Raynor King Memorial Stages Rally

The Raynor King Memorial Stages Rally was run in the humid cane fields of Frome, Georges Plain, Westmoreland on Sunday, August 20, 2006, and was a day full of thrilling and daring displays of driving skill and excitement.
 Total commitment  was the name of the game from the beginning, as the third rally in the five event JMMC / Petcom /Digicel National Rally Championship Series visited western Jamaica for the second time, but unlike the season opening Lloyd’s of Montego Bay/Mountain Dew Tarmac Stages Rally held in March, this time the eighteen  (18) crews that turned up for the start of the event were prepared  to tackle not the smooth tarmac stages like Daniel Town but the equally fast marl roads of the Jamaica Sugar Company, as the first dirt rally of the season got underway.

Ramchandani / Chambers.
 Winning the JN8 class and finishing fifth overall were Haresh Ramchandani and Colin Chambers in the Team Mobay Racing Shopsmart / China Motors Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 8, while hot on their heels in sixth place was the brand new AMJ Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9 of Marc Evans/Robert Thelwell as they debuted their ride in front of the massive crowd of fans that converged on the Frome stages.
   
Doin’ the Dew in Frome!

The highest placed 2WD car was that of Dean Corrodus / Leroy Spence, who drove their Team Mobay Racing Mountain Dew Honda Civic Type R to a convincing win in the JA3 class, outpacing their closest 2WD rivals by over 2 minutes on the day. That would be the team of Bobby Marshal/Thomas Hall in the Singer/PPG Paints Mitsubishi Mirage RS, who inherited the position when Pernell Fitz-Coy and Marvin Porteous’ Team Mobay Racing Anya’s maternity & Newborn Plus/Maran Supplies/Chen’s Wheel Alignment/Mountain Dew Toyota Starlet picked up a one-minute penalty for breaking the timing beam too soon on SS4. Michael Delfosse/Warren Lamey in the Mack Attack/Goodyear Seat Ibiza were fourth in class and eleventh overall.

Chan/Lee on a hard landing.
Richard Chan and Ivan Lee won the JA2 class in “Crazy taxi” style, as they took their reliable Team Mobay Racing Toyota Corolla GT sedan to victory lane ahead of Michelle Delfosse and Xanu Field in and Isuzu Gemini, the only all female team in the event.
The final classified finishers were the team of Junior Barnes/Sean Williams, as they recovered from various mechanical maladies that hindered their progress throughout the day in the West Med Pharmaceuticals/Mekyah Spring Water Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 5. Joining Gore and Nelson on the “did not finish” list were the highly fancied 2WD teams of Rajendra Jadusingh/David Anderson (steering component failure) and Tarik Minott / Peter Clarke (electrical).  The McDowell brothers Gordon and Derrick’s Mazda 323 Gtr also joined the list as it failed to restart after the end of stage 4. The Suzuki Swift of Noel Golding/Andre Gordon also did not finish, as the car was seen stopped on the transit through the cancelled first stage as a result of a failed fuel pump.
The event was sponsored by KFC, Petcom, Digicel, Mountain Dew, Sam Bull/Quic Aid Wrecking Service, Carsmart Auto Traders, China Motors, Knutsford Express, Lloyd's of Montego Bay, Pharmaton & Ginsana Natural health products, Coral Gardens Shell, Xsomo, The Pelican Restaurant, Bearings & Seals, Rory’s Texaco, Easispice, Gray’s Pepper Products, Savanna-la-mar Auto Parts, Four Seasons Resort, Maurices’ Gas and Appliance and was organized by the Montego Bay Motoring Club in association with the Jamaica Millennium Motoring Club.


Results of the Rally