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Paul Bourne carries start number 1 for the Barbados Rally Club's (BRC) first Tarmac Rally of the season, which starts at 9.00am on Sunday (April 4) at the Vaucluse Raceway. The winner of last year's event, he faces a strong challenge from three of the island's front-runners.
The Banks/Havoline/Williams Industries/Pirelli Subaru Impreza WRC, with co-driver Luis Venezia, will be chased off the line by Roger Skeete and Dave Crawford (M9 Havoline/Michelin/McEnearney Quality Ford Escort WRC), who missed last year's event, waiting on spare parts.

Competition promises to be intense when the new Barbados Rally Club Ruf ’n’ Tuf Navigational Championship gets under way this weekend; more than 20 crews had entered by the close of the mid-week briefing meeting and entries remain open until two hours before the start on Saturday (March 13).

Outgoing President of the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) John Sealy – one of the best respected names in island motor sport – delivered a stirring closing address to the Club’s 46th Annual General Meeting at Kendall Sporting in St Philip last Thursday. (Feb 12).
Following a difficult year for the Club, in which the loss of its long-term sponsor Texaco impacted on the costs of staging the re-named Rally Barbados, a number of senior members – some taking a renewed interest in the Club - pressed the committee for reassurances that the Club’s financial position was sound.

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.