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The third Suzuki Challenge Series got off to a record-breaking start at Bushy Park Barbados at the Glassesco John ‘Tiny’ Harrison Memorial Race Meet, organised by Bushy Park Motor Sport Inc (BPMSI) over the weekend (May 6/7). Early leader of the SR3 Cup, reigning Champion Suleman Esuf, set new Qualifying and Race Lap Records  - and he’d lapped even faster in Practice - while Josh Read has edged ahead in the Swift Cup, the first time he has led the post-event standings.

Alleyne & O’Neal first winners of Audley Croney Memorial Trophy

Four-time Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Champions Leslie Alleyne and Chris O'Neal (Simpson Motors/Shell Spirax/Shell Rimula/Maxxis Isuz D-Max) returned to Winner’s Row on Saturday (April 29) with victory in the Chefette April Safari, becoming the first recipients of the Audley Croney Memorial Trophy.

All four Suzuki Challenge Series Overall Champions will line up on the grid when the third series gets under way at the Glassesco John ‘Tiny’ Harrison Memorial Race Meet at Bushy Park Barbados this weekend (May 6/7). Inaugural Champions Sean Maloney (SR3 Cup) and Trinidad & Tobago’s Ryan Peyrau (Swift Cup) will face Ryan Wood and Sol Esuf respectively, who clinched the 2016/17 titles at the St Philip facility in January.

2017 Rally Club thanks tireless Portsmouth volunteers

Having off-loaded fruit and other exports from around the Caribbean, the Geest Line freighter Benguela Stream set sail from Portsmouth in England on Tuesday (April 25) carrying a shipment of 31 rally cars from the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe bound for Sol Rally Barbados 2017. After a 10-day trans-Atlantic voyage, the ship will off-load its precious cargo at the Bridgetown Port . . . including a 45-year-old ex-works Ford Escort MkI, which has undergone a bare-shell rebuild for a nostalgic trip to Barbados.