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'Jaws of Life' donated to island motor sport

Monday 9th March, 2015

A collaboration between the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF), two British safety experts and the organisers of last year's Race Of Champions at Bushy Park has resulted in a valuable legacy for island motor sport - the donation of specialist 'Jaws of Life' equipment, which will be available to all BMF Member Clubs and deployed for the first time...

Valvoline and Glassesco back 'Tiny' Harrison Race Meet

Thursday 5th March, 2015

Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI) will launch its 2015 season with the Valvoline Glassesco John 'Tiny' Harrison Memorial Race Meet on the weekend of March 28/29. With $15,000 in prize money at stake and a new viewing area - the 4 x 4 Hammer Zone - competitors and spectators alike will be winners. Chairman of BPMSI Sean Maloney said: "We are...

Gill tops BKA table, but rookies star on the day

Sunday 1st March, 2015

Reigning Barbados Karting Association (BKA) Champion Nick Gill started his title defence in the best possible style, a clean sweep in the 310 Yamaha class rewarded with the maximum 100 points . . . but it was a busy field of karting rookies who provided some of the day's most competitive action. The arrival in the island last month of the first...

Easykarts start new Barbados ladder of opportunity

Thursday 15th January, 2015

This week's official launch of Easykart Barbados marks the completion of phase one of a rolling programme to establish a ladder of opportunity that its creators hope will one day result in a Barbadian winning a motor racing World Championship, following in the wheel-tracks of karting graduates such as Lewis Hamilton and Sebastien Vettel. With the...

Red Bull Global Rallycross back at Bushy Park Barbados

Tuesday 13th January, 2015

Following its hugely-successful first visit as part of last May's Top Gear Festival, Red Bull Global Rallycross will return to Bushy Park Barbados on October 3/4, 2015 . . . and island fans will enjoy an even bigger helping of 600 horsepower thrills, hosting one of three double-headers in the 12-race calendar, confirmed today (January 13). "The...

David Coulthard crowned Champion of Champions

Sunday 14th December, 2014

Multiple Formula 1 grand prix winner David Coulthard put in a stunning performance to eclipse 15 fellow stars of motor sport and win the Race Of Champions on a thrilling afternoon of action and entertainment at Bushy Park Barbados. Following Team Nordic's triumph in Saturday's ROC Nations Cup, today's Race Of Champions pitted many of motor sport's...

Team Barbados wins inaugural ROC Caribbean

Saturday 13th December, 2014

On a landmark weekend for regional motor sport, in which some of the Caribbean's best drivers are enjoying a chance to mix with champions from around the world, the home team of Rhett Watson and Dane Skeete won the inaugural ROC Caribbean at Bushy Park Barbados today (Saturday), just hours after fighting their way to a place in the semi-finals of...

Team Nordic win the ROC Nations Cup

Saturday 13th December, 2014

Team Nordic's Tom Kristensen and Petter Solberg are celebrating after they took a stunning victory in the 2014 ROC Nations Cup at Bushy Park Barbados. On a hot afternoon in the Caribbean, legends from many of the world's biggest motor sport series teamed up in pairs to battle for national and regional pride. They raced a mix of cars - including...

Motor sport legends prepare for the Race Of Champions

Friday 12th December, 2014

Many of the world's greatest drivers have arrived at Bushy Park Barbados ahead of this weekend's Race Of Champions. The annual end-of-season event, which has been running for over 25 years, brings together some of the world's best drivers from motor sport's major disciplines and sets them free to battle head-to-head in identical machinery on a...

COUNTDOWN TO ROC 2014: Race Of Champions in numbers

Friday 12th December, 2014

ROC FACTS ROC 2014 in Barbados will be the 26th annual end-of-season Race Of Champions since its first event in Paris in 1988. Bushy Park Barbados is ROC's first host venue in the Americas - and the 11th overall - along with such prestigious host venues as London's Wembley Stadium, the Stade de France in Paris and Beijing's 'Bird's Nest' Olympic...

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