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As Martin ‘Mad-Dale’ Stockdale looks forward to Sol Rally Barbados 2014 and his 14th consecutive year of competition in the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international, he and wife Glenis are also preparing to become first-time grandparents, which has caused the popular BMW driver to reflect on his many trips to the island.

Plans are well advanced for Sol Rally Barbados 2014, the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international, with the organising team “excited” about this year’s offering for competitors. As the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) looks forward to celebrating the 25th running of its premier event, sustained international interest is keeping spirits high.

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) heads into the new motor sport season in a positive frame of mind, despite 2013 having been “a year of mixed fortunes”. Chairman Mark Hamilton offered this assessment to members in his annual report at last Thursday’s (February 13) AGM at the Barbados Clay Target Shooting Association (BCTSA) Clubhouse at Searles, Christ Church.

Circuit race and rally fans in Barbados can look forward to a “watershed season” for their favourite sport in 2014, according to the island’s National Sporting Authority, the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) . . . and the months of May and June look set to break all previous records for motor sport’s contribution to the island’s vital sports-tourism product.