by Nick Maitland Zane Maloney will be the one to catch at next weekend’s Sol Rally Barbados after notching his first ever rallying title at the First Citizen’s King of the Hill on Sunday evening. Maloney demonstrated his undoubted class on his third sprint on the track where he clocked 2 minutes 19.63 seconds, two-tenths of a second faster than his uncle Stuart Maloney, who registered the second fastest lap time …
FIA Formula 3 racer Zane Maloney nailed the all-important dry third run of First Citizens King of the Hill yesterday (Sunday) to become the youngest winner…
A classic showdown is in prospect in Sunday’s (May 28) First Citizens King of the Hill (KotH) when 87 crews go head-to-head in the final shakedown before Sol Rally Barbados 2022 (June 4/5), the 32nd running of the Barbados Rally Club’s premier event. A freshly-configured course will challenge local, regional and international drivers equally, providing the island’s huge fan base with their biggest rallying spectacle since 2019.Just a few days ago the organizers made a decision to change the route. It will now run from Content through the Dukes crossroads and on into the Vaucluse Raceway, where no changes to the course have been made. Cars will run in reverse order of performance, with the first of four runs - two each before and after the lunch break - slated for 10.30 a.m; there is no practice run, with the fastest time deciding competitors’ finishing positions.Rally director Neil Barnard said: “The Barbados Rally Club works diligently to foster good relationships with resid
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