All change for BPMSI Floodlit Finale at Bushy Park Barbados

Following Tuesday’s announcement that Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc’s (BPMSI) 2015 Championship will climax in a Floodlit Finale at Bushy Park Barbados next Saturday (October 17), an even more comprehensive shake-up of the traditional race meet format has now been confirmed, offering fans 10 hours of almost non-stop action.

Between the start of the day’s opening Suzuki Challenge Series Swift Cup race, slated for 12.00pm, to the finish of the Hilti Handicap for Cars, which BPMSI officials expect to be around 10.00pm, 23 races and nearly 120 laps will have been completed, as well as Practice and Hot Lap Qualifying. To slot all that action in to what the Club admits is an ambitious programme, changes have been made to the format, which will also ramp up the entertainment for fans.

BPMSI Chairman Sean Maloney says: “We’re are so looking forward to lighting up Bushy Park to end our first Championship year on a high next weekend. Once we realised that our best option was to move to the night racing, then we had to look carefully at how we were going to make it all fit.

“We have looked through the number of laps for every race, cut them back where it seemed appropriate, and I think it now works on two levels; we have a schedule I believe we can deliver, but it has some fantastic new ideas. Hot Lap Qualifying will make for some really interesting grids, and the six-lap SR3 Cup races are going to give the Radical drivers, including me, a totally new challenge – no waiting until the second half of the race to do the job, we will have to be on it from the get go!”

The six-round Summer Season of the inaugural Suzuki Challenge Series will come to an end with a demanding six-race double-header. Not only will championship contenders face three races each before and after nightfall, but the regular format has been revised, which will require a new approach. Round five will have regular Practice and Qualifying sessions, but with a change for the races: normally eight laps, the Swift Cup races will be reduced to six, which will bring even more strategy into the use of the Joker Lap, while the Suzuki-powered SR3 Cup racers are cut from 12 to 10 laps for the first and second races, with the third now a six-lap dash to the flag.

After the lunch break, there will be practice sessions for the BPMSI Championship competitors on two and four wheels, followed by Hot Lap Qualifying. Classes that race on slick tyres – Modified Production 2, SuperSport, SuperModified and the SR3 Cup – will exit the Pits, pass the start/finish line once for a warm-up lap, then complete their Hot Lap, before returning to the Pits. Clubman 1 & 2, MP1 and Swift Cup cars will exit the Pits and complete their one Hot Lap from the first time they pass the start/finish line.

For round six of the Suzuki Challenge Series races, The Swift Cup races will revert to eight laps, while the format for the SR3 Cup will remain the same as earlier, two races of 10 laps, with the third over six laps. The BPMSI Championship races will run to the usual format of six laps each, while the Hilti Handicaps for Bikes and Cars, which will bring the packed programme to a conclusion, will be reduced from 10 laps to eight.

Saturday, September 13 (gates and ticket booths open 12.00pm) – racing from 12.00pm – 10.00pm: General Admission Bds $15; Clubhouse (food and drink on sale) Bds $30; children 12 and under are free. Hilti 4 x 4 Hammer Zone vehicle pass Bds $25, plus General Admission pass for each occupant

Suzuki Challenge Series & BPMSI Championship Floodlit Finale Saturday, October 17 - Timetable

10.00am – 2.00pm: Scrutineering

11.00am: Practice – Suzuki Challenge Series Swift Cup

11.15am: Practice – Suzuki Challenge Series SR3 Cup

11.30am: Qualifying – Swift Cup, round 5

11.40am: Qualifying – SR3 Cup, round 5

12.00pm: Gates open

12.00pm: Race 1 – Swift Cup, round 5, race 1 (6 laps)

12.20pm: Race 2 – SR3 Cup, round 5, race 1 (10 laps)

12.40pm: Race 3 – Swift Cup, round 5, race 2 (6 laps)

1.00pm: Race 4 – SR3 Cup, round 5, race 2 (10 laps)

1.20pm: Race 5 – Swift Cup, round 5, race 3 (6 laps)

1.40pm: Race 6 – SR3 Cup, round 5, race 3 (6 laps)

2.00pm: lunch break

2.30pm: Practice – BPMSI Bikes Class A & B

2.45pm: Practice – Recovery Modified Production 2; SBRC SuperSport 1, 2 & 3; Williams Equipment SuperModified 1 & 2

3.00pm: Practice – Ionics Clubman 1 & 2; Recovery Modified Production 1

3.15pm: Hot Lap Qualifying – BPMSI Bikes Class A & B

3.25pm: Hot Lap Qualifying - Recovery MP2; SBRC SS1, 2 & 3; Williams Equipment SM1 & 2

3.35pm: Hot Lap Qualifying - Ionics Clubman 1 & 2; Recovery MP1

3.45pm: Hot Lap Qualifying – Swift Cup, round 6

3.55pm: Hot Lap Qualifying – SR3 Cup, round 6

4.05pm: tea break, lights set-up

4.30pm: Race 7 – BMPSI Bikes Class A & B, race 1 (6 laps)

4.45pm: Race 8 - Recovery MP2; SBRC SS1, 2 & 3; Williams Equipment SM1 & 2, race 1 (6 laps)

5.00pm: Race 9 - Ionics Clubman 1 & 2; Recovery MP1, race 1 (6 laps)

5.15pm: Race 10 - Swift Cup, round 6, race 1 (8 laps)

5.30pm: Race 11 – SR3 Cup, round 6, race 1 (10 laps)

6.00pm: Race 12 – BMPSI Bikes Class A & B, race 2 (6 laps)

6.15pm: Race 13 - Recovery MP2; SBRC SS1, 2 & 3; Williams Equipment SM1 & 2, race 2 (6 laps)

6.30pm: Race 14 - Ionics Clubman 1 & 2; Recovery MP1, race 2 (6 laps)

6.45pm: Race 15 - Swift Cup, round 6, race 2 (8 laps)

7.00pm: Race 16 – SR3 Cup, round 6, race 2 (10 laps)

7.30pm: Race 17 – BMPSI Bikes Class A & B, race 3 (6 laps)

7.45pm: Race 18 - Recovery MP2; SBRC SS1, 2 & 3; Williams Equipment SM1 & 2, race 3 (6 laps)

8.00pm: Race 19 - Ionics Clubman 1 & 2; Recovery MP1, race 3 (6 laps)

8.15pm: Race 20 - Swift Cup, round 6, race 3 (8 laps)

8.45pm: Race 21 – SR3 Cup, round 6, race 3 (6 laps)

9.00pm: Race 22 - Hilti Handicap, Bikes (8 laps)

9.30pm: Race 23 - Hilti Handicap, Cars (8 laps)

10.15pm: Presentation in Pits Cafeteria