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
Two of the UK’s most popular competitors, Roger Duckworth and Kevin Procter, will clock up 24 visits between them when they return for Sol Rally Barbados 2022. And Procter is introducing a new generation to the event, forming a two-car team with his nephew Joe Cunningham.As the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) celebrates its 65th Anniversary, Sol RB22 is scheduled for the weekend of June 4 & 5, with King of the Hill on the previous Sunday (May 29).For former ANCRO national champion Duckworth, who finished second in Sol RB19 – his best result - a return this year looked unlikely. “This is even more last minute than usual but I was keen to do Barbados again, but the Goodwood Festival of Speed is too close for shipping my Subaru back in time. So, I have just got a MkI Fiesta R5, partly driven by the fact that if I wanted to do a bit more rallying than I have for the past few years, I really ought to retire the ‘Old Girl’ and only bring her out for events like FoS.”
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