ALL READY TO PARTY AT LIME KING OF THE HILL

A record number of overseas crews are making last-minute preparations for Sunday’s (May 24) LIME King of the Hill, the final shakedown ahead of the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International, Sol Rally Barbados 2015 (May 29-31), at which the Barbados Rally Club is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of its premier event.

The provisional running order published today (May 22) lists 87 starters, headed by Sol RB14 winner Roger Skeete (Subaru Impreza WRC S12) and former UK National Rally Champion Paul Bird (Ford Focus WRC08), winner for the previous two years. Only four Sol RB15 entries are missing from LIME KotH: Norman Catwell (engine problems), Jamaica’s Kyle Gregg (competing at Dover Raceway), International entries Toni Gardemeister (WRC duty with Volkswagen Motorsport in Portugal) and Kevin Procter (contesting his home round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship).

LIME King of the Hill returns to St Thomas, but with huge changes to the course, as it now runs from Hangman’s Hill through the Vaucluse Raceway (VRW), which will host the LIME/Banks/Automotive Art Party Stage, to Lion Castle. The added mileage through VRW makes it the longest KotH course since it was introduced in 2008, at 4.6 kilometres.

From the inaugural KotH at Turner’s Hall in 2008, local drivers Paul Bourne (2008 & ’10) and Skeete (’09 & ’11) shared the first four victories, as it moved first to Stewart’s Hill, then Sailor Gully and Hangman’s Hill. Bird won on the second visit to Hangman’s Hill in 2012, and again last year, after Neil Armstrong had added his name to the roll of honour in 2013, when the venue was Luke Hill in St Lucy.

Highest-placed two-wheel-drive car for the first three years was the Simpson Motors Suzuki Swift, with Sean Gill sixth in his last season in the car (2008), then Ian Warren ninth and fifth, the highest overall KotH finish for 2wd. Armstrong was top 2wd in 2011 & ’12, ninth and eighth, the mantle assumed over the past two years by Roger Mayers, sixth in 2013, eighth last year.

The practice run is slated for 10.00am, followed by three official runs, the fastest of which will decide competitors’ finishing positions. Cars will run in reverse seeding order, from Clubman up to WRC-1, and the top 10 after the first official run will be held back and re-seeded in reverse order to run at the end of the field.

The results of LIME King of the Hill are used to seed Sol RB15; cars which do not compete will be seeded behind the last car in their class, unless safety considerations dictate otherwise. New for 2015 is a Saturday morning reseed after Friday night’s first two stages at Bushy Park Barbados, in addition to the traditional Sunday morning reseed based on the overnight classification.

Sol RB15 briefs:

• RallyFM.net will again be broadcasting live commentary from LIME KotH and Sol RB15. There are four ways to listen: on a PC or laptop, go to www.rallyfm.net and click on 'Listen Live'; to listen on your smart phone or tablet, go to www.rallyfm.net and click on 'Listen Live'; download the TuneIn Radio app and search for RallyFM; download the Ustream app and search for RallyFM.net • Early Bird ticket specials are available for the Friday evening start and Sunday afternoon finish of Sol RB15 at Bushy Park Barbados: tickets can be purchased in advance at all Automotive Art stores, Sol Banyans, Redman, Six Roads, Speightstown, Warrens and Wildey and on-line at www.bushyparkbarbados/buy-tickets. All general spectator parking is in the south, VIP and Clubhouse parking in the north, and Xpress entry is available for patrons with pre-purchased tickets and no coolers or bags to be checked by security. On Friday, gates open at 4.30pm, SS1 starts at 6.00pm; on Sunday, gates open at 1.30pm, with SS22 scheduled to start at 3.00pm, followed by the Rally Finish Party

Sol Rally Barbados (May 29-31) and LIME King of the Hill (May 24) are organised and promoted by the Barbados Rally Club, which celebrated its 55th Anniversary in 2012; title sponsors are the Sol Group and LIME. Marketing partners are Simpson Motors, Automotive Art and Banks; official partners are Accra Beach Hotel & Spa, the Barbados Hotel & Tourism Association, Barbados Port Inc, Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc, Geest Line, the Tourism Development Corporation and Virgin Atlantic Airways; associate sponsors are Chefette, Glacial Pure, Little Switzerland, 104 The Beat, Redline Fuels, REIS, Stoute’s Car Rental, Up Beat Wholesale and West Indies Rum Distillery.

Provisional running order at May 22

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ANT – Antigua & Barbuda; AUS – Australia; CDN – Canada; ENG – England; FRA – France; IRL – Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; NED – The Netherlands; NIR – Northern Ireland; NZL – New Zealand; SCO – Scotland; TCI – Turks & Caicos; TRI – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL – Wales

+ driver/co-driver (class/sponsors/car)

+ some classifications remain subject to scrutineering (Saturday, May

+ 23)

1 Cheryl Spencer – ENG/Barry Spencer – ENG (Club Dover Beach Hotel/Waterfront Accident Repair/Mission Bodyshop/Central Park Bodyshop/Euro Car Parts/AB Autos/Airport Bodyshop/ABS Embroidery/Capricorn Canvas/Katz Auto Services/SRG Engineering Vauxhall Astra)

2 Pierre Clarke/Ezra Gibbs (Club SDRR Hydraulics & Industrial Spares Honda Civic)

3 Chris Williams/Reuben Nelson (M6 Cutters Barbados/Sun Flower Events/Solo/Royal Chinese Restaurant Ford Fiesta)

4 David Brewster/Alex Kirton (GpB Innovative Security Solutions/Castrol/SRG Engineering Peugeot 205GTi)

5 John Corbin/Owen Proverbs (Hist Valvoline/Corbins Garage/Pro Sales Toyota Corolla)

6 Rommell Martin/Rashid Phillips (Club Winston Enterprise/Fusion Boutique/VV&K Rentals/B3 Imaging/Candy Lane/Rallymaxx Toyota Starlet)

7 Fabien Clarke/Arlington Hoyte (M6 RCR Tours/Bovell Auto Repair/Barbados Business Listings Suzuki Ignis Sport)

8 Trevor Mapp/Alister Nurse (Club JSB Motorsport/Chicken Pen Racing/AS Autostop Mitsubishi Colt Mivec RS)

9 Jonathan Ince/David Armstrong (Hist Ocean Fisheries/Hankook Daihatsu Charmant)

10 Marcus Tinsley - ENG/James Crosland - ENG (M5 Tinsley Joiners/Rodgers Plant Hire/Taylor Signs/Golcar Brewery/GroupKit/David Brown Motor Club Peugeot 205 Rallye)

11 Shareef Walcott/Jan-Yves Hinds (SM9 Novus Tech/MMXI/246 Dip/F1RST.com/SunShadeTinting Toyota Corolla)

12 Peter Gallagher – IRL/Rene Forde (M6 Dublin Crystal Peugeot 206XSi)

14 Allan Mackay – SCO/Mo Downey – NIR (SM11 Tunnocks Tea Cakes/Mountune Ford Anglia WRC)

15 Clifford Cox/Scott Bentham (SM9 Toyota Starlet)

16 Jeremy Croney/Andrew Croney (Club Warrens Lubricants/Sign Station/SRG Engineering/Sweet Temptations Peugeot 206XS)

17 Freddie Gale/Kyle Proverbs (M7 Gale’s Hatcheries/VP Racing Fuels/Nassco Toyota Corolla RunX)

18 Rob Weir - ENG/Paul Willetts - ENG (Int-Hist HJ Weir Engineering/Weir Laundry Equipment/Ocean Two Resort/RSR Historic Engineering Triumph TR7 V8)

19 Paul Inniss/Jason Tull (M6 Durex/Sun General Insurance/Caribbean Villa Chefs/Chicken Stop Inc/Illusion Graphics/Hugh Auto Body/HIV Aids Commission/Erie Tyre Service/JJ Racing Team Honda Civic)

20 Chris Shooter - ENG/Sean Harle – ENG (Int-Hist Sparrow Hill Cars Ford Escort MkII)

21 Mike Marshall - NZL/Marc Keen - NZL (M6 Peugeot 106 Maxi)

22 Kurt Ward/Kirt King (SM9 SDRR/Precision Racing Ford Escort MkI)

23 Steve Finch - ENG/Aaron Rayner - ENG (M7 Ford Escort MkII)

24 Paul Rees - WAL/Paul Briggs - ENG (M7 Coconut Court Beach Hotel/Vauxcare Vauxhall Astra Mk2)

25 Nick Marshall - NZL/Ray Baker - AUS (M7 Peugeot 206 GTi 180)

26 Mark Kinch/Andrew Peirce (SM9 Black Pearl Party Cruises/Jolly Roger 1/Rubis Kirtons/Ultraviolet Entertainment/Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum Toyota Starlet)

27 Winston Thompson/Fiona Catwell - ANT (SM9 Ellesmere Quarries/BCR/Island Projects Construction/SDRR Industrial & Hydraulic Spares/Chicken Pen Racing Toyota Starlet)

28 Stuart Tomlinson - ENG/Nick Taylor - ENG (Hist Tomlinsons/Atlas Copco UK Ford Escort MkII)

29 Wayne Archer/Derek Edwards (Hist Archers Hall Design Centre/Diamonds International/CACS BMW 325)

30 Raymond Clough - ENG/Stephen Bell (Int-Hist Saint-Gobain Weber/DBP Bradford/The Builders Center Sheffield/Yorkshire Fixings Otley/Encon Leeds/Minster Sheffield Ford Escort MkI)

31 Peter Sinclair - SCO/Ruaridh Allan - SCO (Int-Hist Ford Escort MkII)

32 Warren Philliskirk - ENG/Garry Green - ENG (Int-Hist Philliskirk Drainage/Autosparks Ford Escort RS1800 MkII)

33 Greg Cozier/Natasha Farnum (Int-Hist Barbados Historic Rally Carnival/Jondel Engines Ford Escort RS)

34 Sean Field/Shannon Kirton (M7 Field Insurance Brokers Peugeot 306 GTi6)

35 Andrew Costin-Hurley - ENG/Stuart Andrews - WAL (GpB ARP/Earl’s Performance/Zeta Engineering Hoses Ford Puma Evo)

36 Brendon Mckenzie/Dominic Straker (M6 Mck Motorsport Toyota Corolla)

37 Kenny Hall - SCO/Fenny Wesselink – NED (M6 Halltune Garage Ford Puma S1600)

38 Jeremy Gonsalves/Chris Corbin (M6 Sign Depot/Makita/Star Products/Guava Tech/John Hardman Engineering/Valvoline Opel Corsa)

39 Neil Corbin/Matthew Staffner (M6 Nassco/Jason Jones/BG Products & Services/Auto Solutions/Valvoline/Max Meyer Paints/Emtage Electrical Toyota Starlet)

40 Paul Horton - TCI/Dwayne Forde (M7 Sky Motorsports/Java Island/Real Ford Escort MkI)

41 Dick Mauger - ENG/Steve McNulty - ENG (SM10 Major Motorsport Ford Escort MkII)

42 Stuart McChlery/Jonathan Johnson (SM11 Lubriguard/Gunk Ford Escort MkI)

43 Nigel Worswick – ENG/Rebecca Kirsch - ENG (SM11 Worswick Engineering/Rallytech Composites/Rockwell Automation Ford Escort MkII)

44 Chris Ullyett/Chantal Ullyett (SM12 Ullyett's Machine Shop/ Proj-Rx Inc/MG America BMW M3)

45 Pete Rayner – ENG/Richard Bonner – ENG (SM11 Perry Road Autos/Tamdown Group Ford Escort MkII)

46 Jeremy Sisnett/Justin Sisnett (M7 The Tiki Bar/Autolink/Indoor Plant Services Ford Fiesta ST)

47 Stan Hartling - CDN/Heath Hazell (SM12 Bambarra Rum BMW M3)

48 Brian Watson - SCO/Caroline Will - SCO (SM11 Ford Escort MkII)

49 Kurt Thompson/Adam Straker (M7 Glassesco/NKM Clothing/Bio-Beauty Day Spa/Digicel 4G/Beacon Insurance Honda Civic)

50 Jamal Brathwaite/Dario Hoyte (M7 Platinum Motors/Valvoline/Automotive Art/R S Electrical/Ellesmere Quarries/JSB Motorsport/Chicken Pen Racing/Codgies Customs Brokers Honda Civic Type-R)

51 Edward Corbin/Rodney Clarke (M7 Valvoline/Prosales Toyota Corolla RunX)

52 Martin Stockdale - ENG/Stephen Ritchie - ENG (SM12 Divi Southwinds Beach Resort/Drive-a-Matic/Quarry Motors BMW Spares BMW 1M Coupe)

53 David St Hill/Ian Grimes (SM12 Solar & Wind Energy Solutions BMW M3)

54 Terry Sealy/Romell Coppin (GpN Speedline Performance Auto/Premier World Cargo/Cockspur Rum/Little Switzerland Subaru Impreza STi)

55 Antony Pownall – ENG/Malcolm Clark - ENG (GpN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)

56 Shelly Taunt – ENG/Julie Murphy - ENG (GpN Guest & Flore Bricklayers/Combined Scaffolding/ASF Sign Factory/Jim Griffiths Car Body Repairs Subaru Impreza N10)

57 Justin Campbell/Juan Watts (SM12 Dream Solutions/Itstaboo.com/Hunikom/Campbell Racing Team/Castrol/Hilton Barbados/One Media/Biz Needz BMW M3)

58 Hugh Peat – ENG/Stephen Peat – ENG (GpN Wemix Concrete/CC Motors Subaru Impreza N11)

59 Cliff Roett/Joshua Plaza - TRI (SM10 Nassco/Paulo’s Churrasco do Brazil/Roett's Garage Toyota Starlet)

60 Harold Morley - ENG/Trevor Thorpe (GpN www.bajanloveshop.com/10 Saints/Red Square/Costco Subaru Impreza WRX STi R4)

61 Mark Thompson/Wayne King (GpN Automotive Art/Stag Beer/Glassesco/NKM Clothing/Bio Beauty Day Spa Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)

62 Simon Mauger - ENG/Melanie Holmes – ENG (SM11 Major Motorsport/Smith and Jones Engines/Ravenol/Virgin Atlantic Airways/Redline Fuels/Accra Beach Hotel/Stoutes Car Rentals Ford Escort MkII)

63 Daryl Clarke/Russell Brancker (M7 MQI Collision Repair/Mom’s Pasta Products/Roberts Manufacturing/Valvoline Honda Civic)

64 David Coelho – TRI/James Harris – ENG (GpN Total/Lubetech/Zanzibar/Kaizan Sushi/www.machinerysalestrinidad.com/Quipsol Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)

65 Andrew Mallalieu/Geoff Goddard (GpN Terra Caribbean/Blue Sky Luxury Subaru Impreza N10)

66 Pierre Negre – FRA/Gilles Gaussens – FRA (GpA Conseil General de la Guadeloupe Ford Escort RS Cosworth)

67 Andrew Jones/Lindsey Pilkington – ENG (SM11 AP Jones Pharmacy/Southern Surf Beach Apartments/Lucozade Ford Escort MkII)

68 Brett Clarke/Chris Hoad (SM10 Citroen C2)

69 Rupert Lomax – WAL/David Alcock - WAL (GpA DigIt Plant Hire/SMS Motorsport/Almax Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI)

70 Dane Skeete/Tyler Mayhew (SM11 Sol/LIME/Automotive Art Peugeot 306 Maxi)

71 Rhett Watson/James Hutchinson (SM12 Chefette/Power King/Gliptone/Stihl in support of Little Pink Gift BMW M3)

72 Avinash Chatrani/Andrew Skeete (GpA iShop Barbados/Electric Avenue/PowerBass/Lenovo/1 of K/Copocabana/Sign Station Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI)

73 Joe McQuillan – NIR/Sean Donnelly - SCO (GpA Masserene Park Farms Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)

74 Josh Read/Mark Jordan (SM10 Stihl/Gliptone/Sprite/Hankook/Weetabix/Chutney’s/Royal Purple/EZone Toyota Starlet)

75 Oliver Hopkins – ENG/Ashley Trimble - ENG (GpA Hopkins Motorsport/Dan Cuff Motor Engineering Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI)

76 Neil Armstrong/Barry Ward (SM10 Rubis/Chefette/Hankook/Nassco/GUNK Toyota Starlet)

77 Barry Groundwater – SCO/Martin Forrest - SCO (GpA Groundwater Lift Trucks/Steve Reid Autobody/AMS Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)

78 Peter Morris – WAL/Lyndon Mohammed – TRI (WRC-1 Valvoline Oils/DMack Tyres Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X)

79 Fraser Louden – SCO/Abi Louden - SCO (WRC-1 ALS Oil & Gas/MGS Logistics/Retro Restorations Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)

80 Roger Mayers/Sean Corbin (SM10 Chefette/Sol/Digicel/DHL/Hankook/Illusion Graphics WR Starlet)

81 Donnie MacDonald – SCO/Ashleigh Will - SCO (GpA Culloden Car Sales/Topcar Inverness/Romms/DMC Performance Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)

82 Roger Hill/Graham Gittens (WRC-2 Nassco/Esso/Pennzoil/MotorMac Toyota Corolla WRC)

83 Simon Jean-Joseph – FRA/Jack Boyere - FRA (WRC-1 Intercontinental Shipping/Trinidad Mooring & Launch Services Ford Focus WRC08)

84 Roger Duckworth - ENG/Ross Weir - ENG (WRC-2 Intrinsys Subaru Impreza WRC S6)

85 Jeffrey Panton – JAM/Michael Fennell Jnr – JAM (WRC-1 Rubis/Total/Sandals Barbados Ford Focus WRC06)

86 Rob Swann – ENG/Aled Edwards – WAL (WRC-1 Waves Hotel and Spa Barbados/Terra Caribbean/Cygnet Plant/R A Swann Subaru Impreza WRC S11)

87 Paul Bird - ENG/Aled Davies - WAL (WRC-1 Rubis/Cockspur/Frank Bird Poultry/Hager/Mac Tools/Elas/Pirelli/C4L Ford Focus WRC08)

88 Roger Skeete/Louis Venezia (WRC-1 Sol/LIME/Simpson Motors/Automotive Art Subaru Impreza WRC S12)