Ninety local, regional and international rally cars, more than 20 of them entered in Sol Rally Barbados for the first time, will be the highlight of The Rally…
With expectations and excitement growing, fourteen crews will contest the FIA R5 class in Sol Rally Barbados next month. It is a record for the island, and significant growth from the three in 2019, then seven in Sol Rally Barbados 2020, when America’s Ken Block won the most recent running of the event overall in a Ford Fiesta Rally2. The numbers have been boosted by an entry for Barbadian FIA F3 racer Zane Maloney in a Skoda Fabia, two new registrations for the island’s R5 Rally Championship presented by First Citizens and a strong challenge from the United Kingdom.Sol Rally Barbados 2022 is slated for June 4 and 5, with King of the Hill the previous Sunday (May 29) sponsored for the first time by First Citizens, each event counting towards the R5 Rally Championship with the results of King of the Hill used to seed the rally. With 60 points on offer for the win, this year’s event is the highest-paying of the 13 rounds, representing more than one-fifth of the season’s available
Dane Skeete and Tyler Mayhew, in their familiar Subaru Impreza WRC S12, are the No. 1 seeds for today’s Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Shakedown Double Header, which marks the club’s return to road rallying for the first time since December 2020. The Sol Rally Barbados 2019 winners head an impressive field of 46 crews on the running order. They include overseas visitors Paul Horton, Jeff Panton and Rob Swann, who …
As rallying returned to the island's roads last Sunday 27th March for the first time since December 2020, fans had their first chance to gauge form ahead of the…
As rallying returned to the island’s roads last Sunday for the first time since December 2020, fans had their first chance to gauge form ahead of the new season, during which the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) is celebrating its 65th Anniversary.The club’s blue riband event, Sol Rally Barbados 2022, is scheduled for the weekend of June 4 & 5, with King of the Hill on the previous Sunday (May 29).More than 30 cars turned out for last weekend’s Motoring Club Barbados Inc. (MCBI) double-header Spring Blaze 22, as spectators lined the 4.7-kilometre course running from Cliff to Society, St John. The event, which comprised four runs in each direction, also counted towards the new R5 Rally Championship presented by First Citizens, which had kicked off with a sprint at Bushy Park the day before.