 Suzuki Ignis with a best time of 1:20.000.  The desperation for the win was apparent when Tarik made numerous trips to the timing tent immediately following his third run long before times were reported.  Maurice Whittingham in his Toyota Corolla FX claimed third in the class with the most entrants with a best time of 1:27.618.  In upcoming competitions throughout the motor racing calendar, this will be the class to watch among the front wheel drive vehicles.

The larger displacement engines in the JA3 class was not relatively full, but was just as exciting.  There were three competitors and two cars this time around.  Dean ‘Duct tape’ Corrodus came this time prepared with his own Honda Civic to hand out licks to Dion ‘Babybomb’ Gardner in his Mitsubishi Mirage RS.  Dean finished with a best time of 1:23.000, while Dion had a best time of 1:24.000.  The only other competitor in the class was Annakay Dunkley who shared Dion’s car.

Another local favorite, Orville ‘Piggy’ Johnson made it up the hill all three runs as the sole competitor in the JA4 class with a best time of 1:33.373.  One wonders if he misses the reigning Driver’s Champion and hope that he repairs his Toyota Starlet soon enough to reclaim the top spot in JA4.

Salvador Solis was also the only competitor in the JN8 class and finished with an improved best time of 1:25.391

This event was brought to you by Taboo Energy Drink, Kir Dex Transportation, KFC, Digicel True Juice, CVM TV, Tropical Battery, Xsomo International and St. Ann Bauxite Company Ltd.

The Jamaica Millenium Motoring Club kicked off the tarmac season on Sunday February 22, 2009 in Tobolski St. Ann. The event was action packed and some aggressive driving was put down to see who would take the title of King of The Hill.

Did we say the day was action packed? Gordon McDowell claimed the first incident of the day as he rolled the Team Mack Attack Mitsubishi Mirage in the competitor convoy run. Thankfully neither he nor his team mate Andrew Balbour were hurt. Nigel Edwards also had a run off with his Ford Laser, taking him out of competition for the day. Besides those incidents, there were other close brushes as several competitors went all out to get the fastest time, narrowly missing curbs, missing turns and even getting stuck in nearby bushes in the process. The event ended safely however, with no injuries to competitors.  But then while Marcus Barnes, a competitor, was loading his car on a wrecker to go home, a spectator’s car rammed the back of his car.  Marcus was injured in the impact and was rushed to hospital suffering from severe back pains.  Race Jamaica is wishing Marcus a speedy recovery.

We remind all readers that motorsports is dangerous and drivers race in controlled environments with safety gear (helmet, roll cages).  It is imperative that drivers recognize that at no time should anyone be racing or driving in a reckless manner on the road and no one should be driving when under the influence of drugs, or alcohol.  The consequences are not worth the temporary thrill.  People will get hurt, as seen above.

Jeffrey Panton ran away with the King of The Hill crown in his Ford Focus WRC, the speed of that car on the hill was incomparable to anything else. The real action though was put down by Tarik Minott and Gary Gregg. Gary Gregg was out testing a Maxxis Tyres sponsored Honda Civic which his son will be competing in soon. The amazing driving Gary put down brought him within one second of class winner Tarik Minott who was flying in his Suzuki Ignis. Special Mention goes to the Petcom sponsored Mitsubishi Colt of Dion Gardner who had the fourth fastest time of the day.  His driving was impressive and the crowd loved the sound of his Mivec engine.

Charles Maxwell in his E10 Powered Mirage also competed in class JC1. Charles will be competing this year at Dover Raceway. This event was a shakedown for him, to test the car before the upcoming race season. It is normal for Dover competitors to test their cars at sprints to get a better feel for it and test new parts etc.

Overall, apart from the unfortunate incident with Marcus Barnes, this opening event went well. The event was sponsored by Taboo Energy Drink, Kir-Dex Trucking, Digicel, KFC and XSomo.  Without sponsors this sport could not survive and so we ask that you support them for supporting us!

Please see the event results below:

Regular Runs

Championship Runs Results