BCIC RALLY BARBADOS 2025 At a Glance

New for 2025:

• two-time European Rally Champion Simon Jean-Joseph returns to Barbados for the first time since 2016 driving a Porsche 991 GT3 Cup in SuperModified 2; his co-driver will be Patrick Pivato, with whom he won the Amateur title in the 1997 French Rally Championship. Backed by his usual partners, the entry is sponsored by Valvoline, marketed in the island by Automotive Art, one of the Barbados Rally Club’s longest-standing partners. For BCIC RB25, the Caribbean’s largest auto-care retailer will sponsor the Automotive Art Hangman’s Hill stage, which will run three times on Sunday . . .
• the SAS Results Platform will run for the first time on BCIC RB25. The SAS Results system - currently in use by the World and European Rally Championships - works in conjunction with the data from RallySafe. The system produces live stage results and final classifications. These will be available on a dedicated page on on the Rally Barbados web site https://rallybarbados.net/
• First Citizens King of the Hill (KotH), the sprint event used since 2008 to seed the running order for Rally Barbados, returns to its most frequent location in St Thomas for the ninth time since 2011, thanks to the resurfacing of Hangman’s Hill by the Ministry of Transport & Works last November, although the stage layout has again been tweaked. For its 17th edition, KotH will run on a four-kilometre stage from Content (roughly the same stage start as 2022) through the Vaucluse Raceway, round the famous ‘Vaucluse 90’ and down to near the bottom of Hangman’s Hill . . .
• Inchcape Barbados, Megapower and Platinum Motors, three leading names in the island’s automotive sector, are event partners for the first time. Under its Riddara electric vehicle brand, Megapower will sponsor the two floodlit stages at Bushy Park Barbados on Friday evening, also Saturday’s Padmore stage. For the first time in Rally Barbados, the 7.5-kilometre Padmore to Golden Grove stage will pass through the St Philip facility, in a similar way to the Motoring Club Barbados Inc’s Rally of the Sun & Stars last year. Inchcape will sponsor the popular 8.1-km Kendal stage in St John, the event’s longest, and also provide safety vehicles for the official convoy that runs directly ahead of Car 0. The island’s authorised Honda dealer, Platinum Motors will supply two vehicles for a Stage Setup Safety Team, a new-for-2025 initiative to further enhance stage and spectator safety . . .
• other newcomers to the Barbados Rally Club’s list of partners in its premier event are Bajan Pure, Barrel House Distributors, Milwaukee Tools and Rude Boy . . .
• now in its fifth year at Bushy Park Barbados and the second with the revised Auto & Rally Show title, this huge celebration of motorsport is set to be the biggest yet. While the display of more than 120 cars competing in BCIC RB25 laid out on ‘The Hill’ will be the focal point as usual, the exhibition again expands to the east past the Clubhouse. Car dealers will exhibit product, offering patrons the chance to briefly road test them on the circuit. More details will be revealed shortly. The Auto & Rally Show will run from 2.00pm to 6.00pm on Saturday, May 25 . . .

Rally schedule – summary:
• Friday: three stages, two under floodlights at Bushy Park Barbados, one at nearby Malvern
• Saturday: nine stages at three venues
• Sunday: nine stages at three venues plus * Final Stage & Rally Finish at the Vaucluse Raceway. * Stage not included in results, but crews must start to be classified
• total stage distance – 125.60km

Random stats from the provisional entry list:
• a record 126 crews listed (previous record 108 in 2012, record 100 starters 2024)
• participants from 14 countries (including host nation Barbados)
• 99 overseas drivers or co-drivers, 35 new to the event, including 19 from Ireland
• a record 75 local crews (64 started last year)
• a record-equalling 24 female competitors
• a record 30 cars competing in the event for the first time
• cars from 19 manufacturers, BMW best-represented with a record 38, followed by Ford (26), Toyota (15), Mitsubishi (10) and Skoda (7)

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RB25-20c: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 8, 2025

BCIC RALLY BARBADOS 2025
Special Stage Schedule

Times indicate Car 1 due

Friday, May 30
1900 SS1 – Riddara Bushy Park SuperSpecial 1 (2.20km)
1935 SS2 – Malvern (6.00km)
2039 SS3 – Riddara Bushy Park SuperSpecial (2.20km)

Total stage distance, leg 1 – 10.40km

Saturday, May 31
0930 Restart – Bushy Park Barbados
0945 SS4 – Riddara Padmore 1 (7.50km)
1020 SS5 – Inchcape Kendal 1 (8.10km)
1050 SS6 – Malvern 1 (6.10km)
1200 SS7 – Riddara Padmore 2 (7.50km)
1255 SS8 – Inchcape Kendal 2 (8.10km)
1305 SS9 – Malvern 2 (6.10km)

Lunch halt – Bushy Park Barbados

1445 SS10 – Riddara Padmore 3 (7.50km)
1520 SS11 – Inchcape Kendal 3 (8.10km)
1550 SS12 – Malvern 3 (6.10km)

Total stage distance, leg 2 – 65.10km

Sunday, June 1
0845 Restart – Greenland
0900 SS13 – Dark Hole 1 (4.00km)
0930 SS14 – Automotive Art Hangman’s Hill 1 (4.80km)
1015 SS15 – Mount Poyer 1 (6.90km)
1115 SS16 – Dark Hole 2 (4.00km)
1145 SS17 – Automotive Art Hangman’s Hill 2 (4.80km)
1230 SS18 – Mount Poyer 2 (6.90km)

Lunch halt – Greenland

1400 SS19 – Dark Hole 3 (4.00km)
1430 SS20 – Automotive Art Hangman’s Hill 3 (4.80km)
1515 SS21 – Mount Poyer 3 (6.90km)
1615 SS22 – Vaucluse Raceway (3.00km)

Total stage distance, leg 5 - 50.10km
Total overall stage distance – 125.60km

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RB25-20d: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 8, 2025

BCIC RALLY BARBADOS 2025
Programme of key events

Saturday, May 24 - The Auto & Rally Show
+ 2.00pm to 6.00pm
+ Bushy Park Barbados, St Philip
Sunday, May 26 – First Citizens King of the Hill
+ 9.00am to approx 5.00pm
+ Hangman’s Hill, St Thomas (4.00km); four official timed runs
+ round four of the BRC Driver’s & Class Championships
+ for overseas competitors, a shake-down before BCIC RB25
Wednesday, May 28 - BCIC RB25 Briefing Meeting
+ 7.00pm, for competitors, crews and rally officials only
Friday, May 30 – BCIC RB25 – day 1
+ Start at 7.30pm at Bushy Park Barbados, St Philip
+ two floodlit Riddara SuperSpecials at Bushy Park Barbados, plus one stage at Malvern
Saturday, May 31 - BCIC RB25 – day 2
+ round five of the BRC Driver’s & Class Championships (including Friday)
+ restart at 9.30am from Bushy Park Barbados, St Philip
+ Bushy Park Barbados is the Service Park for the day
+ nine stages at three venues
Sunday, June 1 - BCIC RB25 – day 2
+ round six of the BRC Driver’s & Class Championships
+ restart at 8.45am from Greenland, St Andrew
+ Greenland is the Service Park for the day
+ nine stages at three venues, followed by . . .
+ . . . * Final Stage & Rally Finish at Vaucluse Raceway, St Thomas at 4.15pm
* does not count for time, but competitors must take the start to be classified
Monday, June 2 - BCIC RB25 Prizegiving
+ approx 4.00pm
+ The Boatyard, Bay Street, St Michael

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RB25-20e: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 8, 2025

Previous Winners
1990 to 2024

Rally Barbados
2024 Stuart Maloney/Kristian Yearwood, Skoda Fabia RS Rally2, 1h 01m 00.90s
2wd: Rhett Watson/Sam Perring – ENG, BMW M3, 11th o/a
2023 Hayden Paddon – NZL/John Kennard – NZL, Hyundai i20 R5, 1h 00m 28.41s
2wd: Roger Mayers/Barry Ward, Toyota WR Starlet, 8th o/a
2022 Dane Skeete/Tyler Mayhew, Subaru Impreza WRC S12, 1h 10m 44.66s
2wd: Justin Campbell/Ayrton Bannister, BMW M3, 14th o/a
2021 no event (coronavirus pandemic)
2020 Ken Block - USA/Alex Gelsomino – ITA, Ford Fiesta Rally2, 56m 03.19s
2wd: Andrew Jones/Lindsey Pilkington (F) – ENG, Ford Escort MkII, 10th o/a
2019 Dane Skeete/Tyler Mayhew, Subaru Impreza WRC S12, 1h 06m 45.18s
2wd: Stuart Maloney/Justin Maloney, Citroen C2, 12th o/a
2018 Jeffrey Panton – JAM/Michael Fennell Jnr – JAM, Ford Focus WRC06, 1h 05m 26.13s
2wd: Barry Mayers/Ben Norris, Ford Fiesta, 5th o/a
2017 Jeffrey Panton – JAM/Michael Fennell Jnr – JAM, Ford Focus WRC06, 1h 10m 26.41s
2wd: Barry Mayers/Ben Norris, Ford Fiesta, 7th o/a
2016 Jeffrey Panton – JAM/Michael Fennell Jnr – JAM, Ford Focus WRC06, 1h 03m 59.55s  2wd: Roger Mayers/Sean Corbin, Toyota WR Starlet, 4th o/a
2015 Jeffrey Panton – JAM/Michael Fennell Jnr – JAM, Ford Focus WRC06, 1h 00m 59.71s
2wd: Rhett Watson/James Hutchinson, BMW M3, 7th o/a
2014 Roger Skeete/Louis Venezia, Subaru Impreza WRC S12, 1h 12m 24.12s
2wd: Rhett Watson/James Hutchinson, BMW M3, 8th o/a
2013 Paul Bird - ENG/Aled Davies - WAL, Ford Focus WRC08, 1h 00m 31.75s
2wd: Ian Warren/Robert Warren, Suzuki Swift, 8th o/a
2012 Paul Bird - ENG/Kirsty Riddick (F) – SCO, Ford Focus WRC08, 1h 02m 50.60s
2wd: Neil Armstrong/Barry Ward, Toyota Starlet, 5th o/a
2011 Roger Skeete/Louis Venezia, Subaru Impreza WRC S12, 1h 05m 51.95s
2wd: Neil Armstrong/Barry Ward, Toyota Starlet, 6th o/a
2010 Roger Skeete/Louis Venezia, Subaru Impreza WRC S12, 1h 01m 07.57s
2wd: Ian Warren/Robert Warren, Suzuki Swift, 8th o/a
2009 Kris Meeke - NIR/Paul Nagle - NIR, Subaru Impreza WRC S9, 55m 11.84s
2wd: Jonathan Still/Heath Hazell, BMW M3, 12th o/a
2008 Kris Meeke - NIR/Paul Nagle - NIR, Toyota Corolla WRC, 1h 00m 00.06s
2wd: Sean Gill/Michael Cummins, Suzuki Swift, 5th o/a
2007 Paul Bourne/Stuart Maloney, Subaru Impreza WRC S9, 57m 34.36s
2wd: Sean Gill/Michael Cummins, Suzuki Swift, 7th o/a
2006 Gary Gregg - JAM/Hugh Hutchinson - JAM, Ford Focus WRC02, 51m 57.89s
2wd: Jonathan Still/Heath Hazell, BMW M3, 5th o/a
2005 Roger Mayers/Max Ferri, Ford Focus WRC, 58m 46.99s
2wd: Barry Mayers/Adam Hart, Toyota Starlet, 4th o/a
2004 Roger Skeete/Dave Crawford - ENG, Ford Escort WRC, 1h 03m 04.48s
2wd: Barry Mayers/Adam Hart, Toyota Starlet, 6th o/a
2003 Paul Bourne/Louis Venezia, Subaru Impreza WRC S6, 1h 21m 05.43s
2wd: Barry Mayers/Adam Hart, Toyota Starlet, 6th o/a

International All-Stage Rally
2002 Roger Skeete/Dave Crawford - ENG, Ford Escort WRC, 1h 16m 49.80s
2wd: Martin Stockdale – ENG/Anders Howard -ENG, BMW M3, 7th o/a
2001 Roger Skeete/Dave Crawford - ENG, Ford Escort Cosworth, 37m 53.21s
2wd: Barry Mayers/Richard Edwards, Toyota Starlet, 9th o/a
2000 Roger Skeete/Dave Crawford - ENG, Ford Escort Cosworth, 43m 57s
2wd: Roger Mayers/Ben Armstrong, MG Metro 6R4, 9th o/a
1999 Trevor Manning/Michael Ward, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V, 1h 03m 14s
2wd: Roger Mayers/Jason Parkinson, Toyota Starlet, 13th o/a
1998 Jeffrey Panton - JAM/John de Mercado - JAM, Toyota Celica GT4, 51m 15s
2wd: Sean Gill/Michael Cummins, Opel Corse, 7th o/a
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 (F), Peugeot 205GTi, 16m 08s

King of the Hill
2024 Dane Skeete/Tyler Mayhew, Subaru Impreza WRC S12, 2m 11.31s
2wd: Roger Mayers/Barry Ward, Toyota WR Starlet, 9th o/a
2023 Hayden Paddon – NZL/John Kennard – NZL, Hyundai i20 R5, 2m 09.53s
2wd: Roger Mayers/Barry Ward, Toyota WR Starlet, 7th o/a
2022 Zane Maloney/Kreigg Yearwood, Skoda Fabia R5, 2m 19.63s
2wd: Roger Mayers/Barry Ward, Toyota WR Starlet, 16th o/a
2021 no event (coronavirus pandemic)
2020 Dane Skeete/Tyler Mayhew, Subaru Impreza WRC S12, 1m 42.92s
2wd: Barry Mayers/Ben Norris, Ford Fiesta, 6th o/a
2019 Jeffrey Panton – JAM/Michael Fennell Jnr – JAM, Ford Focus WRC06, 2m 14.67s
2wd: Roger Mayers/Sean Corbin, Toyota WR Starlet, 5th o/a
2018 Jeffrey Panton – JAM/Michael Fennell Jnr – JAM, Ford Focus WRC06, 2m 43.75s
2wd: Barry Mayers/Ben Norris, Ford Fiesta, 9th o/a
2017 Jeffrey Panton – JAM/Michael Fennell Jnr – JAM, Ford Focus WRC06, 2m 46.45s
2wd: Rhett Watson/James Hutchinson, BMW M3, 7th o/a
2016 Simon Jean-Joseph – FRA/Jack Boyere - FRA, Ford Focus WRC08, 2m 46.33s
Jeffrey Panton – JAM/Michael Fennell Jnr – JAM, Ford Focus WRC06, 2m 46.33s
2wd: Josh Read/Mark Jordan, Toyota Starlet, 6th o/a
2015 Roger Skeete/Louis Venezia, Subaru Impreza WRC S12, 3m 01.54s
2wd: Josh Read/Mark Jordan, Toyota Starlet, 7th o/a
2014 Paul Bird - ENG/Aled Davies - WAL, Ford Focus WRC08, 1m 57.68s
2wd: Roger Mayers/Sean Corbin, Toyota WR Starlet, 8th o/a
2013 Neil Armstrong/Barry Ward, Suzuki SX4 WRC, 1m 16.73s
2wd: Roger Mayers/Barry Mayers, Toyota WR Starlet, 6th o/a
2012 Paul Bird - ENG/Kirsty Riddick (F) – SCO, Ford Focus WRC08, 1m 49.18s
2wd: Neil Armstrong/Barry Ward, Toyota Starlet, 8th o/a
2011 Roger Skeete/Louis Venezia, Subaru Impreza WRC S12, 1m 56.44s
2wd: Neil Armstrong/Barry Ward, Toyota Starlet, 9th o/a
2010 Paul Bourne/Stuart Maloney, Ford Focus WRC07, 2m 00.16s
2wd: Ian Warren/Robert Warren, Suzuki Swift, 5th o/a
2009 Roger Skeete/Louis Venezia, Subaru Impreza WRC S12, 1m 50.95s
2wd: Ian Warren/Robert Warren, Suzuki Swift, 9th o/a
2008 Paul Bourne/Stuart Maloney, Subaru Impreza WRC S9, 1m 13.02s
2wd: Sean Gill/Michael Cummins, Suzuki Swift, 6th o/a

Key to nationalities (unless shown, competitor is from Barbados):
ENG - England; FRA – France; JAM - Jamaica; NIR - Northern Ireland; SCO – Scotland; WAL - Wales

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RB25-20f: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 8, 2025

BCIC

British Caribbean Insurance Company (BCIC) has offered general insurance products to Jamaicans for more than 60 years and opened its first overseas branch in Barbados in 2017. From its offices at Manor Lodge, Green Hill, the company underwrites all major lines of insurance and offers insurance for private cars, commercial vehicles, electric vehicles, motorcycles and PSVs, also 24-hour islandwide emergency breakdown roadside assistance through BCIC Assist.

For further information – info@bcicbarbados.com
bciconline.com/ba/; Facebook/bcicbarbados/

First Citizens Group

Established in 1993, the First Citizens Group is one of the leading financial services Groups in the Eastern Caribbean with a footprint in Barbados, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Costa Rica and its flagship location, Trinidad and Tobago. The Group, which was voted 2021 Bank of the Year Trinidad and Tobago by LatinFinance and The Banker Magazine, is also a proud contributor to the people and communities that it serves, through the work of its First Citizens Foundation which invests extensively in a range of initiatives, under its corporate social responsibility pillars of Sport, Youth Development and Education, Gender, Culture and the Environment.

For further information – Natalie.Waterman@firstcitizensbb.com
www.firstcitizensbb.com

The Barbados Rally Club

The Barbados Rally Club will celebrate its 70th Anniversary in 2027, having been founded following the successful running of the first June Rally in 1957; now called the June Safari, it boasts the longest continuous history of any motor sport event in the region, interrupted for just one year by the coronavirus pandemic. 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 and has, unique to the island, organised circuit racing and stage rallying. BCIC RB25 marks the 35th running of the Club’s blue riband event which, from small beginnings as the All-Stage Rally in 1990, has developed into the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International and a major contributor to the island’s sports-tourism product.

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