Big weekend in Bim (Barbados)! *** UPDATE (May 31, 2008): While stumbling around the RB2K8 'live' tracking website, I found out that a team from Oxford University (of all places!) was taking part. A quick search on Google and mouse click or two onto Cherwell (OU's student newspaper) confirmed this:

"Oxford University students who rebuild vintage rally cars will race an historic Riley 1.5 through the winding roads of Barbados next month as they compete in the Caribbean’s largest annual motorsport event, the Barbados Rally Carnival.

Members of the Oxford Universities Motorsport Foundation (OUMF) will travel over 4,000 miles to battle some of the world’s top rally car drivers, including 2006 British Rally Championship runner-up Ryan Champion."

Good luck and good racing to you, OUMF! ***

An exciting and entertaining weekend awaits most folks as both the SOL Barbados Rally and Mount Gay Regatta are set to take place!

Since I'm more interested in motorsports (though I rarely follow the events anymore), here are a few highlights from the freely available SOL Rally Barbados 2008 programme (click here for the full PDF):

* 89 crews (including seven from around the region and a further 23 from Europe)
* Entries by Sweden's Bjorn Waldegard, a 1979 World Rally Champion, as well as
* Kris Meeke, a 2004 to 2006 title contender in the JWRC.

Online info on the Mount Gay Regatta appears to be scarce, so your best bet is to check with Google.

Enjoy!

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