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Celebration time for overseas crews at BCIC RB25

As BCIC Rally Barbados 2025 approaches, some overseas teams are making final preparations to combine their participation in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event with the celebration of personal milestones, such as landmark birthdays. This tradition has already seen marriage proposals, weddings and honeymoons timed to coincide with the serious business of rallying in the Caribbean.

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British BMW battalion gearing up for BCIC RB25

Led by Martin Stockdale, who will compete for a record 23rd time, four returning British crews confirmed today (April 19) bring to 36 the number of BMWs entered for BCIC Rally Barbados 2025. Stockdale’s son Tom is back for a second year, going head-to-head with his father in the Open Class, formerly Group B, while Cheryl Spencer and Simon Nutter have both joined the BMW ranks for the first time.

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Irish R5s boost class to record number for BCIC RB25

With a five-car team of newcomers from Ireland already confirmed last month to participate in BCIC Rally Barbados 2025, more first-time entries from the ‘Emerald Isle’ announced today (April 11) bring the total now listed in the FIA R5 class to 17, surpassing the previous record of 15 entered in 2022 and last year.

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Valuable tips for BCIC RB25 from Shakedown Stages

After a day-long battle with winning margins logged in just tenths or hundredths of a second, Stuart Maloney snatched victory in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Shakedown Stages on Sunday (April 6). Less than 10 seconds covered the top four at the finish, as Jamaica’s Kyle Gregg and Jeff Panton deprived early rally leader, Britain’s Rob Swann, of a podium finish and the leading contenders gained some valuable pointers head of BCIC Rally Barbados 2025.

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Martinique joins Barbados Rally2 Championship

The Martinique Rallye Tour (July 24-27) will be added to the calendar for the 2025 Barbados Rally2 Championship, which opens with the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Shakedown Stages on Sunday (April 6). The Championship is inscribed on the National Calendar of the FIA for the first time, following a recent agreement with the French governing body, the FFSA.

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Four drivers joint leaders of BRC Championship

Four drivers are currently tied in the chase for the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Champion Driver title ahead of next Sunday’s (April 6) third round, the BRC Shakedown Stages. Kevin Armstrong, David-Anthony Balgobin, Stuart Maloney and Rhett Watson have each scored 30 points in their respective classes.

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Jean-Joseph confirms Porsche for BCIC RB25

Two-time European Rally Champion Simon Jean-Joseph will return to Barbados for the first time since 2016 to compete in BCIC RB25. He will be joined in a two-car attack on the event from his island home by former National Champion and organiser of the Martinique Rallye Tour (MRT), Willy Nallamoutou-Sancho.

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Celebration and recognition for Rally Club members

Champions were celebrated for their achievements and volunteers recognised for their commitment to motor sport at the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Annual Prizegiving at Savvy on the Bay, Bridgetown, on Friday evening (March 14). Competitors from rallying, off-road events and autocross mixed with marshals and officials in a convivial gathering as trophies and keepsakes were presented.

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Popular UK rally presenter back for BCIC RB25

Paul Woodford, whose informed commentary on British rallying has generated a huge following among competitors and fans alike, is to return to BCIC Rally Barbados for a second time. Confirmation of his trip follows a working weekend at the East Riding Stages Rally (February 23) in his home county of Yorkshire, which was contested by more than 30 past or future participants in the island’s premier event.

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Birthday celebration for UK’s Gibson at BCIC RB25

Two-time UK regional rally champion Dan Gibson is to mark his 50th birthday next Thursday (February 27) by entering his one-of-a-kind Clan Crusader rally car in BCIC Rally Barbados 2025. His 52-year-old car, the only Clan granted a Motorsport UK Historic Passport, will face off against the Hillman Imp of returning Irishman Mick Smith in the island’s Historic 1 class.

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