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More than 50 events are listed on the provisional calendar for 2023 published today (October 24) by the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF). In common with its eight sporting Member Clubs, the island’s governing body for motor sport is looking forward to running a full programme of events next year after three seasons affected in varying degrees by the coronavirus pandemic.
 The programme of scheduled events to be run under permits issued by the BMF stretches from early March to early December, with two provisional dates in February also set aside for new events co-ordinated by the Federation. The calendar lists a broad cross-section of motor sport disciplines, from grass-roots autocross and karting events, through circuit racing and drag racing to off-road 4x4 navigational safaris, rallycross, rallysprints, special stage rallies and sprints.
 The events are organised by the Barbados Association of Dragsters & Drifters (BADD), Barbados Auto Racing League (BARL), Barbados Karting Association (BKA), Barbados Rally Club (BRC), Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI), the Motoring Club Barbados Inc (MCBI) and the Vaucluse Raceway Motorsports Club (VRMSC).
 BMF Vice-President David Williams said: “As we launch our 2023 Calendar, we hope that all our competitors will be able to enjoy a full season next year. The pandemic has been a challenge for everyone in sport and the wider community, not just for our competitors, spectators and volunteer officials, and it is worth saying again how grateful everyone in our sport is for the help, support and guidance we received throughout that difficult time from the Government’s Covid 19 Monitoring Unit.
 “Over the past three years, some Clubs and their members have been more affected than others, so we are working on a couple of new events to bring everyone together ahead of the season - our competitors, the many volunteers who are the life blood of the sport and our loyal fans. We are still working on the detail, but these events will celebrate the achievements of competitors across all the disciplines during this year and also launch the new motor sport season with a bang. We’ll be making more announcements about our plans in the coming weeks.”

Editor’s note: affiliated to the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), which rules the sport worldwide, the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) is the island’s governing body for motor sport; it also represents the interests of its Member Clubs in discussions with Government departments which facilitate the sport in the island, in particular the Ministry of Transport, Works & Water Resources, which permits road closures for an agreed number of events each year. Away from motor sport, the BMF affiliate which answers the FIA Mobility remit is the Barbados Automobile Association (BAA).

For media information only. No regulatory value.

For further information:
please contact BMF Vice-President, David Williams - e-mail: vicepresident@bmf-fia.com
web site: https://bmf-fia.com/

BMF22-21a: October 24, 2022

Barbados Motoring Federation
Provisional Motor Sport Calendar 2023

Feb 18 – Social Event (BMF) – venue to be confirmed
Feb 25 – Social Event (BMF) – venue to be confirmed
Mar 4 - Autocross (BRC) – Bushy Park
Mar 5 - Drag Racing (BADD) – Bushy Park
Mar 5 - Kart Race Meet (BKA) – Bushy Park
Mar 11 - Navigational Rally (BRC MudDogs) – Islandwide
Mar 12 - Race Meet (BPMSI) – Bushy Park
Mar 19 – Single Venue Rally (VRMSC) – Vaucluse Raceway
Mar 25 – Sprint (MCBI) – venue to be confirmed
Mar 26 - Drag Racing (BADD) – Bushy Park
Mar 26 - Kart Race Meet (BKA) – Bushy Park
Apr 2 – Race Meet (BARL) – Bushy Park
Apr 15 - Navigational Rally (BRC MudDogs) – Islandwide
Apr 23 - Special Stage Rally (BRC) – venues to be confirmed
Apr 30 - Race Meet (BPMSI) – Bushy Park
May 6 - RallySprint (VRMSC) – Vaucluse Raceway
May 7 - Drag Racing (BADD) – Bushy Park
May 7 - Kart Race Meet (BKA) – Bushy Park
May 14 - Autocross (BRC) – Bushy Park
May 28 - Sprint (BRC) – venue to be confirmed
Jun 3/4 - Special Stage Rally (BRC) – Islandwide
Jun 11 - Drag Racing (BADD) – Bushy Park
Jun 11 - Kart Race Meet (BKA) – Bushy Park
Jun 24/25 - Navigational Rally (BRC MudDogs) – Islandwide
Jul 16 – Sprint (MCBI) – venue to be confirmed
Jul 23 - Autocross (BRC) – Bushy Park
Aug 13 - Drag Racing (BADD) – Bushy Park
Aug 13 - Kart Race Meet (BKA) – Bushy Park
Aug 20 – Sprint (MCBI) – venue to be confirmed
Aug 26 - Rallycross (VRMSC) – Vaucluse Raceway
Aug 27 - Sprint (BRC) – venue to be confirmed
Sep 2/3 - Race Meet (BPMSI) – Bushy Park
Sep 9 - Special Stage Rally (MCBI) – venues to be confirmed
Sep 16 - Drag Racing (BADD) – Bushy Park
Sep 16 - Kart Race Meet (BKA) – Bushy Park
Sep 17 - Navigational Rally (BRC MudDogs) – Islandwide
Sep 23 - RallySprint (VRMSC) – Vaucluse Raceway
Sep 24 - Autocross (BRC) – Bushy Park
Oct 1 - Drag Racing (BADD) – Bushy Park
Oct 1 - Kart Race Meet (BKA) – Bushy Park
Oct 8 - Race Meet (BARL) – Bushy Park
Oct 15 - Sprint (MCBI) – venue to be confirmed
Oct 22 – Special Stage Rally (BRC) – venues to be confirmed
Nov 5 - Drag Racing (BADD) – Bushy Park
Nov 5 - Kart Race Meet (BKA) – Bushy Park
Nov 12 - Race Meet (BARL) – Bushy Park
Nov 19 - Navigational Rally (BRC MudDogs) – Islandwide
Nov 25 - Autocross (BRC) – Bushy Park
Nov 26 – Single Venue Stage Rally (VRMSC) – venue to be confirmed
Dec 2 - RallySprint (VRMSC) – Vaucluse Raceway
Dec 3 - Rallycross (VRMSC) – Vaucluse Raceway

NB: events are described by the generic names under which they are granted a BMF permit. Organising clubs may apply different titles to their events, for instance to reflect individual sponsorship commitments

Key to abbreviations:
BARL - Barbados Auto Racing League (Facebook/BarbadosAutoRacingLeague); BKA - Barbados Karting Association (Facebook/barbadoskartingassociation); BPMSI – Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (Facebook/BPMSInc); BRC - Barbados Rally Club (barbadosrallyclub.com; rallybarbados.net; Facebook/BarbadosRallyClub; Facebook/SolRallyBarbados); BRC MudDogs (Facebook/246Muddogs); MCBI - Motoring Club Barbados Inc (Facebook/Motoring-Club-Barbados-Inc); VRMSC - Vaucluse Raceway Motor Sport Club (Facebook/BimmaCup)

For media information only. No regulatory value.