As entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10) closed this week, the final drivers from around the region who will be participating in the Caribbean's biggest annual motor sport International have been confirmed. They are first-timer Stan Hartling, representing the Turks & Caicos Islands, and Trinidad's Vishal Dhanraj, who returns for his fifth consecutive year.
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Ireland's Ronan Curley nearly missed Tuesday's (May 8) trans-Atlantic Geest Line voyage from Portsmouth, as a last-minute gearbox problem threatened to ruin his plans to compete in Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10) . . . and he has fellow-competitor Samuel Kelso and Ford Escort specialists Den Motorsport to thank that it didn't.
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Rallying the familiar Subaru Impreza WRC S12 in its new livery for the first time, Roger Skeete and Louis Venezia won the Barbados Rally Club's (BRC) Valvoline Shakedown Stages on Sunday (May 6) by just under 10 seconds from Trinidad's John Powell. On a day of changing fortunes, Skeete won four of the 10 stages, Powell and last year's winner Paul Bourne sharing the other six equally.
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The mood of the Valvoline Shakedown Stages rally changed swiftly from one of excitement to that of grave concern. Driver Sean Field found himself on the competitor exit road, colliding with veteran motorsports journalist Trevor Thorpe and island constable Samuel Hackett. Here are the statements from the Barbados Rally Club.
A further statement from the Barbados Rally Club
Following yesterday's incident during the Valvoline Shakedown Stages, the Club is pleased to report that both journalist Trevor Thorpe and Island Constable Samuel Hackett have been discharged from the QEH. Both were subject to thorough checks, including CAT scans. We wish them both a speedy return to full health.
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