Rally

Stuart Maloney drew closer to a second Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Champion Driver title on Sunday (August 25), winning both directions of the BRC Summer Sprint. His closest rival before the weekend Chris Hoad, who lost the title to Maloney after tie-break rules were invoked in 2021, shared the Clubman 2 class wins with Allan Kinch, so drifted a couple of points further behind.

Following his victory on last month’s BCIC Rally Barbados, Stuart Maloney leads the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Champion Driver title chase after five out of eight rounds. More than 70 drivers have scored points as the 2024 BRC Driver’s & Class Championships passed the half-way point and some close battles are brewing, with eight class-leaders and five former Champion Drivers currently in the overall top 10.

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) has announced the dates for the 35th edition of its premier event. Subject to final ratification by the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF), BCIC Rally Barbados 2025 will run from Friday, May 30 to Sunday, June 1, with The Rally Show and King of the Hill, the final shakedown and seeding event, on May 24 and 25.

Four hard-fought BimmaCup races were the highlights of the Barbados Auto Racing League’s (BARL) second visit of the season to Bushy Park Barbados last Sunday (July 7). Winner of two of the four races, Ryan Wood overcame a first-lap spin in the day’s final race to top the category points for the day, while David Small is now the provisional leader of the overall BARL Championship with two class wins.

The Barbados Rally Club (BRC) is committed to ensuring that motor sport “has a positive impact.” That was the message from Chairman Neil Corbin for members who gathered for the Club’s Annual General Meeting last evening (Tuesday) at Mahogany Ridge, St Thomas.

Barbadian Josh Read and Jamaica’s Kyle Gregg are locked in a titanic battle for the Barbados Rally2 Championship sponsored by CIBC Caribbean and Ace H & B Hardware. After five rounds and nearly 220 kilometres of competitive special stages, culminating in last weekend’s (May 31-June 2) BCIC RB24, they are separated by just four points as they head into the summer break.

Stuart Maloney and Kristian Yearwood won last weekend’s BCIC Rally Barbados 2024, Maloney the first participant to win the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international as both driver and co-driver. A passing weather system with frequent and unpredictable rain showers made the 21 special stages hugely challenging for the record number of 100 crews who started the 34th edition of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event under floodlights at Bushy Park on Friday evening (May 31).

There’s an exciting new experience in store for island rally fans tomorrow evening (Friday) as the record 102 cars entered for BCIC Rally Barbados (May 31-June 2) will contest two floodlit stages at Bushy Park in St Philip. Two-time winners Dane Skeete and Tyler Mayhew are top seeds for the 34th edition of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event, which this year includes nearly 70 overseas drivers and co-drivers on the running order, which was published at last evening’s (Wednesday) Briefing Meeting at Savvy on the Bay, Bridgetown.

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

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