As competitors enjoy the summer break before their next event at the end of the month (August 27), the battle for the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s and Class Championships is shaping up nicely. With five of eight rounds run, the top five in the Champion Driver standings are covered by just 14 points, a total which falls to nine - and

Youngsters who aspire to become the next Lewis Hamilton can now start to live that dream from as young as five years old, following the introduction of Kidz Karting at Bushy Park Barbados. The latest addition to the St Philip facility’s range of Driving Experiences brings the lower limit for participation down from 12

Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton and Mike Fennell Jnr claimed back-to-back victories on Sol Rally Barbados at the weekend (June 3-5), making Panton the most successful driver in the event’s 27-year history after island legend Roger Skeete. Panton, who was the event’s first regional winner in 1998, now moves ahead of double-winners Paul Bird, Paul

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THE HISTORIC BRIDGETOWN AND ITS GARRISON RACEDAY

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THE ST. ANN'S GARRISON (HANDICAP)

Entries for Day 13 - Saturday, June 11, 2016

In an unprecedented outcome, French Double European Rally Champion Simon Jean-Joseph and Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton were joint winners of yesterday’s (Sunday) action-packed Flow King of the Hill. World Rally Championship WRC 2 points leader driver Elfyn Evans finished third, ahead of Rob Swann, with the 2015 winner, Roger ‘The Sheriff’ Skeete,

Welsh teenager Gareth Parry got the surprise of his life yesterday morning (Thursday) when he learned that he will be competing in Sol Rally Barbados 2016 (June 3-5) and this Sunday’s Flow King of the Hill, which falls the day after his 18th birthday. He will co-drive for father Will in a Ford Escort MkII, run by Tsalta Motorsport, the

This year, the 50th year of independence,  Barbados has the honour of hosting an international 7s tournament which will attract interest from the region and internationally.  There will be Rugby enthusiasts, supporters, players, teams and media coming to the event. This international 7s tournament is to rugby, what the 20/20 cricket

M-Sport World Rally Championship driver Elfyn Evans will carry the livery of the Sol Group when he competes in Sol Rally Barbados 2016 (June 3-5) and Flow King of the Hill (May 29), as the region’s largest independent oil company joins Intercontinental Shipping as sponsors. Evans and co-driver Craig Parry remain the WRC 2 points-leaders,

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THE BTBA STAKES AND TROPHY RACEDAY

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THE REPUBLIC BANK BREEDERS’ STAKES AND TROPHY (GR.11. RB. - BAR)

 Entries for Day 12 - Saturday, May 28,

Citroen World Rally Championship driver Kris Meeke says every rally fan should visit Sol Rally Barbados “at least once”. The Ulsterman made the remark when he joined the Circuit of Ireland’s Chief Marshal Raymond Linton last week to pick the names of two motor sport volunteers who will enjoy a trip to Sol RB16 next month (June 3-5) out of the

New for 2016
• the finish of Sol Rally Barbados returns to the Vaucluse Raceway in St Thomas for the first time since 2007, with a SuperSpecial on the RallySprint track. Cars will run head-to-head and, although times will not be included in the results for Sol RB16, crews must take the start to be classified as overall finishers . . .

 Lewis plans “a brilliant day out” at Barbados Festival of Speed
Three-time Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton is looking forward to “a brilliant day out” at the inaugural Barbados Festival of Speed at Bushy Park on Sunday, May 8. He will be a busy man as he takes on challenges from former British Superbike Champion Tommy Hill,

Sol Rally Barbados 2016 will return to Bushy Park in St Philip and repeat last year’s hugely-successful Friday evening start, with two special stages on the unique Race Of Champions parallel track. With only two of seven stage venues being used exactly as they were last year and the finish returning to the Vaucluse Raceway in St Thomas,

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THE 66TH BARBADOS GUINEAS RRACEDAY

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Entries for Day 10 - Thursday, April 28, 2016

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Jamaica’s Jeffrey Panton, winner of Sol Rally Barbados 2015, and local rallying legend Roger Skeete, who has won 13 times in the event’s 26-year history, were both confirmed today (April 8) for this year’s edition of the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International, which will run from Friday to Sunday, June 3-5.
  They join

Sunoco Race Fuels is the new sponsor of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) forthcoming Shakedown Stages (Sunday, April 24), as local distributor Automotive Art introduces its newest brand to the market and reinforces its more than 25-year commitment to the Club and to island motor sport.
  The 10-stage event in the northern parishes is

Competing in Sol Rally Barbados has been on English electrician and clubman rally driver Stuart Austin’s bucket list for years . . . and he will finally make the trip in 2016. A member of the UK’s Southern Car Club (SCC), he had learned of the event through the promotions organised by the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) at Rallye Sunseeker,

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THE GRANDSTAND POSSE RACEDAY

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THE JOE TUDOR MEMORIAL & GRANDSTAND POSSE FILLIES TRIAL (GR.1RF. - BAR)

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THE GRANDSTAND

- BTMI announces new title sponsor for the Run Barbados Marathon Weekend and other major changes for the Dec. 2 - 4 series -

BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS. March 24, 2016 – The Run Barbados Marathon Weekend has been endorsed by one of Barbados’ most recognizable companies.

Speaking at the 2016 media launch

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THE GRANDSTAND POSSE RACEDAY

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THE JOE TUDOR MEMORIAL & GRANDSTAND POSSE FILLIES TRIAL (GR.1RF. - BAR)

THE GRANDSTAND POSSE COLTS &

Members of the Farnborough District Motor Club, based in the southern English county of Hampshire, will compete in Sol Rally Barbados 2016 to honour the memory of a club stalwart. Lifelong motor sport enthusiast Maurice May died last year before fulfilling his own dream of celebrating his 70th birthday by competing in the Caribbean’s biggest

Former British Superbike Champion Tommy Hill and multiple British Supersport Champion Stuart Easton are the first British bike racers confirmed for the inaugural Barbados Festival of Speed at Bushy Park on May 8. They will join three-time Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton in making a spectacular high-speed contribution to the 50th

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) is renewing its partnership with the Circuit of Ireland, one of the world’s oldest rallies, which marks its 85th Anniversary this year. In association with the island’s Tourism Development Corporation (TDC), the BRC is again offering two Irish motor sport volunteers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to enjoy the

Leslie Alleyne and Chris O’Neal made an excellent start to their title defence when the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari & Safari Novice Championships got under way with the March Safari last Sunday (March 6). They won both routes in the south-east corner of the island in the Simpson Motors/Shell Spirax/Shell Rimula/