Author: Duane Boodasingh
TTRC Rally Finale 2013
With James Betts already taking the title for the 2013 championship, he exercised his option to sit the last …
TOTAL Trailblazers National Offroad Event 2013 coverage
Under hot skies, the annual Total Trailblazers Rally began at the Caroni Bird Sanctuary seeing the registration of some last minute competitors and final checks being carried out of all vehicles. The big prize at the end of the day, a trip for 1 to witness the Dakar Rally 2014 in South America….!
Rally Barbados 2013 – Saturday (Day 1)
After months of planning and preparation, the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) had more than one reason to celebrate: a record 13 cars entered in the World Rally Car classes and a record-equalling 29 International entries, with 24 first-time drivers or co-drivers bringing to more than 350 the total of overseas drivers hosted by the event, capped by a gripping rally played out in front of upwards of 20,000 spectators.
TTRC 2013 – Tarouba Unleashed
Another great event put on by the TTRC and held on the Reform Stage with a special performance at the Tarouba stadium to make up to rally fans who were cheated when the finale for Rally Trinidad 2013 was cancelled. A few D&W competitors tried their hand at pace notes and the DWO boys gave the crowd a demo they won’t forget. Another highlight was seeing to the two youngest racers in their respective fields, go head to head: Kristian Boodoosingh vs Kraig Sumair.
Rally Trinidad 2013 Day 3
Day 3 of RT13 saw the return of battle-ready teams who missed out on some of the previous day’s stages. The day saw one of the longest stages ever run in Rally Trinidad with a crisscross layout across Bronte. These four stages were run back-to-back and were the key deciding factor for the winner of RT13. The length of the stage and the level of difficulty proved to be a good test of the teams’ endurance and skill. Casualites were Cristian Bourne (gearbox failure), Latiff Khan and Zak Waddell just to mention a few. The popular spectator stage, Jack and Jill incurred no casualties and the teams completed two of the four stages and then proceeded to Tarouba Stadium.
Rally Trinidad 2013 Day 1
TTRC kicked off its premiere event, Rally Trinidad 2013 last Friday in the Hasley Crawford Stadium. This year the stadium was set up a bit differently from previous years. The competitors showed their skills when going through the new layout with lots of sideways action with the sounds of screeching tyres and anti lag, providing many opportunities for the media to get some fantastic shots.
Rally Jamaica 2012
Jamaicans Jeffrey Panton along with co-driver Mike Fennel in their “Panton Motorsport” Ford Focus WRC returned the 1st place trophy to the host nation for Rally Jamaica 2012! 2011 winner John Powell and co-driver Nick Telfer, flying the T&T flag on their Subaru Impreza S14 WRC were unable to return the top award to Trinidad & Tobago this year.
5-Team Trini contingent head to Rally Jamaica 2012
5 T&T crews are heading to compete at Rally Jamaica 2012 this weekend. The Jamaican leg of the “Caribbean Rally Championship” is a very similar format to Trinidad with 4-6 different stages being run over Saturday and Sunday, and a tarmac super special in Kingston to close off the Rally. The local boys should be at home with the surface and once they finish they should place well.