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SOL RALLY BARBADOS REFLECTS TOURISM GOALS

As the organising Barbados Rally Club (BRC) confirmed the final running order this afternoon (May 28) for Sol Rally Barbados 2008, the details reflected clearly the sports tourism goals of two of its major backers, the Barbados Tourism Authority and the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association.

Posted on May 27th, 2008.

SHELL V-POWER KING OF THE HILL - Results

Overall
1st Paul Bourne/Stuart Maloney (M8-WRC Banks/Texaco/B-Mobile/Pirelli/New-Tech Subaru Impreza WRC S9), 1m 13.02s
2nd Kris Meeke - NIR/Paul Nagle - NIR (M8-WRC Digicel/Nassco/Pirelli/Red Bull/Consolidated Finance/Armag/Crane & Equipments Toyota Corolla WRC), 1m 13.25s
3rd Kevin Procter - ENG/Dave Bellerby - ENG (M8-WRC Procters Coaches Subaru Impreza WRC S7),1m 15.74s
4th Roger Skeete/Robert Simmons (M8-WRC Michelin/FB Batteries Ford Escort WRC), 1m 15.99s

Posted on May 24th, 2008.

BOURNE IS SHELL V-POWER KING OF THE HILL

After an exhilarating day of intense competition, Paul Bourne was crowned Shell V-Power King of the Hill on Saturday (May 24), beating former Junior World Rally Championship contender Kris Meeke by less than one-quarter of a second, as the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) returned to a venue popular since the 1960s.

Posted on May 24th, 2008.

MOTOR SPORT FIRST AT TURNER’S HALL

Racing fans have seen it at Formula 1 race tracks the world over but, for the first time at a motor sport event in Barbados, spectators at the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Shell V-Power King of the Hill event on Saturday (May 24) will enjoy live coverage on a Giant Daylight Screen.

Posted on May 21st, 2008.

STUDENTS HEAD FOR HISTORIC ENCOUNTER

Eight students from the Oxford Universities Motorsport Foundation (OUMF) are heading across the Atlantic on Tuesday (May 20) on a Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747 to face the challenge of a lifetime - they will compete in Sol Rally Barbados 2008 (May 31/June 1), the region’s biggest annual international motor sport event.

Posted on May 18th, 2008.

WEDDING BELLS FOR BRITISH RALLY TEAM

Runner-up in the British Rally Championship in 2006, and one of the UK’s leading contenders in Sol Rally Barbados 2008 (May 31/June 1), Ryan Champion, will have more than just rallying to think about when he arrives in the Caribbean island – he’s agreed to officiate at the 10th ‘rally wedding’ since the inaugural Barbados Rally Carnival in 2001.

Posted on May 15th, 2008.

NEW CHALLENGES IN SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2008

The 89 crews entered for Sol Rally Barbados, the region’s biggest annual international motor sport event, will face some new challenges in 2008, following the organising Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) decision to rethink some elements of its blue riband event, which runs off over the weekend of May 31/June 1.

Posted on May 14th, 2008.

SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2008 Schedule

Saturday, May 31

0930 Start at Simpson Motors
0942 SS1 - Automotive Art Canefield North 1 5.90km
1012 SS2 – Dark Hole 1 4.40km
1057 SS3 – Automotive Art Canefield North 2 5.90km
1127 SS4 - Dark Hole 2 4.40km
1212 SS5 – Automotive Art Canefield North 3 5.90km
1242 SS6 – Dark Hole 3 4.40km
Service and lunch halt - Simpson Motors

Total stage distance, leg 1 30.90km

Posted on May 13th, 2008.

SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2008 Provisional entry list at May 12, 2008

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown):
ENG – England; HOL – The Netherlands; IoM – Isle of Man; IRL – The Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; NIR – Northern Ireland; SCO – Scotland; SVG – St Vincent & The Grenadines; SWE – Sweden; TDAD – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL - Wales

+ group classifications subject to scrutineering of overseas entries

+ driver/co-driver (car) – listed alphabetically by Group

Posted on May 11th, 2008.

RALLY CHAMPIONS HEAD FOR CARIBBEAN SHOWDOWN

Rally Champions from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are making their final preparations to fly to the 166-square-mile Caribbean island of Barbados, where they will compete in the region’s biggest annual international motor sport event, Sol Rally Barbados, over the weekend of May 31/June 1.

Posted on May 11th, 2008.

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