Event Coverage
Solodex BYCC
This was definitely one of the least attended BYCC events in years; given the world cup matches, Montreal F1 and Le Mans 24Hrs all this weekend it was not too surprising either.
It definitely was not the quietest BYCC though! The few drivers that took part got in ALOT of seat time as there was no line up to get on the track. Added to the “anti-lag” on Pyke’s Vauxhall “Toco Special” Viva, was also the MONSTER sound coming from the engine, blowoff and drivetrain of Jody’s 666 widebody Subaru Impreza.
Racing at Wallerfield – How soon?
The new Minister of Sport Anil Roberts followed up on his promise immediately after the recent Elections to make …
THA Rally Festival 2010 – Media Launch
The TTRC had its media launch for the 2010 THA Rally Festival taking place on our sister isle on July 2-4. With only a month left to go, the TTRC surely has a reputation to live up to after the tremendously successful 2009 edition of the Event. With 5 new teams going this time round taking the total entry up to 25, Tobago will be the place to be come the first weekend in July. The cars will be putting on a show in front of what is expected to be another record crowd at the Courlan Estate.
TTKA Kart Racing #4
The 4th event in the TTKA Championship series for 2010 was definitely one of the most exciting for the club this year; the second event for the club featuring Brazilian kart racer Victor Pedrosa in the Rotax International class and added to that a visit by the new Minister of Sport, Anil Roberts, who also took a test drive in a kart around the ARC karting track.
Anil Roberts visits Wallerfield Racetrack
The new Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Anil Roberts along with the Minister of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education, Fazal Karim, Member of Parliament for Talparo, Jairam Seemungual and Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, Stacy Roopnarine all met with a group of motorsport executives, drivers and other invited individuals to tour the “e Teck Tamana Intech Park” to see what was left of the old Wallerfield Racetracks.
Rally Barbados 2010 – Simpson Motors SS & Prize Giving
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.
Rally Barbados 2010 – Day 2
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!
Rally Barbados 2010 – Day 1
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.