Drag Racing

The Barbados Association of Dragsters & Drifters (BADD) attracted the largest-ever entry in its seven-year history when 54 competitors faced the starter at Bushy Park on August 20. Many of the racers in Launch Control: Round 3 were newcomers, who made the transition from the extremely-successful Practice Day run on the previous Sunday, while all eight class-winners from Round 2 in May had taken advantage of BADD’s generous offer of free entry for Round 3.

The Barbados Association of Dragsters and Drifters resumes the 2017 drag race season on August 20 with Launch Control 3.  The event will be one-eighth mile drag racing held at Bushy Park Circuit.  Practice begins at 1:00 PM, followed by Qualifying at 2:30 PM and culminating with Eliminations and Grudges from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

President of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Jean Todt heaped praise on the island’s motor sport fraternity shortly before he left Barbados on Tuesday (August 8) after a one-day visit in his capacity as the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety. Speaking to the media at Bushy Park, he said: “In Barbados, a small country of less than 300,000 population, there are a lot of skilled people with energy and passion, which makes me very happy.”