Rally

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) is well advanced in its planning for BCIC Rally Barbados 2025, with over four months to run before the 35th edition of its premier event. Giving an update this week, Event Director Neil Barnard expressed satisfaction with progress so far, emphasising the importance of the adage ‘If you fail to plan - you plan to fail’.

Former Champion Driver of the Trinidad & Tobago Rally Club (TTRC) Ryan Pinheiro is the first regional entry confirmed for BCIC Rally Barbados 2025 (May 30-June 1). Following a comprehensive rebuild over the past year, he will campaign the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V in which he won the TTRC title and Rally Trinidad in 2018.

Fresh from his second consecutive win on the Rixy Stages, the last rally of the year in the UK on Sunday (December 29), Rob Swann has confirmed his participation in BCIC Rally Barbados 2025. Having finished second four times, he is as determined as ever to win the island’s premier event on his 17th visit, campaigning his Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo in the FIA R5 class with co-driver Tom Woodburn.

Mark-Anthony Hinkson has won the 2024 Esports Rally2 Championship, victory in the final round (December 13-15) confirming his third consecutive crown. Driving a Skoda Fabia RS Rally2, the car of choice for most of this year’s participants, he won three of the four rounds run monthly since September.

More than 250 competitors participated in the broad range of motor sport disciplines organised by the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) in 2024, of whom 23 head into the winter break as Champions, many adding further overall or class titles to their already impressive cvs after the BRC confirmed its annual roll of honour today (Friday).

Three local charities nominated by the podium finishers in the 2024 Barbados Rally2 Championship, which ended at last Sunday’s (December 1) Motorsport Island Stages will shortly receive donations from the motor sport community. These bring to a total of Bds $18,000 the funds distributed since the championship was launched three seasons ago.

Three local charities nominated by the podium finishers in the 2024 Barbados Rally2 Championship, which ended at last Sunday’s (December 1) Motorsport Island Stages will shortly receive donations from the motor sport community. These bring to a total of Bds $18,000 the funds distributed since the championship was launched three seasons ago.

Josh Read has won the 2024 Barbados Rally2 Championship sponsored by CIBC Caribbean and Ace H & B Hardware, following his victory in Sunday’s (December 1) final round, the Motorsport Island Stages. Jamaica’s Kyle Gregg finished second in the single-venue rally at the Vaucluse Raceway in St Thomas, 16.7 seconds down, and in the championship standings, one place higher than last year.

All four drivers who have won rounds of the 2024 Barbados Rally2 Championship sponsored by CIBC Caribbean and Ace H & B Hardware will go head-to-head one more time this weekend. They are entered for Sunday’s (December 1) Motorsport Island Stages at the Vaucluse Raceway in St Thomas in the eighth and final round of the national championship administered by the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF).

More than 50 days of motor sport action are listed on the 2025 Calendar published today (November 22) by the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF), the island’s governing body for the sport. From grass roots karting in January through world-class rallying in June to international circuit racing in December, the season offers plenty for the island’s ever-growing competitor and fan base to enjoy.