2011 news

A second consecutive victory in last weekend’s Sol Rally Barbados 2011 (June 4/5) – his 12th in the event’s 22-year history - further reinforced Roger ‘The Sheriff’ Skeete’s reputation as the island’s top driver; with all 24 planned stages completed without major interruption, the organising Barbados Rall...

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown):AUS – Australia; ENG – England; JAM – Jamaica; KEN – Kenya; NIR – Northern Ireland; RSA – South Africa; SCO – Scotland; TRI – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL – Wales1st Roger Skeete/Louis Venezia (M8-WRC One World Group/Michelin/Simpson Motors/Da...

1 Roger Skeete/Louis Venezia (M8-WRC One World Group/Michelin/Simpson Motors/Da Costa Mannings Auto Centre/Virgin Atlantic Subaru Impreza WRC S12)2 Paul Bird - ENG/Kirsty Riddick – SCO (M8-WRC Frank Bird Poultry Ford Focus WRC08)3 Paul Bourne/Ronald Plant (M8-WRC Banks/Chefette/MQI/Castrol Ford Focus WRC07)4 Rob Swan...

Five former winners of the island’s premier event are among crews from 14 nations listed on the final running order for Sol Rally Barbados 2011, the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international. The final seeding, based on the results of last Sunday’s Shell V-Power King of the Hill, was published by the B...

Eleven-time winner of the island’s premier event, Roger Skeete, continued his preparations for next weekend’s Sol Rally Barbados with victory in Shell V-Power King of the Hill, yesterday’s (May 29) ‘shakedown’ event, watched by thousands of spectators. ...

  Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ARG – Argentina; ENG – England; GER – Germany; JAM – Jamaica; KEN – Kenya; NIR – Northern Ireland; RSA – South Africa; SCO – Scotland; TRI – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL – Wales   Overall 1st Roger Skeete/Louis Venezia (M8-WRC One World...

Provisional running order at May 27+ some classifications subject to scrutineeringKey to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ARG – Argentina; AUS – Australia; ENG – England; GER – Germany; JAM – Jamaica; KEN – Kenya; NED – The Netherlands; NIR – Northern Ireland; RSA – South Africa;...

Competitors from 14 nations including host country Barbados are making last-minute preparations for Sunday’s (May 29) Shell V-Power King of the Hill, the final shakedown ahead of the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international, Sol Rally Barbados 2011 (June 4/5) . . . and Scrutineering at Simpson Motors to...

As former UK National Rally Champion Paul Bird’s Ford Focus WRC08 landed at Grantley Adams International Airport yesterday (Tuesday), the final countdown for Sol Rally Barbados (June 4/5) started. Overseas competitors, family and friends are arriving in the island daily, to prepare for the Caribbean’s biggest annua...

Despite the organisers of Sol Rally Barbados 2011 (Jun 4/5) assembling the best World Rally Car entry in the history of Caribbean rallying, the subject of the most heated discussions in the internet chat rooms and rum shops of the 166 square-mile island is what promises to be an epic battle for bragging rights in two-w...