The Driver : Adrian Linton

Adrian started watching motor sport events from 1981.  After a number of years of spectating, there was one particular event where one of the entries drove an identical to the one that he had, right down to the color and tint of the windows (Daihatsu Charade Turbo).  He thought that he could do at least as good as he did or even better and put in his entry for the Barbados Motoring Club the following day.

The very first event he actually entered was the Dexterity test in 1987 at the old airport.  I did not have a fire extinguisher and was loaned one by a fellow competitor.  He was actually leading overall until a wrong direction drop him to 5th place.  He competed avidly from then on and won the Motoring Club driver of the year in 1988.

He was so into motor sport that he joined the Barbados Rally Club in order to drive more events.  At this time there were quite often clashes in events as well as events on back to back days.  It was so hectic at one time that there were two speed events on the same day in the different clubs and he drove the practice run of one event, went to the 2nd one and did the first official run, went back to the 1st to do the 2nd official run and back again to complete the final run on the 2nd event.

Adrian also remembers doing a night rally that started Saturday evening and finished Sunday morning and going straight to Turner’s Hall to do a hill sprint with the car still covered in mud and wearing rally tires.

Co-Driver: Jonathan Linton

"Take away rallying and what's left of Jonathan would dissolve into a puddle of hair and teeth." So says his wife, Alecia, and Jonathan does not deny it. Younger brother of Adrian Linton, Jonathan started watching motorsport in 1981 at the tender age of 11 years old.  When Adrian decided to enter navigational rallies, Jonathan needed little encouragement to settle into the co-driver's seat.  Starting out in the young team's  Mini, then their Mazda 323, followed by the first KICKASTRA MkII, Jon even tried his hand at driving shared-car speed events but eventually realized Adrian was clearly THE driver (he regularly beat Jon), and Jon was a first class navigator.

The brothers have a strong partnership - while Adrian does most of the hands on car preparation, irons out the kinks in Jon's "theories" and mans the wheel, Jon strengths lay also in  researching, sourcing, and  planning.  

A regular competitor in Barbados rally circuit and in Jamaica with Adrian, Jonathan has also done much smaller US (Florida) SCCA Rallycross events, but to date the high point of his roughly twenty-year rally career has been prepping a MkIV Astra OPC for competition in the WRC Wales Rally GB 2006 (Barbados flag prominently and proudly featured). Outfitting the car to FIA standards, taking care of all the logistics, and funding the major portion of the costs (the rest provided by Adrian and invaluable sponsors Ravensden and Global Brands, UK distributor for Carib Beer) taxed all Jonathan's skill and resolve, but the result was much more than worth it.

Co-Driver: Jackie Linton

Jackie is the wife of Adrian Linton and occupies the Co-Driver's seat when brother Jonathan cannot join from his current home of Germany.  Jackie won awards for top female competitor in 2006 and partnered Adrian to an overall victory of a one-day rally in 2006, the first 2WD overall victory in a rally for many years.

The Crew: Dominic Linton, Michael "Barefoot Rastaman" Collymore

Adrian's son Dominic has understandably been bitten by the rally bug and although he hasn’t taken on any driving or navigating duties as yet is very enthusiastic to do so.  He is always around, available and interested in anything that is done with the car and is always willing to lend a hand.

Michael has been a friend of the family for many years and is the chief (just about only) mechanic/assistant/helper/just about everything else and his service has been invaluable.