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Countries (competitor from Barbados unless shown): CDN – Canada; ENG – England; IRL – Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; LCA – St Lucia; SCO – Scotland; TCI – Turks & Caicos; T&T – Trinidad & Tobago; USA – United States of America; WAL – Wales

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A record number of 24 female participants are listed on the provisional entry list for BCIC Rally Barbados 2024 (May 31-June 2) . . . but they are just the tip of the iceberg. Adding in female volunteer marshals and officials, crew members and media personnel carries the number of Women in Motorsport (WiM) working on the Caribbean’s biggest annual motorsport International well into three figures.

Chris Hoad leads the chase for the coveted Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Champion Driver crown ahead of the two marquee events of the year, First Citizens King of the Hill (May 26) and BCIC Rally Barbados 2024 (May 31-June 2). With island motor sport in rude health, 48 drivers have already scored points in the BRC Driver’s & Class Championships – a record this early in the season – and nearly 20 more will join in shortly.

British Caribbean Insurance Company (BCIC) has offered general insurance products to Jamaicans for more than 50 years and opened its first overseas branch in Barbados in 2017. From its offices at Manor Lodge, Green Hill, the company underwrites all major lines of insurance and offers insurance for private cars, commercial vehicles, electric vehicles, motorcycles and PSVs, also 24-hour islandwide emergency breakdown roadside assistance through BCIC Assist.