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UK drivers’ nod to history at Sol Rally Barbados

State-of the-art modern rally cars may be battling for overall honours in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event, but there is always a nod to the history of rallying in the entry list for Sol Rally Barbados. The last three UK entries for this year’s event confirmed today (Wednesday) reflect three very different eras of rallying, from the 1960s through the ‘70s and into the early days of four-wheel-drive in the ‘80s.

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Posted on May 10th, 2023.

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Late rethink brings Worswick back for Sol Rally Barbados

After a last-minute change of heart just a couple of days before entries closed and rally cars were due to be delivered to Portsmouth in readiness for sailing on the Geest Line freighter Baltic Klipper yesterday (Sunday), Britain’s Nigel Worswick has confirmed he will compete in Sol Rally Barbados this year. He returns with the Ford Escort MkII he first campaigned in the island in 2011, one of three Escorts confirmed for the SuperModified 2 class today, with fellow Brits Graham Haigh and Dick Mauger also returning.

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Posted on May 8th, 2023.

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Female entries in Sol Rally Barbados at near-record 21

Confirmation today (May 5) that Britain’s Cheryl Spencer will make her eighth trip to compete in Sol Rally Barbados next month brings to 21 the number of women entered in this year’s event, just one short of the record set in Sol RB18. As well as competing in the region’s biggest annual motor sport international, Spencer and husband Barry will be marking the 15th Anniversary of their beachfront wedding.

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Posted on May 5th, 2023.

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Procter seeks elusive podium in Sol Rally Barbados

Marking the 20th Anniversary of his first trip to compete in the island, Britain’s Kevin Procter will return for Sol Rally Barbados next month with the Ford Fiesta S2000T in which he has finished fourth three times since 2017. Also confirmed today (May 2) are entries for Texas-based Scotsman Fraser Louden and fellow-Scot Ian Barclay, their Mitsubishi Evos bringing the entries in the four-wheel-drive classes to 20.

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Posted on May 2nd, 2023.

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Floodlit Bushy Park SuperSpecial to start Sol RB23

Sol Rally Barbados 2023 will start with a floodlit SuperSpecial at Bushy Park Barbados on Friday, June 9, it was revealed today (Tuesday). As the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) had already confirmed the daylight SuperSpecial and Rally Finish at the St Philip facility on the Sunday afternoon, today’s announcement completes the published details of the format for the 33rd running of its blue riband event.

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Posted on April 25th, 2023.

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MALONEY WINS WEATHERBEATEN SHAKEDOWN STAGES

Fans turn out in their numbers for season’s opening event

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Posted on April 24th, 2023.

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FIFTY CREWS LINE UP FOR BRC SHAKEDOWN STAGES

Sunday event opens Barbados Rally Club Championship

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Posted on April 22nd, 2023.

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First Citizens King of the Hill moves to new location

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) confirmed today (Friday) that King of the Hill (KotH), the sprint used since 2008 to seed the running order for Sol Rally Barbados, will be staged at a new location this year, but with continued title sponsorship from First Citizens Group. To be staged on Sunday, June 4, the event returns to the east of the island, running on a 4.1-kilometre course from St Philip into St John.

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Posted on April 21st, 2023.

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Rallycross Champion O’Donovan for Sol Rally Barbados

Nearly three decades after he first entered, former British Rallycross Champion Ollie O’Donovan will finally get to compete in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) blue riband event this year. He will drive a Hyundai i20 R5 run by island regular Andy Scott’s Albatec Racing outfit, alongside European Rally Championship leader New Zealander Hayden Paddon in a similar Hyundai and Scott’s own Ford Fiesta S2000T in Sol Rally Barbados 2023 (June 9-11), also King of the Hill the previous weekend.

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Posted on April 19th, 2023.

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Jamaica’s Kyle Gregg joins R5 class of 2023 in Barbados

Jamaican all-rounder Kyle Gregg, a title-winner on both racetrack and rally stage, has confirmed that he will contest a full season of rallying in Barbados this year in a new Ford Fiesta Rally2, which arrived in the island this week. His campaign will include Sol Rally Barbados 2023 and all other rounds of the R5 Rally Championship presented by First Citizens, which starts with the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Shakedown Stages on Sunday, April 23.

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Posted on April 14th, 2023.