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Reigning Manx Rally Champion, 21-year-old rising star Connor Corkill, has entered Sol Rally Barbados 2011 (June 4/5) in a “fire-breathing” Ford Escort Mk I, to the delight of the Barbados Rally Club, which announced in November a range of incentives to attract the most exciting two-wheel-drive cars in Europe to compete in the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international.

Scottish teenager Alex Hall will become the first ‘second generation’ overseas driver to compete in the Caribbean’s biggest annual international motor sport event, when he makes his debut on Sol Rally Barbados (June 4/5) next year. Hall’s father Kenny is a veteran of the event – next year is his ninth visit - and a three-time class winner.

The organisers of Sol Rally Barbados, the Caribbean’s biggest annual international motor sport event, are targetting the most exciting two-wheel-drive cars in Europe to compete in next year’s event, which will be staged over the weekend of June 4/5.   The Barbados Rally Club (BRC), which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007, has enjoyed steady growth in its blue riband event, which has grown from a one-day rally for around 30 local competitors in 1990 into one of the strongest sporting brand names in the region and a major contributor to the island’s sports-tourism product.

Production 4 class leader Barry Gale (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) has moved one step closer to winning the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Overall Class Championship; with six class wins in the nine rounds so far run, he is now eight points clear of SuperModified 11 leader Mark Hamilton (Ford Escort MkII), who is now the only driver who could deny him the title.