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"THE GOLDEN RULE . . . IS THAT THERE ARE NO GOLDEN RULES"

If he was referring to motorsport, George Bernard Shaw could not have been more accurate.

In the same vein, Thomas Edison got pretty close when he said: "Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something."

Yet every sport must have its rules and regulations, and it becomes more complicated in motorsport, where not only are sporting rules required, but there must also be rules - or regulations - concerning the cars involved.

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SOL RALLY BARBADOS ‘ADVENTURE’ FOR PHILLISKIRK

Former BTRDA Champion from the UK, Warren Philliskirk, will make his Sol Rally Barbados debut in May, when the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) marks the 25th Anniversary of its premier event. His historic-spec Ford Escort MkII is currently nearing the end of a bare-shell rebuild, specifically for its forthcoming trip to the Caribbean.

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PROCTER AT TEN-TENTHS FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Britain’s Kevin Procter will mark his 10th appearance in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event in five months’ time, when he lines up for Sol Rally Barbados 2015 at the wheel of his Subaru Impreza WRC S7. His entry is confirmed just days after he won last Sunday’s (December 28) Swift Signs Christmas Stages Rally in the North of England for the sixth time in seven years.

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WINNER OF EPIC IRISH ESCORT EXTRAVAGANZA NETS TRIP TO BARBADOS HISTORIC RALLY CARNIVAL

Well over one hundred classic rally cars set off in the early morning mist to tackle the famous and demanding special stages within the Ring of Kerry on the Rentokil Initial Killarney Historic Stages rally.

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ROC CARIBBEAN WINNERS FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Team Barbados duo Dane Skeete and Rhett Watson, fresh from their defeat of Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago in last weekend’s (December 13/14) inaugural ROC Caribbean at the annual Race Of Champions, have confirmed their entries for next year’s 25th Anniversary running of Sol Rally Barbados.

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Four rounds confirmed for Seaboard Marine CMRC 2015

The Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) will be fought out over four rounds for the first time in 2015. Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago will each host a round of the premier regional championship, with Seaboard Marine confirmed as title sponsor for the sixth year.

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David Coulthard crowned Champion of Champions

  • Thirteen-time Formula 1 grand prix winner David Coulthard lifts the Race Of Champions trophy for the first time
  • Coulthard prevails after a Grand Final win over young Mercedes F1 reserve driver Pascal Wehrlein
  • Six-time V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup and this year’s FIA European F3 champion Esteban Ocon make it as far as the semi-finals
  • Formula 1’s Romain Grosjean, the reigning ROC Champion of Champions, fails to make it past the group stages this time
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Team Barbados wins inaugural ROC Caribbean

On a landmark weekend for regional motor sport, in which some of the Caribbean’s best drivers are enjoying a chance to mix with champions from around the world, the home team of Rhett Watson and Dane Skeete won the inaugural ROC Caribbean at Bushy Park Barbados today (Saturday), just hours after fighting their way to a place in the semi-finals of the ROC Nations Cup.

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Motor sport legends prepare for the Race Of Champions

  • Barbados is swarming with legends of motor sport who have arrived on the island ahead of this weekend’s Race Of Champions
  • Champions and greats from series including F1, Le Mans, IndyCar, NASCAR, WTCC, Touring Cars, World Rallycross and MotoGP put in their first practice laps at Bushy Park Barbados
  • As they got out of their cars FIA World Rallycross Champion Petter Solberg neatly summed it up: “These guys are all as crazy as I am…”
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Volkswagen Polo RX completes ROC 2014 car line-up

  • Fresh from competing in the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship, the cars have now arrived on the Caribbean island
  • They join the Ariel Atom Cup, Audi R8 LMS, KTM X-Bow, Euro NASCAR, ROC Car and Robby Gordon’s Stadium Super Trucks in the line-up
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