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HISTORIC ESCORT FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Former British Historic Rally Championship class-winners Chris Shooter and Bev LeGood will make their Caribbean debut on Sol Rally Barbados 2014, bringing to 21 the number of International crews so far confirmed for this year’s event. With less than two weeks to go before the closing date, more than one-third of the entries received on the official web site – www.rallybarbados.net – are from the wider Caribbean or further afield.

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Rally

Posted on April 19th, 2014.

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SKEETE AND MALONEY WIN VALVOLINE RALLY

Roger Skeete maintained this season’s winning form when he drove the Sol/LIME/Simpson Motors/Michelin/Williams Trading Inc Subaru Impreza WRC S12 to victory in Sunday’s (April 13) Valvoline Rally, the first special stage rally of 2014. With Stuart Maloney as co-driver, Skeete’s winning margin was 27.77 seconds.

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Rally

Posted on April 14th, 2014.

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Iconic Historic Formula 1 cars for Top Gear Festival

The Top Gear Festival Barbados just keeps on getting better and better! Announced today on the official Top Gear Festival Barbados Facebook page, the festival will feature two iconic Formula 1 cars - the 1984 Toleman (having been driven by Ayrton Senna) and the 1989 Camel Lotus Judd.

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Circuit Racing

Posted on April 14th, 2014.

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IRISH CREWS OLD AND NEW FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Support from Irish competitors for Sol Rally Barbados, the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international, continues to grow. Of 70 first-time participants since 2011, around half have come from Ireland and some have already become repeat visitors.

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Rally

Posted on April 12th, 2014.

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Top Gear announce Team Japspeed to display at Festival

The Top Gear Festival Facebook page announced today that Shane Lynch and Team Japspeed will be attending the Top Gear Festival Barbados on the 17th and 18th of May.

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Drifting

Posted on April 11th, 2014.

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INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR FOR VALVOLINE RALLY

The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2014 season kicks up a gear on Sunday (April 13) with the Valvoline Rally. Before crews tackle the day’s 10 stages in the north of the island, fans are invited to interact with them at Scrutineering tomorrow (Saturday) at Automotive Art, Welches, between noon and 5.00pm.

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Rally

Posted on April 11th, 2014.

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Top Gear to bring Group B cars to Barbados

Announced on the Top Gear Festival Barbados Facebook page today - Group B cars are coming to Barbados!

Along with a photo of the iconic Lancia, Top Gear have announced that they are bringing Group B cars to Barbados for the festival. So what can we expect?

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Rally

Posted on April 10th, 2014.

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GILL & CRONEY WIN CHEFETTE APRIL SAFARI

Having finished second in last month’s curtain-raiser for the 2014 season, Derek Gill and Andrew Croney (Insurance Solutions/Sweet Temptations Mitsubishi Pajero) went one better last Sunday (April 6), winning the Chefette April Safari, round two of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari and Safari Novice Championships.

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Mud Dogs / Navigational Rally

Posted on April 9th, 2014.

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ISLAND MOTOR SPORT EXPANDS TRAINING COURSES

As a watershed season of island motor sport gathers momentum, the National Sporting Authority, the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF), has launched a ground-breaking operational and safety training programme. With local volunteers now accredited to deliver bespoke courses, the BMF will be training not only its marshals, but also its senior officials and – for the first time in a decade – its competition licence-holders.

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Circuit Racing

Rally

Posted on April 7th, 2014.

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DUCKWORTH JOINS SOL RALLY BARBADOS RETURNEES

Former UK National Rally Champion Roger Duckworth will make his fourth trip to Sol Rally Barbados this year, joining a growing list of returnees spread right through the field in the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international. While he will be fighting at the sharp end, another four regular visitors are confirmed today in the Clubman, Group B and Historic classes.

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Rally

Posted on April 4th, 2014.