Alleyne, O’Neal win Safari

Leslie Alleyne and Chris O’Neal won last Sunday’s Old Brigand Rum November Safari, the final round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2023 Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship in their Pod Store/Maxxis/Lucky Locks Suzuki Jimny.

As he celebrated an eighth champion driver title and O’Neal’s seventh as navigator, Alleyne described it as “the perfect event to finish the year”.

Alleyne and O’Neal won both morning and afternoon routes, amassing a total of 1 255 penalties to beat Christopher King and Warrick Eastmond (Jimny) into second place by 897, with father and son crew Stephen and Ben Moore third in the Moore & Moore Services/Maxxis Isuzu DMax, another 383 adrift. With their third top three finish of the season, the Moores are confirmed as third overall as well as Class B champions.

Sunday’s route was set by Simon Parravicino and Andrew Croney, who have finished second in the driver and navigator standings, respectively, after tackling three of the earlier events together in the Realtors Ltd Jeep Wrangler. (PR/EZS)