Circuit Racing

Racing drivers joined organisers in lauding the return of circuit racing to Bushy Park Barbados last weekend (August 29/30) as more than 40 local cars lit up the St Philip facility on the supporting programme at the Fast Parts Caribbean GT Challenge.

  As the 10-race supporting programme came to an end on Sunday afternoon ahead of the final GT Challenge race, the crowds on The Hill and in the Clubhouse cheered their local favourites, as donuts aplenty sent tyre smoke streaming into the atmosphere.   

As the GT Challenge de las Americas concluded its Caribbean tour, Britain's Will Redford won both feature races at the Fast Parts Caribbean GT Challenge at Bushy Park, Barbados, yesterday (August 30). Driving a Mercedes AMG GT3 for Guyanese team Peter Lewis Construction, he also claimed the venue's new Outright Lap Record.

A roll call of former Champion Drivers and Class Champions is lining up to return to Bushy Park, Barbados, in 10 days' time and race on the 2.01-kilometre International Circuit at the Fast Parts Caribbean GT Challenge (August 28-30).

Colombia's Tatiana Calderón, who has been blazing a trail for female race car drivers for more than 20 years, will compete in the Fast Parts Caribbean GT Challenge at Bushy Park Barbados in two weeks' time (August 28-30).

  Following their overall victory in round three of the GT Challenge de las Américas in Guyana last month, she will again team up with Guatemala's Juan Diego Hernandez, but this time driving the Costa Rica-based NACentE Racing Team's Ferrari 296 Challenge in the GTS Turbo class.

Three-time Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America Champion Danny Formal has confirmed he will race at the Fast Parts Caribbean GT Challenge at Bushy Park on August 29/30. Last November the Costa Rican added victory in the Lamborghini World Finals in Italy to his already impressive cv, which also includes more than 10 karting titles.

Overall leader of the 2026 GT Challenge de las Américas Costa Rica's Gustavo Ortega will head up a strong Lamborghini presence when the championship arrives for its fourth round at the Fast Parts Caribbean GT Challenge at Bushy Park on August 29/30.

Fresh from finishing third overall in the GT Challenge de las Américas at the Guyana Grand Prix 10 days ago, Panama's David Carballeda has confirmed his entry for the Fast Parts Caribbean GT Challenge at Bushy Park on August 29/30.

Bushy Park Barbados is preparing to welcome hundreds of overseas visitors when the GT Challenge de las Américas rolls into town. Racing iconic brands such as Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes Benz and Porsche, drivers from Latin America, Canada, the USA and Trinidad & Tobago will contest the Fast Parts Caribbean GT Challenge on August 29/30.

Ahead of the upcoming visit to Barbados of the GT Challenge de las Americas (August 29/30), host club Bushy Park Motorsports Inc (BPMSI) has confirmed some management changes. Two-time champion at the St Philip facility, Neil ‘Shocky’ Corbin, is the Club’s new Chairman, while Jamal Estwick, whose background is in karting, is Vice-Chairman.

  Driving a turbocharged Nissan in Group 3B, the top class back in the day, Corbin was Champion Driver in 1998 and 2000, before taking on a club management role, then concentrating on family and business after retiring from competition.