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NEW NAMES ADDED TO HISTORIC ROLL OF HONOUR

Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Navigational Champions in 2005, Neil Barnard and Barry Gale, added their names to the roll of honour of the region’s longest-running motor sport event last weekend (June 28/29) when they won the Shelbury Construction June Safari; in doing so, Barnard joins his father, David, who won the June Rally as both driver (1971 & ‘87) and navigator (for Michael Atwell in 1983).

Posted on July 4th, 2008.

THIRTY CREWS GO FOR ‘JUNE’ GLORY

Thirty crews are listed on the final entry for this weekend’s (June 28/29) Shelbury Construction June Safari, chasing glory in the region’s longest-running motor sport event . . . but victory in the second round of the 2008 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship will not be easy.
Once again, the event which helped establish the BRC in 1957 promises a true challenge of man and machine. The entry list includes seven former winners, two of whom – Leslie Alleyne and Derek Gill – have won as both driver and navigator.

Posted on June 24th, 2008.

INCREASED TV COVERAGE FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Motor sport fans across Europe have been enjoying the widest-ever coverage of the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport event, with more than 10 hours of programming on terrestrial and satellite television channels covering Sol Rally Barbados 2008 . . . and there’s more to come later in the year.

Posted on June 22nd, 2008.

SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2008 Results

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ENG – England; ESP – Spain; IRL – The Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; NIR – Northern Ireland; SVG – St Vincent & The Grenadines; SWE – Sweden; TDAD – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL - Wales

Posted on June 2nd, 2008.

MEEKE AND NAGLE WIN SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Northern Ireland’s Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle were confirmed at yesterday’s Prize-giving at The Boatyard as winners of Sol Rally Barbados 2008 (May 31/June 1); a weekend of drama and excitement ended with the first lock-out of the podium by overseas crews since Meeke’s fellow-countryman Kenny McKinstry led home Jamaicans Jeffrey Panton and Doug Gore in 1996.

Posted on June 2nd, 2008.

SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2008 Final running order at May 28, 2008

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown):
ENG – England; HOL – The Netherlands; ESP – Spain; IoM – Isle of Man; IRL – The Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; NIR – Northern Ireland; SCO – Scotland;
SVG – St Vincent & The Grenadines; SWE – Sweden; TDAD – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL - Wales

Posted on May 27th, 2008.

SOL RALLY BARBADOS REFLECTS TOURISM GOALS

As the organising Barbados Rally Club (BRC) confirmed the final running order this afternoon (May 28) for Sol Rally Barbados 2008, the details reflected clearly the sports tourism goals of two of its major backers, the Barbados Tourism Authority and the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association.

Posted on May 27th, 2008.

SHELL V-POWER KING OF THE HILL - Results

Overall
1st Paul Bourne/Stuart Maloney (M8-WRC Banks/Texaco/B-Mobile/Pirelli/New-Tech Subaru Impreza WRC S9), 1m 13.02s
2nd Kris Meeke - NIR/Paul Nagle - NIR (M8-WRC Digicel/Nassco/Pirelli/Red Bull/Consolidated Finance/Armag/Crane & Equipments Toyota Corolla WRC), 1m 13.25s
3rd Kevin Procter - ENG/Dave Bellerby - ENG (M8-WRC Procters Coaches Subaru Impreza WRC S7),1m 15.74s
4th Roger Skeete/Robert Simmons (M8-WRC Michelin/FB Batteries Ford Escort WRC), 1m 15.99s

Posted on May 24th, 2008.

BOURNE IS SHELL V-POWER KING OF THE HILL

After an exhilarating day of intense competition, Paul Bourne was crowned Shell V-Power King of the Hill on Saturday (May 24), beating former Junior World Rally Championship contender Kris Meeke by less than one-quarter of a second, as the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) returned to a venue popular since the 1960s.

Posted on May 24th, 2008.

MOTOR SPORT FIRST AT TURNER’S HALL

Racing fans have seen it at Formula 1 race tracks the world over but, for the first time at a motor sport event in Barbados, spectators at the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Shell V-Power King of the Hill event on Saturday (May 24) will enjoy live coverage on a Giant Daylight Screen.

Posted on May 21st, 2008.

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