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SOL RALLY BARBADOS TRIP FOR LONDON SPECTATORS

  One lucky spectator at the inaugural London Rally for Heroes next weekend (April 19/20) will win a VIP trip for two to Sol Rally Barbados 2013, the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International. With Rally HQ at Brooklands, the birthplace of British motor sport and aviation, the first major rally to be staged so close to London for nearly 20 years is raising funds in support of Help for Heroes.

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CHEFETTE APRIL SAFARI RUNS OFF SATURDAY

  Eighteen crews were confirmed for Saturday’s (April 13) Chefette April Safari at a well-attended Briefing Meeting at the Barbados Clay Target Shooting Association Club House at Searles, Christ Church last evening. Seven combinations are making their first appearance of the season, bringing to more than 40 the number of Drivers and Navigators so far to line up for the 2013 Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship.   MudDogs Chairman Darnley Rayside said: “I must say that I was again impressed with amount of people that turned out last night.

DUCKWORTH RETURNS TO SOL RALLY BARBADOS

  Former UK National Rally Champion Roger Duckworth will make his third trip to Sol Rally Barbados this year, bringing to a record-breaking 11 the number of entries in the two classes catering for World Rally Cars. In doing so, he will break a personal record, too – he has rarely rallied outside the UK, twice in Ireland and twice in Portugal, so competing in a country for a third time is a new experience!   Having thoroughly enjoyed his two previous visits – both were prize drives for winning Rallye Sunseeker National – he was quick to enter again, once he knew his car would be ready . . .

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VALVOLINE RALLY CONFIRMED FOR APRIL

  Valvoline has joined forces with Automotive Art and the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) for the second year as title sponsor of Club’s first special stage rally of the season, which runs off on Sunday, April 28. The only tarmac rally before the island’s premier event, it provides a valuable opportunity chance to gauge one another’s performance.

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MUDDOGS MAKE READY FOR CHEFETTE APRIL SAFARI

  For the second qualifying round of the 2013 season, the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship returns to its roots: when the Club gave Championship status to its navigational events for the first time in March 2004, the opening event was set by Jason Downey and Richard ‘RC’ Daniel . . . and Downey returns to reprise his role for the Chefette April Safari on Saturday, April 13.   Being staged just four weeks since the March Safari launched the Championship’s 10th season, the second round looks set to keep competitors on their toes.

SOL RALLY BARBADOS REWARDS SPORT’S VOLUNTEERS

  Volunteer marshals and officials working on the Cartell.ie Killarney Rally of the Lakes in Ireland next month will have the chance to win a trip to Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2), courtesy of the Barbados Rally Club (BRC), organisers of the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International.

FORM BOOK OPENS FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

  Two former winners of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event started their preparations for Sol Rally Barbados 2013 in perfect fashion at the weekend. Victories for Jamaica’s Jeff Panton in Trinidad and local ace Paul Bourne in Barbados have kick started two months of debate across the region on the prospects for Sol RB13 (June 1/2).

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IRISH BOOST 4WD ENTRY FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Two Irish drivers who made their Caribbean debuts last year are among the six entries from the ‘Emerald Isle’ now confirmed for Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2). Their addition to the on-line entry list on the official web site, www.rallybarbados.net, boosts the four-wheel-drive entry to 18, more than half that number in the WRC classes.

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ALLEYNE AND O’NEAL WIN MARCH SAFARI

Three-time Champion Driver Leslie Alleyne and Chris O’Neal in the Simpson Motors/Rimula Lubricants/Spirax Lubricants/Sol Isuzu D-Max won last Saturday’s (March 16) opening round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari and Safari Novice Championships.

WISER WORSWICK BACK FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Britain’s Nigel Worswick and Lindsey Pilkington will contest Sol Rally Barbados (June 1/2) for the third time this year, determined to put to good use the lessons learned on their previous two visits. His entry for the Worswick Engineering Ford Escort Mark II brings to 16 the number of International crews confirmed for the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international, with further announcements in the pipeline.

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