The Barbados Rally Club (#BRC) is rolling out its promotional campaign for Rally Barbados 2024 over the coming weeks with support from Barbados Tourism…
Four runs over a demanding new course combining sweeping high-speed sections, crests and a steep, technical climb through tight uphill hairpins will decide which driver from a first-rate field of local, regional and international champions wins Sunday’s First Citizens King of the Hill. More than 80 crews were listed in the running order published on Thursday for the final shakedown before next weekend’s Sol Rally Barbados 2023 (Sol RB23) (June …
Following their debut victory in First Citizens King of the Hill (KotH) last Sunday, Zane Maloney and Kreigg Yearwood are top seeds for the 32nd running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event. The entry list of 85 cars for this weekend’s Sol Rally Barbados 2022, which includes drivers and co-drivers from 11 countries, was published by the BRC at Wednesday evening’s briefing meeting at the Divi Southwinds Beach Resort, Christ Church.After becoming the youngest driver to win KotH since it was first run in 2008, the 18-year-old FIA Formula 3 racer and his experienced co-driver will lead the field over the starting ramp at Sol Speightstown at 10.30a.m. on Saturday. His Skoda Fabia R5 is one of a record number of 15 entries in the FIA R5 class, one cause of the highest-placed two-wheel drive (2wd) car being seeded outside the top 10 for only the second time since the inaugural KotH.The teenager will be followed over the ramp by his uncle Stuart, whose co-driver Kristian Year
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