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Unfinished business in the RCC for Boodoosingh and T&T

Kristian Boodoosingh of the Fast Parts Caribbean team heads in to the fourth season of the Radical Caribbean Cup (RCC) knowing there is unfinished business both for him as a driver and his home country Trinidad & Tobago. The first of five three-race meetings for the Suzuki-powered Radical SR3s is at Bushy Park Barbados on Sunday (May 14), where the Trinidadian has been a race-winner in the past.

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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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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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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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Jamaica’s Tommi Gore joins Radical Caribbean Cup

Jamaican teenager Tommi Gore, son of double Caribbean Motor Racing Champion (CMRC) Doug, will join the grid for the fourth season of the Radical Caribbean Cup (RCC) which gets under way at Bushy Park Barbados on Sunday, May 14. A third-generation racing driver – grandfather Neil was also a successful competitor - 18-year-old Tommi is proud to be carrying on the family tradition at the highest level of regional racing.

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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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Dates confirmed for Radical Caribbean Cup 2023

The calendar for the fourth season of the Radical Caribbean Cup (RCC) confirmed today (Wednesday) includes two visits to Trinidad & Tobago for the first time. The Suzuki-powered Radical SR3 sports-racers, the fastest race cars in the region, will kick off the championship season at Bushy Park Barbados next month, with five rounds scheduled between May and November.

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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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MALONEY WINS WEATHERBEATEN SHAKEDOWN STAGES

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

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FIFTY CREWS LINE UP FOR BRC SHAKEDOWN STAGES

Sunday event opens Barbados Rally Club Championship

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