by Bajan Reporter / April 21st, 2021
Sol Rally Barbados is inscribed on the 2021 calendar of the world governing body, the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), as it becomes a round of the NACAM Championship for the first time, bringing to 11 the countries which have hosted the competition. It was scheduled for inclusion last year, but the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, particularly around travel restrictions, meant the shift of dates from May to October was no longer viable.
First run in 2008, the FIA Regional Rally Championship for the NACAM zone (North America, Central America, the Caribbean and the north of South America) will this year comprise six rounds, split evenly between tarmac and gravel. With four in Mexico and one in Canada, the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) blue riband event is the penultimate round of the series, scheduled for September 25 & 26; those dates will be confirmed by the Club on June 1, if there has been significant further