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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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Circuit Racing
Posted on December 12th, 2014.

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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Circuit Racing
Posted on December 11th, 2014.

Mercedes Formula 1 car to appear at ROC Barbados

  • Formula 1 world champions Mercedes will show off their 2012 car – with its screaming V8 engine – at this weekend’s Race Of Champions in Barbados
  • The car will be taken on a demo run by official Mercedes F1 reserve driver Pascal Wehrlein, the youngest ever winner in Germany’s DTM series
  • Formula 1, Le Mans and Indianapolis 500 winners are among the line-up for the racing action itself, to take place on ROC’s unique parallel track
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Circuit Racing
Posted on December 10th, 2014.

Bushy Park, ROC and Terry Grant go back to school

Bushy Park Barbados and the organisers of next weekend’s annual Race Of Champions (December 13/14) have joined forces with world record stunt driver, England’s Terry Grant, who arrived in the island on Tuesday, to reach out to a new generation of motor sport fans . . . and to give something back to the community in the process.

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Circuit Racing
Posted on December 5th, 2014.

Robby Gordon brings his Stadium Super Trucks to Barbados

  • The American driver will also bring his mighty Stadium Super Trucks, which are some of the most spectacular vehicles in the sport
  • Gordon joins a ROC 2014 field featuring greats from Formula 1, MotoGP, Le Mans, IndyCar, NASCAR, World Rallycross and Touring Cars
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Circuit Racing
Posted on December 4th, 2014.

ROC welcomes 2014 GP2 Champion Jolyon Palmer

  • This year’s GP2 Champion Jolyon Palmer will compete at the 2014 Race Of Champions in Barbados later this month
  • The Englishman dominated the leading Formula 1 feeder series in 2014 with four wins and 12 podiums en route to the title
  • Palmer joins a ROC 2014 field featuring greats from Formula 1, MotoGP, Le Mans, IndyCar, NASCAR, World Rally, Rallycross and Touring Cars
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Circuit Racing
Posted on December 3rd, 2014.

David Coulthard heads to Barbados for ROC 2014

  • Multiple Formula 1 grand prix winner David Coulthard will compete at the 2014 Race Of Champions in Barbados later this month
  • Coulthard will also partner Williams F1 driver Susie Wolff for Team Scotland in the ROC Nations Cup
  • The pair join a ROC 2014 field featuring greats from Formula 1, MotoGP, Le Mans, IndyCar, NASCAR, World Rally, Rallycross and Touring Cars
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Circuit Racing
Posted on December 1st, 2014.

UK WOMEN’S CREW HEAD FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Former British Ladies Rally Champion Shelly Taunt, who won Saturday’s Driver of the Day Award at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed, aims to tick one of the boxes on her rallying bucket list when she and co-driver Julie Murphy compete in next year’s 25th Anniversary running of Sol Rally Barbados in their Group N Subaru Impreza.

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Rally
Posted on November 28th, 2014.

BMF applauds Goddard’s F1 debut in Abu Dhabi

After Lewis Hamilton claimed his second FIA Formula 1 World Championship at the spectacular Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi at the weekend, just six months after his crowd-pleasing display at Top Gear Festival Barbados in May, two days of post-season testing resulted in another island connection.

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Circuit Racing
Posted on November 26th, 2014.

Participants hail broader benefits of Suzuki Rocks

At a function hosted by Suzuki, motor sport champions from race track and rally stage gathered at the Yacht Club at Port St Charles last week to reflect on the Suzuki ROC Barbados Challenge, which selected the two drivers who will represent Team Barbados in the Race Of Champions at Bushy Park next month (December 13/14).

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Circuit Racing
Posted on November 24th, 2014.

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