FIRST-CLASS ENTRY FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS Former winning co-driver joins Sol RB14 entry list

FIRST-CLASS ENTRY FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS
Former winning co-driver joins Sol RB14 entry list
The final running order for Sol Rally Barbados (May 30-June 1), published in advance of this evening’s Briefing Meeting and Welcome Party by the Barbados Rally Club, lists competitors from 14 nations among the 84 crews for the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International, headed by a record-equalling entry in the WRC classes.
  For the first time in its 25-year history, the island’s premier event will kick off with a Friday night special stage, using the redeveloped Bushy Park Circuit. When the venue was confirmed last month, Rally Director Neil Barnard said: “Since the Ceremonial Start at Simpson Motors in 2009, we have been looking for a way of starting the event on Friday evening. That experiment was met with mixed reactions, but one message came over loud and clear, from competitors and spectators alike – the one thing that was missing was action! Well, we can guarantee action this year.”
  Three venues in the north of the island will each be used four times on Saturday, with the final loop of three run after nightfall, another change to the format encouraged by competitors. Sunday is a much shorter day, with 10 stages at three venues in the island’s south-east corner, four of them ending inside Bushy Park Circuit, including the weekend’s final stage, which will include the Rallycross jump. The total stage distance is 128 kilometres, an increase of more than 10 per cent over Sol RB13.
  With seeding based on the results of last Sunday’s Scotiabank King of the Hill, Paul Bird and Aled Davies will start at number one in the Rubis/Cockspur Rum Ford Focus WRC08, the former UK National Rally Champion chasing a hat-trick of wins. At two is 12-time winner Roger Skeete, co-driven in the Sol/LIME/Simpson Motors/Michelin/Williams Trading Inc Subaru Impreza WRC S12 by Louis Venezia, with number three carried by Jeffrey Panton and Michael Fennell Jnr (KIG/Rubis/Blue Orchids Hotel Focus WRC06); third in Sol RB12 and second last year, the Jamaican crew are hoping the climb up the podium continues.
  For the second year running, Roger and Barry Mayers are the top 2wd seeds, starting at 10 in the Chefette/Digicel/Pennzoil/Illusion Graphics/Hankook WR Starlet, with Dane Skeete/Tyler Mayhew (Rubis/Williams Trading Inc/LIME/Michelin Peugeot 306 Maxi) at 11 and Josh Read/Mark Jordan in the Stihl/Gliptone/Hankook/Cell Hut/Royal Purple/Weetabix/Chutney's/Ezone Toyota Starlet at 12.
  In addition to the battle for overall and 2wd supremacy, there will be 15 separate classes contested, in most of which island competitors will enjoy the challenge of pitting their skills against regional or international entries.
Sol Rally Barbados 2014 statistics:
• 84 crews on the final running order
• 28 International, five Regional entries
• a record-equalling 13 entries in the World Rally Car classes
• competitors from 14 nations (including Barbados)
• 59 International drivers or co-drivers, 22 new to the event
• 12 drivers or co-drivers from the wider Caribbean, one new to the event
Former winning co-driver joins Sol RB14 entry list
Jamaica's Hugh Hutchinson, who won Rally Barbados in 2006 with fellow-countryman Gary Gregg in his ex-Carlos Sainz Ford Focus WRC02, is a last-minute substitute for Sol RB14. With regular co-driver Nicholas Telfer now unable to make the trip, Trinidad’s John Powell (Focus WRC08) has recruited Hutchinson as co-driver. Hutchinson has competed in the event 10 times since 1998, most recently in 2011, when he and Gregg retired from sixth place with mechanical issues; they had also finished third in 2003 & ’08.
Sol RB14 briefs:
• provisional interim results will be posted on the official Sol RB14 web site, www.rallybarbados.net - just click on the new RALLY UPDATES button on the home page. An updated spreadsheet showing cumulative times to a given stage, also stage-by-stage times, will be posted as soon as possible after each stage closes
• Greg Cozier's co-driver will now be Jamie Marsh, returning to the left-hand seat of his Historic class Ford Escort RS2000 after a break of a couple of years
• Scotland’s Allan Mackay was expecting his old 2-litre engine to land in Barbados this afternoon (Wednesday), shipped out to replace his new power unit, which seized on Sunday; the engine change moves the Ford Anglia WRC back into SuperModified 10
Sol Rally Barbados (May 30 - June 1) and Scotiabank King of the Hill (May 25) are organised and promoted by the Barbados Rally Club, which celebrated its 55th Anniversary in 2012; title sponsors are the Sol Group and Scotiabank. Marketing partners are Simpson Motors, LIME, Automotive Art, Banks and Karcher; official partners are Accra Beach Hotel & Spa, the Barbados Hotel & Tourism Association, the Barbados Tourism Authority, Geest Line, the Tourism Development Corporation and Virgin Atlantic Airways; associate sponsors are Chefette, Field Insurance, Glacial Pure, HOTT 95.3FM, Little Switzerland, Redline Fuels, Stoute’s Car Rental and West Indies Rum Distillery.
For media information only. No regulatory value.
For further media information: e-mail - robin@bradfax.com
web sites: www.rallybarbados.bb; www.barbadosrallyclub.com
Sol-RB14-31a: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 28, 2014
SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2014
Final running order at May 28, 2014
Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ANT – Antigua & Barbuda; ARG – Argentina; CDN – Canada; ENG – England; GUY – Guyana; IRL – Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; NED – The Netherlands; NIR – Northern Ireland; SCO – Scotland; TCI – Turks & Caicos; TRI – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL – Wales
1 Paul Bird - ENG/Aled Davies - WAL (WRC-1 Rubis/Cockspur Rum Ford Focus WRC08)
2 Roger Skeete/Louis Venezia (WRC-1 Sol/LIME/Simpson Motors/Michelin/Williams Trading Inc Subaru Impreza WRC S12)
3 Jeffrey Panton – JAM/Michael Fennell Jnr – JAM (WRC-1 KIG/Rubis/Blue Orchids Hotel Ford Focus WRC06)
4 Rob Swann – ENG/Darren Garrod - WAL (WRC-1 Waves Hotel and Spa Barbados/Terra Caribbean/Cygnet Plant Ltd Subaru Impreza WRC S11)
5 Paul Bourne/Stuart Loudon - SCO (WRC-1 Chefette/Banks/MQI/Flow Ford Focus WRC07)
6 John Powell – TRI/Hugh Hutchinson - JAM (WRC-1 Intercontinental Shipping/Trinidad Mooring & Launch Services Ford Focus WRC08)
7 Neil Armstrong/Barry Ward (WRC-1 Monster/Sol/Chefette/Digicel/Virgin Atlantic/Gunk/Hankook Tyres/Redline Fuels/Simpson Finance/Simpson Motors Suzuki SX4 WRC)
8 Roger Duckworth - ENG/Mark Broomfield - ENG (WRC-2 Intrinsys Subaru Impreza WRC S6)
9 Kevin Procter – ENG/Philip Hopkins - ENG (WRC-2 Procters Coaches/Coaches2.com Subaru Impreza WRC S7)
10 Roger Mayers/Barry Mayers (SM10 Chefette/Digicel/Pennzoil/Illusion Graphics/Hankook WR Starlet)
11 Dane Skeete/Tyler Mayhew (SM11 Rubis/Williams Trading Inc/LIME/Michelin Peugeot 306 Maxi)
12 Josh Read/Mark Jordan (SM10 Stihl/Gliptone/Hankook/Cell Hut/Royal Purple/Weetabix/Chutney's/Ezone Toyota Starlet)
14 Roger Hill/Graham Gittens (WRC-2 Nassco/Esso/Pennzoil/MotorMac Toyota Corolla WRC)
15 Rhett Watson/James Hutchinson (SM12 Power King Batteries/Carter's Pitstop/Gliptone/Stihl/Packaging Centre/The Unknown Entity/In support of Little Pink Gift BMW M3)
16 Geoff Noel/Robert Simmons (GpN Kola Kick/Sentry Insurance Brokers/Automotive Art/CIAC Air Conditioners/Dewalt Tools Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)
17 Andrew Jones/Lindsey Pilkington – ENG (SM11 AP Jones Pharmacy/Southern Surf Beach Apartments/Lucozade/Panadol/Precision Racing Ford Escort MkII)
18 Rob Smith - ENG/Ross Weir - ENG (WRC-2 Weir Laundry Equipment/H J Weir Engineering/Rob Smith Rallying/Ocean2 Hotel Barbados Subaru Impreza)
19 Frank Kelly – NIR/Robert Cadiz - TRI (SM11 Bathshack.com/Kumho Tyres/Campbell Contract/DMS Ireland/Charlie McEnery Motors/Panta Fuel Ford Escort MkII)
20 Ray Brammer - ENG/Gary McElhinney – IRL (WRC-2 RB Trucks/Top Trucks Subaru Impreza WRC S8)
21 Brian Gill/Ryan Wood (SM12 Coca Cola BMW M3)
22 Martin Atwell/Chris King (SM12 Alleyne Real Estate/Ullyett's Machine Shop BMW M3)
23 David Coelho – TRI/James Harris – ENG (WRC-1 Total/VP Racing Fuels/Zanzibar/Kaizan Sushi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)
24 Mark Thompson/Kurt Seabra - GUY (GpN Glassesco Hardware/Stag Beer/NKM Clothing/Bio Beauty Day Spa/Valvoline Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)
25 Daryl Clarke/Russell Brancker (M7 Roberts Manufacturing/P & N Hardware/Valvoline/Amir’s Chicken/MQI Quality/Mum’s Pasta Honda Civic)
26 Andrew Mallalieu/Geoff Goddard (GpN Terra Caribbean Subaru Impreza N10)
27 Ralph White/Joe Troulan (SM10 Easy Eats & Catering Services/Barbados Villa Services/Billfisher Fishing Charters/Amsoil Toyota Starlet WTR)
28 Stuart Maloney/Orry Hunte (SM10 Peugeot 306 Maxi)
29 Cliff Roett/Joshua Plaza - TRI (SM10 Nassco/Roett's Garage/Mark's Auto Spares/Flock it Electrostatic Coatings Toyota Starlet)
30 Owen Cumberbatch/Jan-Yves Hinds (SM12 SY Distribution BMW M3)
31 Rupert Lomax – WAL/David Alcock - WAL (GpA DigIt Plant Hire/SMS Motorsport Engineering/GMC Concrete/Ash Engineering/Blakoe Recovery Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI)
32 Joe McQuillan – NIR/Annette Daly - IRL (GpA McQuillan Masstock/Masserene Park Farms/Barron Transport Services Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII)
33 Justin Campbell/Juan Watts (SM12 Hilton Barbados/Dream Solutions/Castrol Edge/C & C Auto Services/Acton Corporate Services/Transtech BMW M3)
34 Nigel Worswick – ENG/Rebecca Kirsch - ENG (SM11 Worswick Engineering/Rallytech Composites/Motordrive Seats Ford Escort MkII)
35 Samuel Cumberbatch/Nicholas Yarde (SM12 F Taylor Insurance/Williams Industries Inc/Auto Link BMW M3)
36 James Betts/Allan Maynard (GpB2 Sign Depot/QuikStart Auto/Makita/Valvoline Renault Clio)
37 Martin Stockdale - ENG/Mark Swallow - ENG (SM12 Divi Southwinds/Drive-a-Matic/Quarry Motors BMW Spares BMW M3 Compact)
38 David St Hill/Ian Grimes (SM12 BMW M3)
39 Stan Hartling - TCI/Andy Proudfoot – CDN (SM12 Hartling Group of Resorts BMW M3)
40 Gary Thomas – WAL/Linda Thomas – WAL (SM11 Tsalta Motorsport Ford Escort MkII)
41 Chris Ullyett/Derek Ince (M7 Ullyett's Machine Shop/Proj-Rx/MG America/Food and Pharma Equipment Ford Escort RS2000)
42 Jamal Brathwaite/Dario Hoyte (M7 Valvoline/Automotive Art/Mackeson/Ellesmere/Chicken Pen Racing Honda Civic Type-R)
43 Paul Horton - TCI/Kristian Yearwood (M7 Sky Motorsports/Java Island/H Racing/Precision Racing Ford Escort MkI)
44 Jeremy Gonsalves/Chris Corbin (M6 Makita/SSP/Star Products/Yamaha Opel Corsa)
45 Andrew Costin-Hurley - ENG/Rob Brook - ENG (GpB2 Earl’s Performance Hoses/Zeta Engineering Ford Puma)
46 Allan Mackay – SCO/Mo Downey – NIR (SM11 Tunnocks/Avanti Environmental/Highland Waste Services/Mark Greer Motorsport/Mountune Ford Anglia WRC)
47 Kenny Hall - SCO/Fenny Wesselink – NED (Club Halltune Garage Opel Corsa)
48 Tim Green – ENG/Rob Smith – ENG (GpN Green & Co Subaru Impreza)
49 Harold Morley - ENG/Julia Caine (GpB2 The Booth Steamship Company/Crowley Shipping/Ontrac Telemetrics/Barrons Smokehouse Porsche GT3)
50 Simon Wallis – ENG/Peter Horsman – ENG (GpN Cambridge Compilers Ltd Subaru Impreza N10)
51 Stuart McChlery/Julian Goddard (SM11 Lubriguard/Gunk Ford Escort MkI)
52 Graham Manning/Mick Squires - ENG (SM11 Ford Escort MkII)
53 Sean Field/Shannon Kirton (M7 Field Insurance Brokers/Beacon Insurance Peugeot 306 GTi6)
54 Stuart White/John Boland (Hist 39 Steps Wine Bar/Hunikom Swim Wear/UpBeat Wholesale/Makita/Guava Tech BMW 325)
55 Brendon Mckenzie/Sean Collett (M6 Mck Motorsport/Turbo Plus Drink Mix/Do-It-Best Quality Paints/Colour XL/PromoTech Computers Toyota Corolla)
56 Edward Corbin/Rodney Clarke (M7 Valvoline/Automotive Art/Prosales Toyota Corolla RunX)
57 Norman Catwell/Kyle Catwell (M7 Ellesmere Quarries/John Hardman Engineering/Pec Tyres/Elite Transmissions Volkswagen Golf GTI)
58 Jeremy Sisnett/Justin Sisnett (M7 The Tiki Bar/Autolink/Indoor Plant Services Ford Fiesta ST)
59 Freddie Gale/Kyle Proverbs (M7 Gale’s Hatcheries/Redline Fuels/Nassco Toyota Corolla RunX)
60 John Hardman – NIR/Alistair Dodd - ENG (SM9 John Hardman Engineering/PEC Tyres/Ian Rodgers Body Shop/Chicken Pen Racing/Star Products/Elite Racing Transmissions Nissan Micra)
61 Wayne Archer/Lucas Nicolao - ARG (Hist Archers Hall Design Centre/Calvin Alkins Customs Services/Diamonds International BMW 325)
62 Geoffrey Ullyett/Jason King (GpB1 Ullyett's Machine Shop Service/Chesterton Hydraulic Seals & Gaskets/Valvoline Oil/Algae-X Nissan 200T)
63 Jeremy Croney/Andrew Croney (Club Warren’s Lubricants/Sign Station/SRG Engineering/Sweet Temptations Peugeot 206GTi)
64 Rhett D’Andrade/Tristan Gibbs (SM9 Daihatsu Charmant)
65 Brendan Brosnan – IRL/Sean Moriarty – IRL (SM11 Ardfert Quarry/KK Hydraulics/Diarmuid Tarrant Car Sales/Motoring World/Tralee Quick Fit/Time Out Hotel/Stoutes Car Rental/High Tide Watersports Peugeot 205)
66 Stuart Deeley – ENG/Vishal Dhanraj - TRI (GpB2 Sandstone Brewery Ltd/MouseMat Computer Services/PEC/John Hardman Engineering Toyota Celica GT4)
67 Phil Ralphs - WAL/Aled Lloyd Jones - WAL (Hist Tsalta Motorsport/Cambrian Land Rover/Alun Pryce Transport Ford Escort MkII)
68 Chris Shooter - ENG/Bev LeGood – ENG (Int-Hist Sparrow Hill Cars Ford Escort MkII)
69 Conor Roach/Dominic Straker (Club Williams Trading Inc Peugeot 106 Rallye)
70 Greg Cozier/Jamie Marsh (Hist Hyundai Lubricants/Sailun Tyres/Barbados Historic Rally Carnival Ford Escort RS2000)
71 Trevor Mapp/Talia Mapp (Club Ellesmere Quarries/AS Autostop/Codgi's Insurance Brokers/Chicken Pen Racing Mitsubishi Colt)
72 John Corbin/Owen Proverbs (Hist Valvoline/Automotive Art/Prosales/Corbins Garage Toyota Corolla)
73 Neil Corbin/Matthew Staffner (M6 Nassco/Jason Jones/Auto Solutions/Valvoline/BG Products & Services Toyota Starlet)
74 Winston Thompson/Fiona Austin McDonald - ANT (SM9 Chicken Pen Racing/Ellesmere Quarries/SDRR Industrial & Hydraulic Spares Toyota Starlet)
75 Brian Watson - SCO/Caroline Will - SCO (GpB2 Audi quattro S1)
76 Ken Mann - ENG/Stephen Bell (Hist Ford Escort MkII)
77 David Brewster/Alex Kirton (Hist Innovative Security Solutions/Castrol/SRG Engineering Peugeot 205GTi)
78 Peter Gallagher – IRL/Rene Forde (Club Dublin Crystal Peugeot 306)
79 Paul Inniss/Pierre Clarke (Club Caribbean Villa Chefs/HIV Aids Commission/Illusion Graphics/Tint It/Priva/Hulk Wrecker Services/Erie Tire Services/JJ Racing/Pickers Inc Honda Civic)
80 Fabien Clarke/Dwayne Forde (Club RCR Tours/Bovell Auto Repair/Barbados Business Listings Suzuki Ignis Sport)
81 Ding Boston - ENG/Andy Parsons - ENG (Hist Phillips Tyres of Oxford/Atwell Exports/Julielm House/JB Event Recruitment/Geest Line/Virgin Atlantic Airways/Ullyetts Machine Shop Service/Barbados Automobile Association Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTV)
82 Dick Mauger - ENG/Steve McNulty - ENG (M6 Major Farm Services Nissan Micra)
83 Eric Allamby/Andrew Skeete (Club Shelbury Construction/Scrap Man Recycling/MC Buccaneer Toyota Corolla)
84 Rommell R Martin/Rashid Phillips (Club VV & K Rentals/Fusionz Boutique/Hal's Car Park Bar/B3 Imagining/De Kitchen Caterers/JA Appeal/Hanson's Trading/Rallymaxx TV/Kevin Wood Photography Toyota Starlet)
85 Cheryl Spencer – ENG/Barry Spencer – ENG (M6 Cutters/10 Saints/Solo Discount Warehouse/Sparkle Pools/Tim Bingham Building Contractors/Waterfront Accident Repair/Motocolour Southampton/Car Call UK/Mission Bodyshop Ford Fiesta)
Photo from Jonathan MacDonald