Rally Barbados 2010 – Simpson Motors SS & Prize Giving
Posted By: Duane 3NE 2NR
30/05/10
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Tags:Rally, Rally Barbados, Simpson Motors, super special, WRC
Categories: Event Coverage, Rally
By the time they arrived [at Simpson Motors], there were already thousands lining the SuperSpecial at Warrens, unaware of the drama that was unfolding, or that the rally was yet to be won, or lost . . . one slight slip on the roughly one-kilometre stage winding through the estate’s service roads, with sidewalks and kerbs at every turn, could spell disaster.
Full StoryRally Barbados 2010 – Day 2
Posted By: Duane 3NE 2NR30/05/10No Comments;
Tags:Duck Pond, Kendall, Malvern, Rally, Rally Barbados, WRCCategories: Event Coverage, Rally
Over the next six stages, Skeete and Bourne enjoyed a titanic struggle, Skeete the faster of the two on Stewarts Hill, Bourne on Kendal . . . each time Skeete extended his lead, Bourne cut him back on the next stage. As they headed for the Shell V-Power SuperSpecial at Simpson Motors – included in the event’s overall timing calculations for the first time – the gap between them, which had risen to 4.31secs at one point in those six frantic stages, was back down to six-tenths!
Full StoryRally Barbados 2010 – Day 1
Posted By: Duane 3NE 2NR29/05/10No Comments;
Tags:Canefield, Rally, Rally Barbados, Stuarts Hill, WRCCategories: Event Coverage, Rally
90 crews from a record 15 nations, including the host country, contested the 13 classes: 39 drivers set class stage-winning times, compared to 27 last year, and no winner of a contested class can claim a perfect set of stage wins . . . and all this played out in front of upwards of 20,000 spectators who lined the five stage venues over the weekend, culminating in the new Shell V-Power SuperSpecial at Simpson Motors.
Full StoryRally Barbados – Testing at Bushy Park
Posted By: Duane 3NE 2NR27/05/10No Comments;
Tags:2010, Bushy Park, Rally, Rally BarbadosCategories: Event Coverage, Rally
Drivers and co-drivers from a record 15 nations, including the host country, have assembled for the Caribbean’s biggest annual international motor sport event, Sol Rally Barbados 2010 (May 29/30); the final running order, published on Wednesday (May 26), lists a record 92 starters, promising a fitting celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the inaugural running of the Barbados Rally Club’s International All-Stage Rally.
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