Having finished second in last month’s curtain-raiser for the 2014 season, Derek Gill and Andrew Croney (Insurance Solutions/Sweet Temptations Mitsubishi Pajero) went one better last Sunday (April 6), winning the Chefette April Safari, round two of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari and Safari Novice Championships.

Former UK National Rally Champion Roger Duckworth will make his fourth trip to Sol Rally Barbados this year, joining a growing list of returnees spread right through the field in the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international. While he will be fighting at the sharp end, another four regular visitors are confirmed today in the Clubman

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THE SALUTE TO THE 2012 CHAMPIONS RACEDAY

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THE SHARED ADVENTURE TROPHY (HANDICAP)

Final Program for Day 8 - Saturday, April 5, 2014

As competitors in the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s and Class Championships start preparations for the upcoming Valvoline Rally (Sunday, April 13), the second of eight rounds this year, there is a three-way tie in the Champion Driver’s title chase between Andrew Mallalieu, Josh Read and Daryl Clarke.
  Entries for the Valvoline

Victory in Sunday’s (March 16) opening round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship, the March Safari, has given reigning Champion Driver Leslie Alleyne and Navigator Chris O’Neal a perfect start to their title defence . . . but it was not plain sailing, even for such an experienced crew.
  In the

Sol Rally Barbados, the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international, will enjoy a major refresh for 2014, as the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) marks the 25th running of its blue riband event. Crews will need to be on their toes from the start, as the weekend’s action kicks off with a new Friday night SuperSpecial, one of three Power

England finally came good with a slender five runs victory in the third and final Twenty20 match at the Kensington Oval on Thursday. The match had a sensational finish as the Windies chased 166 to win as it looked mathematically impossible when they needed seven runs off the last ball, but Jade Dernbach then bowled a wide and allowed Tuesday’

The visitors may have outnumbered the locals at Kensington Oval for the second Twenty20 match between West Indies and England but it was Darren Sammy who won the day with a magnificent onslaught late in the day. Earlier Krismar Santokie took four wickets as England recovered from the loss of three earlier wickets with Alex Hales (40) and Jos

It was a spectacular day at the Garrison Savannah when American horse Major Marvel owned by the Ramseys, ridden by Barbadian Champion jockey Patrick Husbands convincingly took the Sandy Lane Gold Cup. With a capacity crowd watching the parade and the magnificent Merry Men, a great time was had by all at the biggest race day in the Caribbean.

CHEFETTE SUPPORTS MUDDOGS AGAIN IN 2014
Preparations under way for March Safari
Chefette Restaurants has been confirmed as title sponsor of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) MudDogs Safari Championship for the second year, continuing its enthusiastic backing for the series, which began with the awarding of Novice trophies in 2010.

LEWIS HAMILTON JOINS TOP GEAR FESTIVAL
BARBADOS LINE UP
Barbados, 20 February 2014
Top Gear Festival announced today that 2008 Formula One World Champion, Lewis Hamilton, is set to join
the star-studded line-up of world famous presenters and motor sport legends at the inaugural Top Gear
Festival in Barbados

“WATERSHED SEASON” FOR BARBADOS MOTOR SPORT
Circuit race and rally fans in Barbados can look forward to a “watershed season” for their favourite sport in 2014, according to the island’s National Sporting Authority, the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) . . . and the months of May and June look set to break all previous records for

BPCI-14-01: February 5, 2014
RED BULL GLOBAL RALLYCROSS SERIES STARS
TO COMPETE ON TRACK AT TOP GEAR FESTIVAL
BARBADOS
Top Gear Festival Barbados announced today that it will host an international round of this year’s Red Bull
Global Rallycross Championship adding to the already impressive line-up of motoring

“MAXIMUM ATTACK” SKEETE FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS
Swann unveils new livery in first outing of 2014
Roger ‘The Sheriff’ Skeete will be in “maximum attack” mode when he leads the home team out for Sol Rally Barbados 2014, targetting his 13th victory in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) blue riband event. He will again be partnered by co

UK REGULARS CELEBRATE AT SOL RALLY BARBADOS
Shipping date confirmed; updated FAQ document published
Britain’s Andrew Costin-Hurley and wife Melissa are planning a triple celebration at Sol Rally Barbados 2014, their 11th visit to the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international. Since their first trip in 2003, when they

SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2014 4WD ENTRY WARMS UP
‘Magnificent Seven’ promise Modified 7 action
More than one-third of the 60-plus entries so far received for Sol Rally Barbados 2014 will compete in the event’s four-wheel-drive classes, with strong support from overseas crews. Repeat UK visitors Tom Roberts and Simon Wallis are

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THE COOLMORE “HOME OF CHAMPIONS” RACEDAY

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THE COOLMORE “HOME OF CHAMPIONS” STAKES & TROPHY (GR.1. - BAR)

Entries for Day 3 - Saturday, January 25, 2014

ISLAND CHAMPIONS READY FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS
Entry list now ‘live’ at www.rallybarbados.net
Four reigning Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Class Champions are among the first entries from the island confirmed for Sol Rally Barbados 2014 (May 31/June 1) and the previous weekend’s ‘shakedown’

PROCTER CONFIRMED FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS
International interest remains high as “solid” entry develops
Britain’s Kevin Procter, favoured by island motor sport fans for his flamboyant and attacking driving style, has started his preparations for Sol Rally Barbados 2014 on a high note. Last Saturday (December 28), with regular co-

BARBADOS JOINS WORLD MOTOR SPORT ELITE
Motor sport in Barbados was represented at the highest level this month when the sport’s world governing body, the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), held its Annual General Assembly in Paris, France. President of the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) Andrew Mallalieu and Vice-

Sol RB14-05: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 13, 2013
PANTON TARGETS SOL RALLY BARBADOS VICTORY
Barbados congratulates double-winner Meeke on Citroen WRC drive
Just days after chalking up his second consecutive victory in his home event, Rally Jamaica, Jeffrey Panton confirmed his entry for Sol Rally Barbados 2014 . . .

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The W. C. "Bill" Marshall DFC SCM Memorial Raceday

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The W. C. "Bill" Marshall DFC SCM Memorial (Gr.1r. - Bar

Promising Sussex fast bowler Lewis Hatchett is on holiday in Barbados and recently met up with the legend and National Hero Sir Garfield Sobers. It was a special moment for Lewis and the great man gave him some bowling advise and wished him well.