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2014 Rally Action Continues with the Sol Go Further June Safari Rally

 Barbados’ exciting 2014 motorsport calendar continues this weekend when Sol partners with the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) to present the Sol Go Even Further June Safari Rally, part of the BRC’s Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship.

Coming exactly one month after the resounding success of the immensely popular Sol Rally Barbados 2014, the “June Rally” on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th, will mark the 58th running of the Caribbean’s oldest motor sport event with a continuous history, and the third year running of sponsorship by Sol.

Record regional entry for Digicel Williams International

Next month's Digicel Williams International Race Meet (July 5/6) in Barbados has attracted a record entry of regional competitors on two and four wheels, eager to play their part in a moment of Caribbean motor sport history, as the redeveloped Bushy Park Circuit hosts the opening rounds of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship 2014/15.

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MUDDOGS PREPARE FOR THE SEASON'S TOUGHEST TEST

After a two-month break from competition, crews competing in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2014 Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship are making plans for their toughest challenge of the season. The Sol Go Even Further June Safari is scheduled for June 28/29, when the BRC will mark the 58th running of the Caribbean’s oldest motor sport event with a continuous history.

WATSON DRAWS LEVEL WITH CLARKE IN TITLE CHASE

With five rounds run and just three to go, Daryl Clarke and Rhett Watson are now joint leaders in the battle to become Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Champion Driver for 2014. With only eight points covering the top six drivers, however, the championship is still wide open, and with the year-end dropped score rule yet to be taken into account.

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Packed programme for Digicel Williams International

More than 30 races are planned for next month's Digicel Williams International Race Meet (July 5/6), the first to be staged at the redeveloped Bushy Park Circuit in Barbados. Feature events of the two-day meet, organised by the new Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI), will be the opening rounds of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship 2014/15.

SKEETE AND VENEZIA WIN SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Roger Skeete returned to the top step of the Sol Rally Barbados podium at the weekend (May 30-June 1) for the first time since 2011, claiming his 13th victory in the 25-year history of the island’s premier event and extending his remarkable record. As he drove his Subaru Impreza WRC S12 into Parc Ferme at the finish, he said: “Fantastic. After the last two years, I am very happy with the result.”

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SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2014 Results

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ARG – Argentina; ENG – England; IRL – Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; NIR – Northern Ireland; SCO – Scotland; TCI – Turks & Caicos; TRI – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL – Wales

 

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SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2014 Final running order at May 28, 2014

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ANT – Antigua & Barbuda; ARG – Argentina; CDN – Canada; ENG – England; GUY – Guyana; IRL – Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; NED – The Netherlands; NIR – Northern Ireland; SCO – Scotland; TCI – Turks & Caicos; TRI – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL – Wales

1 Paul Bird - ENG/Aled Davies - WAL (WRC-1 Rubis/Cockspur Rum Ford Focus WRC08)

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FIRST-CLASS ENTRY FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

The final running order for Sol Rally Barbados (May 30-June 1), published in advance of this evening’s Briefing Meeting and Welcome Party by the Barbados Rally Club, lists competitors from 14 nations among the 84 crews for the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International, headed by a record-equalling entry in the WRC classes.

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BIRD WINS SCOTIABANK KING OF THE HILL

Former UK National Rally Champion Paul Bird won Scotiabank King of the Hill yesterday (Sunday), despite felling a road sign on his final run in a dramatic spin in front of thousands of spectators. He admitted: “I just tried something different, and it didn’t work!” . . . but it didn’t matter, either, as his second-run time was good enough to win by 12/100ths of a second, the smallest margin of victory in the event’s history.

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