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SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2009 PROMOTION STEPPED UP

Five months ahead of the 20th running of its premier event, the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has stepped up its European promotion of Sol Rally Barbados 2009, coinciding with the broadcast this week of British production company Acceleration TV’s coverage of the 2008 action on the popular Europe-wide satellite station Motors TV.

JAMAICANS CONFIRMED FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Jamaican drivers Jeffrey Panton – a former winner in Barbados - and Bobby Marshall have each won free shipping and free entry to Sol Rally Barbados 2009 after finishing the recently-contested Rally Jamaica (December 5-7) as the highest-placed local crews in the four-wheel-drive and two-wheel-drive categories.

SKEETE FINISHES SECOND IN RALLY JAMAICA

Roger Skeete made a triumphant return to Petcom Rally Jamaica at the weekend (December 5-7), repeating the podium finish of his last visit in 2003. With co-driver Robert Simmons, he finished second in the Michelin/FB Batteries Subaru Impreza WRC S9, 1 minute and 50 seconds behind Jeffrey Panton, despite a challenging weekend.

SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2009 PROMOTION UNDER WAY

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) is using Rally Jamaica this weekend (December 5-7) to launch its regional promotion for Sol Rally Barbados 2009. It has also confirmed next year’s dates as Saturday and Sunday, May 30/31, with the Shell V-Power King of the Hill ‘shakedown event’, introduced for the first time in 2008, slated for the previous Saturday, May 23.

STRONG BARBADOS TEAM FOR RALLY JAMAICA

Barbados will be represented by its strongest team yet when the Jamaica Millennium Motoring Club’s (JMMC) Rally Jamaica gets under way on Friday evening (December 5). Seven crews are entered, all of whom are either top 10 finishers or Group winners in Rally Jamaica over the past five years.
After Friday’s ‘Parc Expose’ and start at the National Stadium in Kingston, Rally Jamaica heads inland for Saturday’s stages through the abandoned Bauxite mines in Lydford and Reynolds, then Sunday’s runs through orange groves of Bog Walk, before returning to the capital Sunday evening.

RALLY CLUB CELEBRATES SEASON’S END

More than 70 members of the island’s motor sport fraternity were honoured on Saturday evening (November 22) at the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Annual Prizegiving, 13 of them winning return tickets to the UK courtesy of Virgin Atlantic, title sponsor of the Club’s RallySport Championship.

BROOKER AND EDWARDS DEFEAT THE ELEMENTS

With the Joe Brooker’s Building Ltd/SDRR Hydraulic & Industrial Spares Inc Toyota Hilux caked in mud after a long day battling the elements, Damian Brooker and Derek Edwards emerged victorious in Sunday’s (November 9) Nassco November Safari, final round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2008 Mud Dogs Safari Championship.

CHAMPIONSHIP DECIDER ON SUNDAY

Following last weekend’s final round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Rallysport Championship, this weekend it is the turn of the off-roaders. Sunday’s (November 9) Nassco November Safari is the last chance for crews contesting the 2008 BRC Mud Dogs Safari Championship to score points, and all the leading contenders are on the entry list published today.

SKEETE WINS VIRGIN ATLANTIC RALLYSPORT TITLE

The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic RallySport Championship finished in dramatic style at the weekend, as competitors grasped their last chance to score points. With three Group titles and the overall Championship still up for grabs, contenders drove the BRC Winter Rally in committed fashion, spectators enjoying some heart-stopping high-speed action on the loose.

‘LAST CHANCE SALOON’ FOR RALLY CLUB COMPETITORS

Twenty-eight crews drive into the ‘last chance saloon’ this weekend (November 1 & 2) as the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Virgin Atlantic RallySport Championship reaches its conclusion with an event new to the Club’s calendar, the BRC Winter Rally; this gravel event comprises 12 stages split into three routes, one on Saturday evening and two on Sunday.

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