McKenzie new rally champ

Mckenzie clocked one minute 47 seconds and won three of the four morning stages in the process.

The event started with Ainsley Lochan/Scott Sheppard piloted Ultra/ Stag/Josef’s posting a blistering time of 1.54. However, Lochan was hampered by a broken axle on the second stage, causing them to miss the third which ended their challenge.

In the 2WD class, Rezan Mohammed/Arshad Mondro in the unsponsored Mitsubishi Lancer GSR dominated once again. Their nearest rivals were Shelford Robinson and Rajesh Ganar in the Tire Clinic Nissan Sunny.

And there was a keen battle in the newcomer’s box between the Simon Rodriguez/Wesley Nandoo team in the Toyota Corolla and the Tropical Engineering Nissan Sunny team of James Harris/Nishard Mohammed.

Harris successfully kept Simon at bay on three of the four morning stages.

By lunch-time the Colin Khan/Richard Ramsingh’s Listerine/ Flower Time/Esso Subaru Impreza was second to McKenzie trailing him by 41 seconds. In third place overall was Mohammed trailing Khan by 26 seconds.

Mckenzie again showed his dominance on the Seego Zig Zag. Vishal Dhanraj and Kevin Mohammed in the their first outing in a 4WD car, struggled to find their form in the Esso/ Mileage Mack/ AA Chemdry/ Lucozade Sport/ BT Rentals Subaru Impreza.

Both Dhanraj and Lochan treated the crowd to two-wheelers.

Harris, who was bettering rival Rodriquez, suffered a puncture and popped an axle on the seventh stage. His retirement from the rally at this point allowed Rodriguez to claim third place honours in the 2WD category.

Mckenzie/ Jallai in the Castrol/ Rallymac Motors/ Sweet Tamarind Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 powered on to extend their lead, winning the rally a full one minute and 11 seconds over second placed Khan/ Ramsingh.

Mohammed/ Mondro were able to maintain their lead over Ainsley/Scott and completed the podium, with a third place finish.

RALLY RESULTS —

FourWheel Drive: 1 Barry McKenzie/Max Jallai — Rallymac/Castrol/ EVO 6; 2 Colin Khan/R Ramsingh — Flower Time/Listerine Subaru; 3 Ainsley Lochan/S Sheppard — NP/STAG/Josef’s Evo 6

Two Wheel Drive: 1 Rezan Mohammed/A Mondro — Lancer GSR 1800 Turbo; 2 Shelford Robinson/R Ganar — Tyre Clinic Sunny B13; 3 Simon Rodriguez/W Nandoo — Corolla 1600 Turbo

Overall:1 Barry McKenzie/Max Jallai — Rallymac/Castrol/ EVO 6 — 17 min 02 secs; 2 Colin Khan/R Ramsingh — Flower Time/Listerine Subaru — 18.13; 3 Rezan Mohammed/A Mondro — Lancer GSR 1800 Turbo — 19.21.