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No. Driver Vehicle Group Practice Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Time
3 ROGER SKEETE SUBARU IMPREZA S12 WRC WRC1 02:28.01 02:24.91 02:22.44 02:21.56 02:21.56 1
4 PAUL BOURNE FORD FOCUS WRC WRC1 02:28.20 02:24.64 02:23.84 02:51.40 02:23.84 2
6 JOSH READ TOYOTA STARLET SM10 02:32.61 02:30.34 02:39.70 02:27.11 02:27.11 3
8 DANE SKEETE PEUGEOT 306 MAXI SM11 02:34.60 02:29.89 02:28.80 02:27.13 02:27.13 4
7 RHETT WATSON BMW M3 SM12 02:38.16 02:33.85 02:31.05 02:31.03 02:31.03 5
14 ANDREW JONES FORD ESCORT MK2 SM11 02:38.12 02:36.13 02:32.76 02:32.23 02:32.23 6

The return to Sol Rally Barbados of two repeat UK competitors confirmed today by the organising Barbados Rally Club (BRC) brings to 20 the four-wheel-drive entry, with more than half in the WRC classes. Both entered in Group A Mitsubishi Lancer Evos, Northern Ireland’s Joe McQuillan, aka ‘The Big Man’, is back for the third consecutive year, while Rupert ‘Ru’ Lomax returns from Wales to compete for the first time since 2005.

Former British Historic Rally Championship class-winners Chris Shooter and Bev LeGood will make their Caribbean debut on Sol Rally Barbados 2014, bringing to 21 the number of International crews so far confirmed for this year’s event. With less than two weeks to go before the closing date, more than one-third of the entries received on the official web site – www.rallybarbados.net – are from the wider Caribbean or further afield.

Support from Irish competitors for Sol Rally Barbados, the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international, continues to grow. Of 70 first-time participants since 2011, around half have come from Ireland and some have already become repeat visitors.