What’s new for 2010
THE BARBADOS RALLY CLUB
Profile
The Barbados Rally Club was founded in 1957 following the successful running of the first June Rally; now called the June Safari, it boasts the longest continuous history of any motor sport event in the region. Always at the forefront of the sport’s development in Barbados and the wider Caribbean, the Club was among the first to encourage regional, then international, competition. Sol Rally Barbados 2010 marks the 20th Anniversary of the Club’s International All-Stage Rally which, from small beginnings in 1990 has developed into the Caribbean’s biggest annual international motor sport event and a major contributor to the island’s sports-tourism product.
Scrutineering: both the day and venue for Local & International Scrutineering have been changed; this important part of the build-up to Sol RB2010 will now be staged on Saturday, May 22, in the spacious grounds of Simpson Motors, Warrens, St Michael. Sol RB2010 Chairman Barry Gale explains: “Our final plans will be revealed shortly, but we’re aiming to increase the activity at Scrutineering significantly, also to create a more formal segment in the early evening for an official welcome. In effect, that will replace the Ceremonial Start, which we introduced last year; while that innovation was a great success, there are those who felt it could be greatly improved if there were a couple of night-time special stages nearby . . . bearing in mind the tough economic climate, 2010 was definitely not the year to start investigating what could be a potentially costly innovation! Also, having Scrutineering on Saturday is generally a lot more convenient for the fans and will allow a potentially greater number of people to attend, so we can also hype them up for Shell V-Power King of the Hill on Sunday.”
Shell V-Power King of the Hill: the venue for this vital ‘shakedown’ the previous weekend has again been changed, although it will once more run on Sunday. This year’s venue will be the popular Sailor Gully stage in St Peter, which is not included in the route for Sol Rally Barbados for the first time in many years. Service will be at the Welchtown Plantation, St Peter, which will also be the venue for the evening Prizegiving
Sol Rally Barbados 2010 – route: in a major re-think of the route for the 20th Anniversary running of the BRC’s International All-Stage Rally, all but one of the special stage venues has undergone some significant change. Full details will be confirmed when the Rally Schedule is published on May 12, but the route will be cover fewer stage venues (five in total), equaling 24 special stages – 12 on Saturday, 12 on Sunday, although the overall stage distance will be virtually the same
Sol Rally Barbados 2010 – Shell V-Power SuperSpecial: for the first time since its introduction, the Sunday SuperSpecial will be included in the results of Sol RB2010; in previous years, it has only been necessary for competitors to start the SuperSpecial in order to be included in the overall results, but this year’s two runs – special stages 23 and 24 – will be included in the timing calculations
Sol Rally Barbados 2010 – Sunday Cup Opening Car: among other changes to the running of the event is the introduction of what is, in effect, a second Zero Car; this will run between the last of the crews still in overall contention and the first of the Sunday Cup competitors to help ensure that spectator control is maintained during the three-minute break
SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2010
Programme of key events
Saturday, May 22 – 1.00pm to approx 8.00pm – Local & International Scrutineering
+ Simpson Motors, Warrens, St Michael
Sunday, May 23 – 10.00am to approx 4.00pm – Shell V-Power King of the Hill
+ round five of the Virgin Atlantic BRC Driver’s and Class Championships
+ Sailor Gully, St Peter, with one practice and three official timed
+ runs for overseas competitors, a shake-down before Sol RB10
+ Prizegiving to follow at approx 5.30pm
Monday, May 24 – 12.00pm – Beach Cricket Challenge and Pig Roast
+ The Boatyard, Bay Street, St Michael
Wednesday, May 26 – 6.30pm – Sol RB10 Briefing Meeting
+ venue to be confirmed
+ this function is for competitors, crews and rally officials only
Wednesday, May 26 – 7.00pm – Sol RB10 Welcome Party
+ venue to be confirmed
+ essentially a social event, with limited formalities; the Barbados
+ Rally Club will introduce its key officials and sponsor Sol will
+ welcome the overseas competitors
Saturday, May 29 – Sol Rally Barbados 2010 – day 1
+ round six of the Virgin Atlantic BRC Driver’s and Class Championships
+ start at 9.00am from Andrews Factory Yard, St Joseph, which is also
+ the service area for the day
+ 12 stages at two venues
Sunday, May 30 – Sol Rally Barbados 2010 – day 2
+ round seven of the Virgin Atlantic BRC Driver’s and Class
+ Championships restart at 07.30am – venue to be confirmed 10 stages at
+ two venues Shell V-Power SuperSpecial (two stages) and Rally Finish –
+ venue to be confirmed
Monday, May 31 – approx 3.30pm – Sol RB10 Prizegiving
+ The Boatyard, Bay Street, St Michael
PREVIOUS WINNERS
1990 to 2009
Rally Barbados
2009 Kris Meeke – NIR/Paul Nagle – NIR, Subaru Impreza WRC S9, 55m 11.84s
2008 Kris Meeke – NIR/Paul Nagle – NIR, Toyota Corolla WRC, 1h 00m 00.06s
2007 Paul Bourne/Stuart Maloney, Subaru Impreza WRC S9, 57m 34.36s
2006 Gary Gregg – JAM/Hugh Hutchinson – JAM, Ford Focus WRC02, 51m 57.89s
2005 Roger Mayers/Max Ferri, Ford Focus WRC, 58m 46.99s
2004 Roger Skeete/Dave Crawford – ENG, Ford Escort WRC, 1h 03m 04.48s
2003 Paul Bourne/Louis Venezia, Subaru Impreza WRC, 1h 21m 05.43s
International All-Stage Rally
2002 Roger Skeete/Dave Crawford – ENG, Ford Escort WRC, 1h 16m 49.80s
2001 Roger Skeete/Dave Crawford – ENG, Ford Escort Cosworth, 37m 53.21s
2000 Roger Skeete/Dave Crawford – ENG, Ford Escort Cosworth, 43m 57s
1999 Trevor Manning/Michael Ward, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V, 1h 03m 14s
1998 Jeffrey Panton – JAM/John de Mercado – JAM, Toyota Celica GT4, 51m 15s
1997 Roger Skeete/Dave Crawford – ENG, Peugeot 306 S16, 55m 55s
1996 Kenny McKinstry – NIR/Sean Gill, Ford Escort RS2000, 37m 02s
1995 Roger Skeete/Dave Crawford – ENG, Peugeot 205GTi, 37m 04s
1994 Roger Skeete/Dave Crawford – ENG, Peugeot 205GTi, 38m 55s
1993 Kenny McKinstry – NIR/Robbie Philpott – NIR, Subaru Legacy RS, 43m 24s
1992 Roger Skeete/Dave Crawford – ENG, Peugeot 205GTi, 24m 26s
1991 Roger Skeete/Roger Fields, Peugeot 205GTi, 15m 46s
1990 Roger Skeete/Charmaine Skeete, Peugeot 205GTi, 16m 08s
Key to nationalities (unless shown, competitor is from Barbados):
ENG – England; JAM – Jamaica; NIR – Northern Ireland
THE SOL GROUP
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