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LAST RUN DECIDES CLOSE-FOUGHT SPEED EVENT

Just 3.5 seconds covered the top four in a close-fought finish to the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) first event of the new season, Saturday’s (Feb 14) night-time Tarmac Hill Sprint from Mapps in St Philip to Stewart Hill. While it is rare for the BRC to run a speed event in darkness, the format appealed to spectators, many hundreds of whom lined the 4.5-kilometre course for their first taste of action in 2004.

BIGGEST-EVER ENTRY FOR TOP MOTOR SPORT CLASS

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) will start its 2004 motor sport season in fine style on Saturday evening (February 14) with the biggest-ever entry for Modified 9, the fastest group in the Club’s classifications. The first competition of the year is a night-time Hill Sprint from Mapps College to Stewarts Hill, scheduled to start with a practice run at 6.00pm.

MAYERS FAMILY WIN TOUGH 4 x 4 SAFARI

Front-running rally driver Roger Mayers and father Stephen dominated the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 4 x 4 Safari on Saturday (November 22), beating the opposition – and some tough conditions – to claim their second off-road event of the year; they had won the opening event of the season in March.

GOOD ENTRY FOR BRC 4 x 4 SAFARI

Although the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2003 Drivers’ Championship is now complete, there is still one more competitive event to go, a chance to put aside the pressures of scoring points and enjoy the day. More than 30 assorted four-wheel-drive vehicles are expected to take part in the BRC 4 x 4 Safari on Saturday (November 22).

MAYERS/FERRI WIN ACTION-PACKED RALLY CLUB FINALE

The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2003 Drivers’ Championship reached an action-packed conclusion in Sunday’s (November 16) Loose Stages Rally, won by Roger Mayers and Max Ferri in the Automotive Art/Shell Helix Ford Focus WRC.
In a day full of incident, there were strong performances throughout the field as drivers grasped their final chance of the year to score championship points.

RALLY CLUB WRAPS UP THE SEASON ON SUNDAY

The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2003 season draws to a close on Sunday (November 16) with the BRC Loose Stages Rally, to be fought out over 11 stages at three venues in the parishes of St Thomas and St Peter.
The action starts at 8.00 am at the Vaucluse Raceway in St Thomas, which will also host the service area, lunch halt and finish.

MAYERS ON FORM AT BLACK BESS

An estimated 2,000 spectators assembled at the Black Bess Plantation in St Peter on Sunday (September 28) to witness Roger Mayers win the first loose event of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) season in the Automotive Art/Shell Helix Ford Focus.

BOURNE, MANNING, MAYERS, SKEETE CONFIRMED

Motor sport enthusiasts look set to enjoy the first showdown of the season between the island’s ‘Big Four’ on Sunday (September 28) when the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) stages its first Loose Sprint of the year, at the Black Bess Plantation, St Peter. The event is slated for an 8.00am start.

LOOSE SEASON FINALLY UNDER WAY

The second half of the island’s rallying season finally gets under way this Sunday (September 28) when the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) stages its first Loose Sprint of the year, at the Black Bess Plantation in St Peter. The event is slated for an 8.00am start.

TOP-CLASS ENTRY FOR LOOSE SEASON OPENER

Ten of the island's fastest four-wheel-drive cars should provide excitement aplenty as the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) moves into the second half of its 2003 season with the BRC Loose Sprint, to be run at the Vaucluse Raceway on Sunday morning (August 24).

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