Motorsports

Posted on 15 Jan 2013

Talking Carburetors – Noob Island

 By Jacquline Jones aka Our Lost Girl Hopped Up on Adrenaline!  So I was walking past this group of guys who were talking about cars and I blurted out, “A carib burrito? Is that like a Mexican tortilla filled with beer and curry?” No one laughed because they were talking about carburetors and my joke to them was not funny or... Read More »
Posted on 15 Jan 2013

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 »
Posted on 12 Jan 2013

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 »
Posted on 24 Dec 2012

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 »
Posted on 07 Dec 2012

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 »
Posted on 07 Dec 2012

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 »
Posted on 29 Nov 2012

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 »
Posted on 23 Nov 2012

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 »
Posted on 23 Nov 2012

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 »
Posted on 21 Nov 2012

BARBADOS RALLY CLUB 2012 AWARD WINNERS

More than 70 members of the island’s motor sport fraternity were honoured at the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Annual Prizegiving on Friday evening (November 16) at Sugar Ultra Lounge, St Lawrence Gap. See the awardees below Virgin Atlantic BRC Driver’s Championship The Champion received two Virgin Atlantic Premium Economy return tickets (inc of all taxes); each Driver received a... Read More »
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