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Confirmation from the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) that English businessman Paul Bird’s entry is the latest to be received on-line for its blue riband event, Sol Rally Barbados 2009 (May 29-31), brings to seven the number of World Rally Cars entered, equalling last year’s record . . . and there are more still on the horizon.

Welsh rally legend Phil Collins, once described by triple Formula 1 World Champion Ayrton Senna as “a nut-case”, will treat Caribbean motor sport fans to a demonstration of why the late Brazilian superstar might have thought that when he contests the region’s biggest annual motor sport event, Sol Rally Barbados, in May.

Although only two rounds of the 2009 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships have been run, some interesting patterns are already emerging, thanks, in part, to the Club’s new points structure, which promises some close contests in the Class Championship.

One by one, the ingredients which promise to make 2009 one of the most competitive motor sport seasons in recent history are being added to the mix. On Sunday (March 22), it was the debut of Trevor Manning in the ex-Roger Skeete Ford Escort WRC, in which he finished second to Paul Bourne in the BRC Spring Gravel Sprint.