LIVE COVERAGE AT SHELL V-POWER KING OF THE HILL – ENTRY LIST

LIVE COVERAGE AT SHELL V-POWER KING OF THE HILL
Maximum attack as 88 enter final shakedown

The Barbados Rally Club's (BRC) final shakedown before the Caribbean's biggest annual motor sport event, Sol Rally Barbados 2009 (May 29-31), looks set to offer the island's thousands of motor sport fans a spectacle nearly as good as the 'main event', with live coverage all day on the Giant Daylight Screen.

The final running order for Sunday's (May 24) Shell V-Power King of the Hill, issued in advance of Scrutineering at the Sir Garfield Sobers Gymnasium today (May 22), lists 88 entries, nearly 20 more than last year. Cars will run in reverse order of seeding, from Production 2 up to Modified 8-WRC, while the addition of some exhibition runs promises a day to remember.

Shell V-Power King of the Hill is important in more ways than one: it is a points-scoring round of the Virgin Atlantic BRC Driver's and Class Championships, provides overseas competitors with a chance to shakedown their cars before the following weekend, and the results are key to the seeding process for Sol RB09 . . . so everyone will be in maximum attack mode.

As an additional attraction, Barry Mayers will treat fans to their first sight of his new mid-engined Simpson Motors/Shell V-Power/Chefette/Illusion Graphics/Ignition Plus Suzuki SX4 race car being driven in anger; he will run, untimed, as one of a number of Zero cars, which will also include the striking reincarnation of Neil Armstrong's Toyota Starlet, the 'Pitbullet', sponsored by energy drink Pit Bull. An invitation has also been extended to Roger Mayers and the Ford Focus WRC in which he won Rally Barbados in 2005, before it was converted to a circuit racer.

And that isn't all that spectators have to look forward to:

+ Merville Lynch Productions will broadcast live coverage on the Giant Daylight Screen of nearly every inch of the action on the three-kilometre stage, from five camera positions

+ live commentary will keep fans up to speed with the latest times
+ nearly 90 cars, contesting one practice and three official timed runs, means something around 360 attacks on the popular St Philip venue

+ the fastest 10 after the first official timed run will be re-seeded in reverse order, then run at the end of the field, building to an explosive climax to an action-packed day

Quality action all through the Sol RB09 field

Although the lower-capacity classes in the Sol RB09 field are now less well-supported, there is still quality action. In Modified 6, with two wins to one this year in local events, Edward Corbin is currently ahead, co-driven by Rodney Clarke in the Automotive Art/Klark-Odio/Corbins Garage/JVM Signage Daihatsu Charmant.

Whether a last-minute change of co-driver to Shane Emtage will affect the result for the year's other winner, Danny Williams (Chris's Workshop/Sunbury Plantation House/Barbados Paragliding Association Ford Fiesta) remains to be seen, but both these crews will need to watch out for Jamal Brathwaite/Talia Mapp (AM Electrical Solutions/Arthur Construction/Arthur Lifting and Freighting/Ellesmere Quarries/Chicken Pen Racing/D2 Racing Suspension Mitsubishi Mirage) and Shareef Walcott/Juan Watts (Melwani's/Auto Solutions/Spoons Custom Brokers & Trucking/Klark-Odio/SMS Management Toyota Corolla).

Circuit racing fans will certainly be checking the progress of former triple karting Champion Nigel Reece, co-driven by cousin Jonathan Reece, himself a respected surfer, in the Subzero Services/TGM Air Conditioners/Trident International Corporation/Ullyett's Machine Shop Service/Structural Systems/Preconco Datsun 120Y,.

Despite just four entries, M5 offers a great mix, including two overseas crews, one visiting for the first time. In local events, newcomers Sean and Adam Cox (Simpson Motors Suzuki Swift) have impressed with their solid approach, but they will find Sol RB09 more challenging. The clever money has to be on Scotland's Kenny Hall, with Dutch co-driver Fenny Wesselink - he's won twice before in the Suzuki-engined Halltune Garage Opel Corsa - although Irish crew Glenn Campbell and Anthony Concannon might spring a surprise in their Burn Road Trade Sales/Campbell Motorsport Electrics/Motorcare/Agnew Recovery/TorqueTronix Nissan Micra.

Sol Rally Barbados 2009 (May 29-31) and Shell V-Power King of the Hill (May 24) are organised by the Barbados Rally Club, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007; title sponsor is the Sol Group. Marketing partners are Automotive Art, Banks, Digicel, McEnearney Quality, Red Bull and Simpson Motors; official partners are the Barbados Hotel & Tourism Association, Barbados Tourism Authority, Divi Southwinds Beach Resort, Geest Line, Stoute's Car Rental and Virgin Atlantic; associate sponsors are ARMAG, Caribbean Airlines, Crane & Equipments, Merville Lynch Productions, Little Switzerland, Redline Fuels and Shelbury Construction.

Media enquiries: e-mail - robin@bradfax.com
web site - www.rallybarbados.bb

Sol-RB09-31a: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 22, 2009

SHELL V-POWER KING OF THE HILL
Running order

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown):
ENG - England; IRL - The Republic of Ireland; JAM - Jamaica; NED - The Netherlands; NIR - Northern Ireland; SCO - Scotland; TDAD - Trinidad & Tobago; WAL - Wales

1 Rhett Watson (SM10 The Unknown Entity/MQI Collision Repair Centre/Toshiba/Office Solutions & Supplies/Corbz Workz/Castrol Ford Escort MkI)
2 Fabien Clarke (P2 Barbados Business Listings/RCA Tours/Bovell Auto Repair Suzuki Ignis Sport)
3 Sean T Field (P3 AM Realty/Ackee Tree/Field Insurance Brokers/Landscapes in Harmony Peugeot 306)
4 Cheryl Spencer - ENG (P3 Eden Vauxhall/Creative Space Solutions/Old Castle B & B/ABS Embroidery Vauxhall Astra GSi)
5 Ding Boston - ENG (Hist Oxford Universities Motorsport Foundation/Phillips Tyres/Virgin Atlantic/Toyo/Recaro/Powervamp Racing/MASS Engines Riley 1.5)
6 Dave Sealy (M5 Lunatics Inc/G & G Sales & Service Inc/LG Trading/Barbados Muffler Centre/Appleby Filling Station/ACT Sand Blasting/Techno Toy Tuning/Fast Lane Model Car Racing Toyota Starlet)
7 Sean Cox (M5 Simpson Motors Suzuki Swift)
8 Kenny Hall - SCO (M5 Halltune Garage Opel Corsa)
9 Glenn Campbell - NIR (M5 Burn Road Trade Sales/Campbell Motorsport Electrics/Motorcare/Agnew Recovery/TorqueTronix Nissan Micra)
10 Andy Carter - ENG (tba)
11 Carlos Edwards (M6 Global Business Centre Toyota Starlet)
12 Wayne Archer (M6 Daihatsu Charmant)
14 Nigel Reece (M6 Subzero Services/TGM Air Conditioners/Trident International Corporation/Ullyett's Machine Shop Service/Structural Systems/Preconco Datsun 120Y)
15 Danny Williams (M6 Chris's Workshop/Sunbury Plantation House/Barbados Paragliding Association Ford Fiesta)
16 Shareef Walcott (M6 Melwani's/Auto Solutions/Spoons Custom Brokers & Trucking/Klark-Odio/SMS Management Toyota Corolla)
17 Jamal Brathwaite (M6 AM Electrical Solutions/Arthur Construction/Arthur Lifting and Freighting/Ellesmere Quarries/Chicken Pen Racing/D2 Racing Suspension Mitsubishi Mirage)
18 Edward Corbin (M6 Automotive Art/Klark-Odio/Corbins Garage/JVM Signage Daihatsu Charmant)
19 Ron Layne (M7 SDRR/Pavements & Foundations/L & N Workshop/Auto Solutions Nissan Sunny)
20 Ron Greaves (M7 Chicken Pen Racing/Ellesmere Quarries/Dreamworks/McCarthy's Garage Honda Civic)
21 David Brewster (M7 SRG Engineering/Castrol Peugeot 205GTi)
22 John Corbin (M7 Corbins Garage/Klark-Odio/Automotive Art Toyota Corolla)
23 Freddie Gale (M7 Gale's Hatcheries/Nassco/VP Racing/Workz Mechanical Services Toyota Corolla RunX)
24 Kyle Catwell (M7 Ellesmere Quarries/Chicken Pen Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI)
25 Adrian Linton (M7 Ravensden/Morris Straker Construction/Garbage Gobbler/Crane & Equipments Vauxhall Astra GSi)
26 Karl Waterman (SM9 3W's/Flyin' Fish/Aqua Pur Toyota Starlet)
27 George Gabriel (SM9 my11plus.com/El Tigre Catamaran Cruises/Dreamworks Toyota Starlet)
28 Allan Maynard (SM9 Gliptone/Johnsons/El Tigre Catamaran Cruises/Marshal Trading/Lubriguard/SDRR/Woodworks Toyota Starlet)
29 Winston Thompson (SM9 Chicken Pen Racing Team/SDRR Toyota Starlet)
30 Stuart White (SM9 3W's/Flyin' Fish/Aqua Pur Toyota Starlet)
31 Jeremy Gonsalves (SM9 Makita/All Terrain Plus/Cellate Caribbean/Star Products/Champion Auto/Kendal Sporting Suzuki Swift GTi)
32 Ryan Wood (SM9 3W's/Flyin' Fish/Aqua Pur Toyota Starlet)
33 Simon Gillmore (SM9 Lucozade Energy/Lange Trinidad/The Dispensary/Automan/V3 Rally Team Toyota Starlet)
34 Neil Corbin (SM9 Nassco/Jason Jones/Auto Solutions Toyota Starlet)
35 Daryl Clarke (SM9 Area 5 Auto Works/Mom's Pasta Products Mitsubishi Mirage)
36 Josh Read (SM9 Automotive Art Toyota Starlet)
37 James Betts (SM9 All Terrain Plus/Cellate Caribbean/Makita/Black Bess/Yamaha/Champion Auto/Quik Start Auto/Kendal Sporting Opel Corsa)
38 Tarik Minott - JAM (SM9 Royal Computers/Extreme Sports/Tropical Battery Suzuki Ignis JWRC)
39 Martin Atwell (M8-A www.racedandrallied.com Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III RS)
40 Eric Allamby (SM10 Shelbury Construction/Container Services/Castrol/ACT Sandblasting Mitsubishi Lancer)
41 Ralph White (SM10 Island Safari/Drive-a-Matic/Going Places Travel/Barbados Villa Services Toyota Starlet)
42 Logan Watson (SM10 The Unknown Entity/MQI Collision Repair Centre/Toshiba/Office Solutions & Supplies/Corbz Workz/Castrol Ford Escort MkI)
43 Wayne King (SM10 New Tech Peugeot 306)
44 Simon Michael - NIR (SM10 www.clockworkorange.net/www.diamondfireworks.co.uk/Eddie Torrens Car Breakers/Eskylane Developments Ford Escort MkII)
45 Cliff Roett (SM10 Carters & Co/Nassco/Lucky Horseshoe/Roett's Garage/Castrol Toyota Starlet)
46 Ian Warren (SM10 Shell V-Power/Simpson Motors/Automotive Art Suzuki Swift)
47 Norman Catwell (GpB Ellesmere Quarries/Chicken Pen Racing Peugeot 205 GTi)
48 Greg Cozier (GpB Mahindra Lotus Elise)
49 Andrew Costin-Hurley - ENG (GpB Earl's Performance Hoses Ford Puma)
50 Frans Verbaas - NED (GpB Verbaas Preparations/Koni/Team Dynamics Wheels Austin Mini Cooper)
51 Paul Inniss (SM11 246 Tuning/King Kuts Barber Shop/K Woods Boutique/Illusion Graphics/Char Nails Boutique/Hincksons Toyota Starlet Turbo)
52 Duane Johnson (SM11 G & G Sales & Service/De Auto Spot/Rezults Auto Shop/AS Auto Stop/SBI Distribution/LG Trading/Lunatics Inc Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo)
53 Justin Campbell (SM11 Area 5 Auto Works/Cumberbatch Nurseries/Target Studio BMW M3)
54 Calvin Briggs (SM11 Ford Escort MkII)
55 Raymond Gill (SM11 BMW M3)
56 Andrew Jones (SM11 Rexona V8/A P Jones Pharmacy/Southern Surf Hotel Ford Escort MkII)
57 Owen Cumberbatch (SM11 Combo Auto Parts and Service BMW M3)
58 St Elmo Cumberbatch (SM11 Carib Supply/F Taylor Associates BMW E36)
59 Mark Hamilton (SM11 PowerMaster Batteries/Automotive Art/MQI/Consolidated Finance Ford Escort MkII)
60 Sammy Cumberbatch (SM11 Williams Industries/Digicel/F Taylor Associates/Castrol BMW M3)
61 Martin Stockdale - ENG (SM11 Divi Southwinds Beach Resort/Drive-a-Matic Car Rentals BMW M3 Compact)
62 Jonathan Still (SM11 Hitachi Power Tools/Ocean Spray/Philips Lighting/Crane & Equipments BMW M3)
63 Nick Gill (SM11 Mazda 3)
64 Phil Collins - WAL (SM11 Silverstone Tyres/Millington Engines/Great Stuff Caterers/Orchard Motorsport/Collins Engineering/Pontilas Developments Escort MkII)
65 Chris Moss - ENG (SM11 FAMOSS Ltd Aston Martin Rally GT)
66 Ryan Hutchinson (P4 Toyota Celica GT4)
67 Mark Antrobus (P4 Speedline Performance Auto/Caribbean Alliance Insurance/Premier World Cargo/Precision Plumbing Services Subaru Impreza STi)
68 Dean Serrao (P4 Amalgamated Security/Coconut Car Rentals/Lucky Games Inc Subaru Impreza N12)
69 David Williams (P4 Mix 96.9FM/Consolidated Finance/Warrens Motors/Dynamic Limo Services/Castrol Subaru Impreza WRX STi)
70 Harold Morley - ENG (P4 Subaru Impreza N14)
71 George Anderson - SCO (P4 George Anderson Building Contractors/Hutton Stone/J I Inglis Joinery Contractors/MVR/Border Ready Mix Concrete/lilmiss504 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII)
72 Geoff Noel (P4 Globe Finance/DeWalt Tools/Essco/Sunbeach/Automotive Art Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)
73 Rob Swann - ENG (P4 Revolution Competition Wheels/Escape Hotel Subaru Impreza N14)
74 John Powell - TDAD (P4 Intercontinental Shipping Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)
75 Michael Worme (M8-A Cot Media Group/Speedline Performance Auto/Dingolay/Details Car Valet Subaru Impreza STi)
76 Kirk Watkins (M8-A Abacus Builders Inc/Hankook Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V)
77 Neil Armstrong (M8-A Simpson Motors/Hankook/Shell V-Power/Gunk Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI)
78 Graeme Finlayson - SCO (M8-A www.racedandrallied.com Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III RS)
79 Ryan Champion - ENG (M8-A Champions/Pirelli/MSR Motorsport/Axis Caribbean Subaru Impreza 555)
80 Brett Clarke (M8-WRC Simpson Motors Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI)
81 Barry Gale (M8-WRC Autolink/VP Racing/Bella Beauty Supply/Pro Pac Dog Food Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI)
82 Jeffrey Panton - JAM (M8-WRC Automotive Art/Bearings and Seals/Jamaica Freight and Shipping/Seaboard/Castrol/Active Traders/Automoto Ford Focus WRC)
83 Roger Hill (M8- WRC Esso/Nassco/MotorMac Toyota Corolla WRC)
84 Steve Perez - ENG (M8-WRC Kick Energy Drink/VK Vodka Kick Ford Focus WRC05)
85 Kevin Procter - ENG (M8-WRC Procters Coaches Subaru Impreza WRC S7)
86 Paul Bourne (M8-WRC Banks/LIME/Virgin Atlantic Subaru Impreza WRC S9)
87 Trevor Manning (M8-WRC All Terrain Plus/Cellate Caribbean/Garbage Master/Bess Block Ford Escort WRC)
88 Roger Skeete (M8-WRC Michelin/Da Costa Mannings Auto Centre/Warrens Motors Subaru Impreza WRC S12)
89 Kris Meeke - NIR (M8-WRC Digicel/Red Bull/ARMAG Subaru Impreza WRC S9)