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Shake-up for Rally2 Championship front-runners

Jamaica’s Jeff Panton, who won the Barbados Rally2 Championship in 2023, and reigning champion Josh Read will drive Ford Fiesta Rally2s for the rest of the season. Panton’s Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo has been sold to Suleman Esuf, who returns to the FIA R5 class, while confirmation of entries for Stan Hartling and son Ben further increases the record number in the category for BCIC Rally Barbados to 20.

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Rally

Posted on May 2nd, 2025.

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Celebration time for overseas crews at BCIC RB25

As BCIC Rally Barbados 2025 approaches, some overseas teams are making final preparations to combine their participation in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event with the celebration of personal milestones, such as landmark birthdays. This tradition has already seen marriage proposals, weddings and honeymoons timed to coincide with the serious business of rallying in the Caribbean.

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Rally

Posted on April 26th, 2025.

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British BMW battalion gearing up for BCIC RB25

Led by Martin Stockdale, who will compete for a record 23rd time, four returning British crews confirmed today (April 19) bring to 36 the number of BMWs entered for BCIC Rally Barbados 2025. Stockdale’s son Tom is back for a second year, going head-to-head with his father in the Open Class, formerly Group B, while Cheryl Spencer and Simon Nutter have both joined the BMW ranks for the first time.

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Rally

Posted on April 19th, 2025.

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Emotional MudDogs win for Parravicino and Croney

Simon Parravicino and Andrew Croney won the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) April Safari on Sunday (April 13), round two of the 2025 Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship. They claimed the Audley Croney Memorial Trophy, named for navigator Andrew’s father, a long-standing member of the BRC and an enthusiastic and skilful competitor in navigational events.

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Mud Dogs / Navigational Rally

Posted on April 17th, 2025.

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Irish R5s boost class to record number for BCIC RB25

With a five-car team of newcomers from Ireland already confirmed last month to participate in BCIC Rally Barbados 2025, more first-time entries from the ‘Emerald Isle’ announced today (April 11) bring the total now listed in the FIA R5 class to 17, surpassing the previous record of 15 entered in 2022 and last year.

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Rally

Posted on April 11th, 2025.

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Record start for Barbados Rally2 Championship

The 2025 Barbados Rally2 Championship opened its fourth season at the weekend on a high note. Not only was the level of competition consistently high, with margins of just tenths and hundredths of a second separating the contenders, but newcomers boosted the entry list to 12, the highest yet for the opening round.

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Rally

Posted on April 10th, 2025.

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All-electric 4x4 to compete in MudDogs April Safari

The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship will welcome its first all-electric off-roader on Sunday (April 13). Former rally driver and multiple BRC Autocross Champion, Jamaica’s Chris ‘Teach’ McFarlane, will drive the four-wheel-drive version of the Riddara RD6 in the BRC MudDogs April Safari with wife Deborah as navigator, one of six female participants in Sunday’s event.

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Mud Dogs / Navigational Rally

Posted on April 9th, 2025.

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Valuable tips for BCIC RB25 from Shakedown Stages

After a day-long battle with winning margins logged in just tenths or hundredths of a second, Stuart Maloney snatched victory in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Shakedown Stages on Sunday (April 6). Less than 10 seconds covered the top four at the finish, as Jamaica’s Kyle Gregg and Jeff Panton deprived early rally leader, Britain’s Rob Swann, of a podium finish and the leading contenders gained some valuable pointers head of BCIC Rally Barbados 2025.

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Rally

Posted on April 7th, 2025.

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Shakedown Stages will test readiness for BCIC RB25

Sunday’s (April 6) BRC Shakedown Stages has attracted an entry of 60 cars, as crews from home and abroad ramp up their preparations for BCIC Rally Barbados 2025 (May 30-June 1) in just eight weeks’ time. With nine stages in the north of the island, the first closed road rally of the year will be a valuable test of competitors’ readiness for the island’s premier event.

Posted on April 4th, 2025.

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Martinique joins Barbados Rally2 Championship

The Martinique Rallye Tour (July 24-27) will be added to the calendar for the 2025 Barbados Rally2 Championship, which opens with the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Shakedown Stages on Sunday (April 6). The Championship is inscribed on the National Calendar of the FIA for the first time, following a recent agreement with the French governing body, the FFSA.

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Rally

Posted on April 2nd, 2025.