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Shakedown Stages win a confidence boost for Read

Josh Read and Mark Jordan laid down an early marker for BCIC Rally Barbados 2026 with a measured victory in Sunday’s (March 29) Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Shakedown Stages. Although others set the fastest stage times, they kept their Ford Fiesta Rally2 ahead from the second of nine special stages, winning by exactly two seconds.

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Maloney and Yearwood second on rallying return

BCIC Rally Barbados 2024 winners Stuart Maloney and Kristian Yearwood finished an impressive second in Saturday’s (January 17) MGJ Engineering Brands Hatch Winter Stages (BHWS) in their first outing since retiring from BCIC RB25. Maloney’s brother Mark finished sixth and George Sherman ninth in a brilliant weekend for the visitors.

Maloney, Yearwood win First Citizens King of the Hill

Stuart Maloney and Kristian Yearwood in their Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 won First Citizens King of the Hill (KotH) on Sunday (May 25), the final shakedown before next weekend’s BCIC Rally Barbados (May 30-June 1). While it was their first KotH victory, Roger Mayers and Barry Ward (Toyota WR Starlet) were the top 2wd crew for the fourth consecutive year, extending the driver’s record total of wins to seven.

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Record static display at Auto & Rally Show Saturday

The biggest-ever static display of competition cars the region has seen is the focal point of Saturday’s (May 24) Auto & Rally Show, which is open from 2.00pm to 6.00pm.

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Three tied for BRC Championship ahead of BCIC RB25

Three drivers share the lead in the chase for the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2025 Champion Driver crown ahead of the season’s two marquee events, First Citizens King of the Hill (May 25) and BCIC Rally Barbados (May 30-June 1). Each with a 100 per cent records of class wins in the first three rounds, Kevin Armstrong, Stuart Maloney and Rhett Watson are tied on 50 points.

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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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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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.

Four drivers joint leaders of BRC Championship

Four drivers are currently tied in the chase for the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Champion Driver title ahead of next Sunday’s (April 6) third round, the BRC Shakedown Stages. Kevin Armstrong, David-Anthony Balgobin, Stuart Maloney and Rhett Watson have each scored 30 points in their respective classes.

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BCIC RB24 winner Maloney places sixth in UK rally

BCIC Rally Barbados 2024 winner and reigning Barbados Rally Club Champion Driver Stuart Maloney finished sixth last Saturday (January 18) in the MGJ Engineering Brands Hatch Winter Stages, fourth of nine rounds in the UK’s Protyre Circuit Rally Championship (CRC). The event was won by 2023/24 CRC Champion Michael Igoe, with former Champions Barry Morris, John Griffiths and Chris West, plus current points-leader John Stone the only other drivers to beat Maloney.

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