Circuit Racing

Team Barbados has its sights set firmly on winning the coveted Country Championship title as it confirms an 11-strong team for the final round of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC), to be staged at the South Dakota Circuit in Guyana next month (November 15/16).

Only 12 points cover the leading three territories, Trinidad & Tobago having leap-frogged into the lead with 308 points after returning as a host country in August for the first time since 2006; Guyana is second with 297, with Barbados third on 296. Jamaica trails on 151 points.

- Susie Wolff will become the first female driver ever to compete in the Race Of Champions at this year’s event in Barbados

- The news marks a return to racing action for Wolff, currently the development driver for the Williams F1 team

- Wolff joins greats from Le Mans, IndyCar, V8 Supercar, Rallycross and F1 in the ROC field, with many more big names on their way

Beacon Insurance is the title sponsor of this weekend’s (October 18/19) BMF Club Meet at Bushy Park Circuit, St Philip. More than 18 hours of on-track action, including the first stage of Suzuki Rocks! - the Quest for the Best in the island – is planned over the two days, with bikes, dragsters, karts, race and rally cars all sharing centre stage, offering something for all the family.