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A record 122 cars from 14 countries will contest BCIC Rally Barbados (May 30-June 1), which starts under floodlights at Bushy Park in St Philip tomorrow evening (Friday). Last year’s winners Stuart Maloney and Kristian Yearwood are seeded at number one for the 35th edition of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event, which lists nearly 100 overseas drivers and co-drivers on the running order, published at last evening’s (Wednesday) Briefing Meeting at Savvy on the Bay, Bridgetown.

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.

Former Caribbean Junior Karting Champion Adam Mallalieu claimed his second win in the Barbados Rally2 Championship sponsored by CIBC Caribbean and Ace H & B Hardware on Sunday (November 17). With experienced British co-driver Steve McNulty, he finished second in the FIA class in the BRC Winter Rally to Stuart Maloney, who is not registered for points, on a day of challenging weather and tricky road conditions in St John.

Six drivers and co-drivers from around the region, Britain and the United States are heading to the island for this weekend’s seventh round of the 2024 Barbados Rally2 Championship sponsored by CIBC Caribbean and Ace H & B Hardware and administered by the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF). The talent-studded FIA R5 class in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Winter Rally on Sunday (November 17) will include all but one of the championship’s points-scorers.