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Rally Champions from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are making their final preparations to fly to the 166-square-mile Caribbean island of Barbados, where they will compete in the region’s biggest annual international motor sport event, Sol Rally Barbados, over the weekend of May 31/June 1.

An intense, though friendly, rivalry that has enhanced many a round of Britain’s National Rally Championship since 2004 is about to be revived, when former National Champions Steve Perez and Paul Bird face off against one another – and the rest of the record-breaking Modified 8-WRC class - in Sol Rally Barbados 2008 (May 31/June 1).

Björn Waldegård’s career spans five decades; he first competed in the early 1960s and, while he no longer campaigns at World Championship level, he remains a determined competitor in historic rallies and an enormously popular guest at demonstration events, such as the world-famous Goodwood Festival of Speed in England.

Friday, May 23 - 4.00pm to approx 8.00pm - Scrutineering
+ Sir Garfield Sobers Gymnasium, Wildey, St Michael
Saturday, May 24 - 11.00am to approx 6.00pm - Shell V-Power King of the Hill
+ Turner’s Hall, St Andrew
+ BRC 2008 Sprint Championship, round two
+ for overseas competitors, a shake-down before the ‘main event’
+ there will be one practice/sighting run, followed by three official timed runs
Monday to Friday, May 26 to May 30 - 4.00 to 6.00pm each day - Meet the Drivers