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MEEKE AND NAGLE REPEAT SOL RALLY BARBADOS WIN

Northern Ireland’s Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle won the Caribbean’s biggest annual international motor sport event, Sol Rally Barbados 2009, for the second time last weekend (May 29-31); driving the Digicel/Red Bull/ARMAG Subaru Impreza WRC S9 for the first time, Meeke’s winning margin was 16.75s, almost identical to last year.

Posted on June 1st, 2009.

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SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2009 Results

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ENG – England; IRL – The Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; NED – The Netherlands; NIR – Northern Ireland; SCO – Scotland; TDAD – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL - Wales

Posted on May 31st, 2009.

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VEHICLE TRACKING FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Organiser of Sol Rally Barbados, the Caribbean’s biggest annual international motor sport event, the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has once again partnered with GeoOrbis to provide vehicle tracking during this weekend’s event, which kicks off with The Ceremonial Start at Simpson Motors between 7.00 and 9.00pm this evening (May 29).

Posted on May 28th, 2009.

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SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2009 Final running order at May 27, 2009

list subject to final scrutineering of a number of cars

Posted on May 26th, 2009.

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FIVE FORMER WINNERS FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Five former winners are seeded in the top 10 for the Caribbean’s biggest annual international motor sport event, Sol Rally Barbados 2009 (May 29-31); as the final running order was published Wednesday afternoon (May 27) by the organising Barbados Rally Club (BRC), last-minute preparations were under way across the island for what promises to be the most competitive in the 20-year history of the event.

Posted on May 26th, 2009.

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BIRD’S FOCUS FLIES IN FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

The most recent World Rally Car ever to arrive in the Caribbean touched down at Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados shortly after 1.00pm today (May 20) in the cargo hold of a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747, which was also carrying a large contingent of competitors and supporters heading for Sol Rally Barbados 2009, the Caribbean’s biggest annual international motor sport event.

Posted on May 19th, 2009.

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STILL CHASING HAT-TRICK ON SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Local crowd favourite Jonathan Still is gunning for a hat-trick of wins in the island’s SuperModified 11 category when Sol Rally Barbados 2009, the Caribbean’s biggest annual international motor sport event, runs off on May 29-31 . . . but he faces the strongest field the class has ever attracted.

Posted on May 17th, 2009.

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CLASS BATTLES PROMISED IN SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Since the organising Barbados Rally Club (BRC) published the provisional entry list for Sol Rally Barbados 2009 on Monday (May 11), the main focus on the popular internet chat rooms in the island and around the region has been on who will claim outright victory in the Caribbean’s biggest annual international motor sport event.

Posted on May 14th, 2009.

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SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2009 Schedule

Saturday, May 30

0900 SS1 – Sailor Gully 1 (4.80km)
0930 SS2 – Automotive Art Canefield South 1 (5.90km)
1035 SS3 – Sailor Gully 2 (4.80km)
1105 SS4 - Automotive Art Canefield South 2 (5.90km)
1210 SS5 – Sailor Gully 3 (4.80km)
1240 SS6 - Automotive Art Canefield South 3 (5.90km)

Service and lunch halt - Simpson Motors
Total stage distance, leg 1 - 32.10km

Posted on May 12th, 2009.

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MAJOR RETHINK OF SOL RALLY BARBADOS ROUTE

Following the most comprehensive re-assessment since 2003 of the route for Sol Rally Barbados, the organising Barbados Rally Club (BRC) is targetting three key benefits from this year’s 20th running of the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport event: a refreshing change in the challenge for competitors, a better spectator experience and a continued lessening of disruption for residents along the route.

Posted on May 12th, 2009.