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Four rounds confirmed for Seaboard Marine CMRC 2015

The Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) will be fought out over four rounds for the first time in 2015. Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago will each host a round of the premier regional championship, with Seaboard Marine confirmed as title sponsor for the sixth year.

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Posted on December 18th, 2014.

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David Coulthard crowned Champion of Champions

Thirteen-time Formula 1 grand prix winner David Coulthard lifts the Race Of Champions trophy for the first time

Coulthard prevails after a Grand Final win over young Mercedes F1 reserve driver Pascal Wehrlein

Six-time V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup and this year’s FIA European F3 champion Esteban Ocon make it as far as the semi-finals

Formula 1’s Romain Grosjean, the reigning ROC Champion of Champions, fails to make it past the group stages this time

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Posted on December 16th, 2014.

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Team Barbados wins inaugural ROC Caribbean

On a landmark weekend for regional motor sport, in which some of the Caribbean’s best drivers are enjoying a chance to mix with champions from around the world, the home team of Rhett Watson and Dane Skeete won the inaugural ROC Caribbean at Bushy Park Barbados today (Saturday), just hours after fighting their way to a place in the semi-finals of the ROC Nations Cup.

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Posted on December 14th, 2014.

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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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Posted on December 12th, 2014.

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Volkswagen Polo RX completes ROC 2014 car line-up

The spectacular Volkswagen Polo RX will be among the cars in action at this weekend’s Race Of Champions in Barbados

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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Posted on December 11th, 2014.

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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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Posted on December 10th, 2014.

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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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Posted on December 5th, 2014.