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Entries posted on the official web site (www.rallybarbados.net) for Sol Rally Barbados (June 1/2), the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International, passed 80 this week . . . and there is strong support for the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event from local crews, particularly those in the core Modified and SuperModified classes.   More than two-thirds of local entries so far received fall into those categories, where nearly all will also face some competition from either International or regional competitors.

Senior motor sport volunteers keen to enhance their skill sets were praised at the weekend as they assembled for a pre-season training programme organised by the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) and majority funded by the sport’s world governing body, the Federation Internationale d’Automobile (FIA).

Roger ‘The Sheriff’ Skeete will lead the home team when Sol Rally Barbados 2013 is staged over the weekend of June 1/2 . . . and the most successful driver in the 23-year history of the Caribbean island’s premier event is very much looking forward to the new season after what he describes as some “character-building” moments in 2012.   His entry was posted a few days ago on the official web site, www.rallybarbados.net, with the provisional entry now at 70, nearly four months ahead of the May closing date.

Island rally fans who have been thrilled by the flamboyant antics of Scotland’s Allan Mackay and his Ford Anglia WRC for the past three years will have twice the fun at Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2), as his son Euan is entered to drive for the first time in what is dubbed the ‘Anglia JWRC’.   Despite a combined age of more than 100, the two Anglia 105Es are among the most lively on the rally scene and promise more than enough sideways action to keep fans entertained.