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Dates announced for BCIC Rally Barbados 2026

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has announced the dates for the 36th edition of its premier event. Subject to final ratification by the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF), BCIC Rally Barbados 2026 will run from Friday to Sunday, May 29-31, with The Auto & Rally Show and King of the Hill, the final shakedown and seeding event, the previous weekend (May 23/24).

The entry form for BCIC RB26 will go live on the official web site - rallybarbados.net – at noon local time on Wednesday, October 1, 5.00pm in the UK and Ireland; the five-month entry window will close on March 1, 2026.

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Posted on September 12th, 2025.

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Thompson leads BRC Championship ahead of final round

After six drivers have variously shared the overall lead of the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s Championship this season, Kurt Thompson will head into next month’s final round as the first exclusive leader of the standings. In a very strong year for local rallying, more than 80 drivers have scored points, with the title to be decided at the BRC Winter Rally on October 26.

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Posted on September 3rd, 2025.

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Gregg wins twice in rain-affected BRC Double Header

BCIC RB25 winner Kyle Gregg continued his strong run of results with victory in both directions of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Summer Sprint on Sunday (August 24). The Jamaican extended his lead in the BRC 4wd Championship and climbed from sixth to equal third in the Champion Driver title chase, with only November’s Winter Rally to go.

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Posted on August 25th, 2025.

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Crucial points up for grabs in BRC Double-Header

With two points-scoring opportunities, the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Double-Header Summer Sprint on Sunday (August 24) will be crucial for success in the 2025 BRC Driver’s & Class Championships. As the season draws to a close, with November’s Winter Rally the ninth and final round, Sunday will play a key role in the outcome of the chase for the Champion Driver title, also for victory in the 10 contested classes.

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Posted on August 22nd, 2025.

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Martinique win gives Panton Rally2 points lead

Jamaica’s Jeff Panton and Mike Fennell Jnr won round five of the Barbados Rally2 Championship at the Martinique Rallye Tour over the weekend (July 24-27). While he could not match the pace of island hero Simon Jean-Joseph, who claimed the outright victory by 26 seconds in his Porsche 911 GT3, Panton finished second overall for the fourth time since 2017 and held off a strong challenge from local driver Gregory Buchholzer to win the Rally2 class by 14s.

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Posted on July 29th, 2025.

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Rally2 Championship cars set sail for Martinique

The Barbados Rally2 Championship goes regional for the first time this month, round five being fought out at the Martinique Rallye Tour (July 24-27). With the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) competition inscribed on the National Calendar of the world governing body, the FIA, for the first time this year, hopes are high that it will help develop closer ties in the regional motor sport family.

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Posted on July 17th, 2025.

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Islandwide June Safari marks 68 years for Rally Club

Touching all 11 parishes, this weekend’s Chefette MudDogs June Safari (April 28/29) will present a stern challenge for crews as they mark the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 68th Anniversary. The overnight event will cover a distance of 180 kilometres clockwise around the island and is scheduled to last just under 16 hours, celebrating the Club’s roots in navigational rallying.

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Posted on June 25th, 2025.

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Corbin and Thompson new leaders of BRC Championship

Edward Corbin and Kurt Thompson are the new leaders of the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s Championship after a major shake-up of the standings following First Citizens King of the Hill (May 25) and BCIC RB25 (May 30-June 1). After a record local entry for the season’s two marquee events, rounds four to six of the BRC Championship, an unprecedented 80 drivers have now scored points.

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Posted on June 16th, 2025.

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Positive growth in Barbados Rally2 Championship

Seventeen drivers from the Caribbean and further afield have scored points in the 2025 Barbados Rally2 Championship ahead of the mid-season break. As the Barbados Motoring Federation’s (BMF) competition continues to deliver on its plans to expand, the title fight will resume at the Martinique Rallye Tour (July 24-27), the first round to be held in another regional territory.

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Posted on June 10th, 2025.

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Gregg, Panton are Jamaican one-two in BCIC RB25

The Rally Barbados trophy is heading to Jamaica for the seventh time. Kyle Gregg, whose father Gary won the event 19 years ago, and Bajan co-driver Kreigg Yearwood celebrated a Jamaican one-two at the Vaucluse Raceway finish of BCIC RB25 on Sunday with Gregg’s fellow-countrymen Jeff Panton and Mike Fennell Jnr, whose run of four back-to-back victories had ended in 2018.

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Posted on June 3rd, 2025.