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Expanded Auto & Rally Show at Bushy Park Saturday

Next Saturday’s Auto & Rally Show, now in its third year at Bushy Park Barbados, is set to be the biggest yet. Rally fans have an unrivalled opportunity to pore over more than 100 cars entered for First Citizens King of the Hill (May 26) and BCIC Rally Barbados (May 31-June 2), while hundreds of patrons have already signed up for road car test drives offered by the island’s automotive sector, new for this year.

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Women in Motorsport’s contribution to BCIC RB24

A record number of 24 female participants are listed on the provisional entry list for BCIC Rally Barbados 2024 (May 31-June 2) . . . but they are just the tip of the iceberg. Adding in female volunteer marshals and officials, crew members and media personnel carries the number of Women in Motorsport (WiM) working on the Caribbean’s biggest annual motorsport International well into three figures.

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Stockdale almost misses the boat for BCIC RB24

The Geest Line freighter Baltic Klipper docked at the Bridgetown Port early yesterday (Tuesday) with a cargo including 22 rally cars shipped from the UK and Ireland . . . but it was almost only 21, as last-minute delays nearly ended British driver Tom Stockdale’s childhood dream of competing alongside his father Martin, who this year participates in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event for a record 22nd time.

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Hoad leads BRC Championship ahead of BCIC RB24

Chris Hoad leads the chase for the coveted Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Champion Driver crown ahead of the two marquee events of the year, First Citizens King of the Hill (May 26) and BCIC Rally Barbados 2024 (May 31-June 2). With island motor sport in rude health, 48 drivers have already scored points in the BRC Driver’s & Class Championships – a record this early in the season – and nearly 20 more will join in shortly.

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Second-highest entry in 34 years for BCIC RB24

The provisional entry list for the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international lists more than 100 local, regional and international rally crews for only the second time in its 34-year history. With a new title sponsor, BCIC Rally Barbados 2024 has attracted 103 entries, the most in 12 years, including the first Volkswagen Polo GTi R5 to compete in the island, being flown in by returning Irish driver Barry McKenna.

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BCIC

British Caribbean Insurance Company (BCIC) has offered general insurance products to Jamaicans for more than 50 years and opened its first overseas branch in Barbados in 2017. From its offices at Manor Lodge, Green Hill, the company underwrites all major lines of insurance and offers insurance for private cars, commercial vehicles, electric vehicles, motorcycles and PSVs, also 24-hour islandwide emergency breakdown roadside assistance through BCIC Assist.

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BCIC RALLY BARBADOS 2024 Programme of key events

Saturday, May 25 - The Rally Show
+ 1.00pm to 6.00pm
+ Bushy Park Barbados, St Philip
Sunday, May 26 – First Citizens King of the Hill
+ 11.00am to approx 5.00pm
+ Palmers, St Philip to Colleton, St John (4.20km); four official timed runs
+ round three of the BRC Driver’s & Class Championships
+ for overseas competitors, a shake-down before BCIC RB24
Wednesday, May 29 - BCIC RB24 Briefing Meeting
+ 6.30pm, for competitors, crews and rally officials only
+ Savvy on the Bay, Bridgetown

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BCIC RALLY BARBADOS 2024 Special Stage Schedule

 

Times indicate Car 1 due

Friday, May 31
1930 SS1 – Bushy Park 1 (2.60km)
2000 SS2 – Featherbed Lane (5.90km)
2045 SS3 – Bushy Park 2 (2.60km)

Saturday, June 1
1000 Restart – Bushy Park
1030 SS4 – Malvern 1 (6.30km)
1055 SS5 – Automotive Art Kendal 1 (7.80km)
1125 SS6 – Banks Padmore 1 (5.80km)
1230 SS7 – Malvern 2 (6.30km)
1255 SS8 – Automotive Art Kendal 2 (7.80km)
1325 SS9 – Banks Padmore 2 (5.80km)

Lunch halt – Bushy Park

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