Motorsports
Barbados Rally Club remembers Gabriel Konig
The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Committee of Management has expressed sadness at the passing in Ireland of Gabriel Konig, as she was known when she first visited Barbados, later Gabriel DeFreitas. In the days when the BRC ran the island’s Bushy Park race track, she raced a Chevrolet Camaro in the BOAC Speedbird Team in November 1972, alongside Dave... Read More »
ANGLIAS DOUBLE UP FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2013
Island rally fans who have been thrilled by the flamboyant antics of Scotland’s Allan Mackay and his Ford Anglia WRC for the past three years will have twice the fun at Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2), as his son Euan is entered to drive for the first time in what is dubbed the ‘Anglia JWRC’. Despite a combined... Read More »
IRISH ON THE CASE FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2013
Sol Rally Barbados 2013 is already more than half-way to its cap of 100 starters, with continued strong interest from Ireland helping to drive the number of International entries posted on-line to more than 30 a full two months earlier than last year. Since registration opened last month on the official web site, www.rallybarbados.net, a total of 52 entries... Read More »
Mixed Fortunes for Sol Rally Barbados regulars Bird and Perez in the UK
As the 2012 UK season draws to a close, there have been mixed fortunes for regular Sol Rally Barbados visitors in recent weeks. Sol RB12 winners Paul Bird and Kirsty Riddick looked set for victory in last Saturday’s (December 1) Coppermines Grizedale Stages Rally in ‘Birdy’s native Lake District, only for disaster to strike within four miles of the... Read More »
FORTY PLUS FOR RETURNEES TO SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2013
Five repeat visitors who have clocked up more than 40 trips to Barbados over the last 10 years were among the first International competitors to post on-line entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2). Since registration opened last month on the official web site, nearly three-quarters of the more than 40 entries already received have come from the... Read More »
Team Ullyett’s Shannon Kirton rallying against Breast Cancer with The Little Pink Gift
My rallying has always been a great love and hobby of mine. I went to the events out of pure excitement for the challenge to come, and up until now it has had no other reason to attend other than true love for the sport. Now there is another driving force behind my love for this sport. It is... Read More »
New Entry fee structure for Sol Rally Barbados 2013
The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has confirmed changes to the entry fee structure for Sol Rally Barbados: entry fees are to be increased for the first time since 2009, while a cap of 30 is to be placed on the number of International entries that will benefit from the event’s extensive loyalty programme of subsidies for repeat visitors. Full... Read More »
SOL RALLY BARBADOS GETS 10th ANNIVERSARY RE-BRAND FOR 2013
The Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international, Sol Rally Barbados, will have a fresh new image for 2013. The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) this week revealed the event’s new logo and associated branding, marking the 10th Anniversary of the name change from International All-Stage Rally to Rally Barbados, a title which better projected the event’s growing contribution to the... Read More »
