October 14 2015

Double-header finale for Suzuki Challenge Series

The six-round Summer Season of the inaugural Suzuki Challenge Series will climax in a Floodlit Finale at Bushy Park Barbados next Saturday (October 17). With a demanding double-header of six races – three under floodlights – and changes to the regular race meeting format, title contenders in both the Swift Cup and the SR3 Cup will need to be on their toes. The action-packed programme, organised by Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI), also includes the final round of the Club's 2015 Championships on two and four wheels; between the start of the first Swift Cup race, slated for 12.00pm, and the...
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October 07 2015

BPMSI to stage floodlit finale at Bushy Park Barbados

Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI) will stage a floodlit finale to its first Championship season at the St Philip facility on Saturday, October 17. In addition to the last of four points-scoring rounds for the BPMSI Championship classes on both two and four wheels, the inaugural Summer Season of the Suzuki Challenge Series will reach its climax with a demanding six-race double-header. The BPMSI classes will race once in daylight, then twice under floodlights, while the Swift Cup and SR3 Cup will have three races each before and after nightfall . . . and all of this will be topped off by the...
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September 15 2015

Epic racing in round four of the Suzuki Challenge Series

Frequent heavy showers, tricky track conditions and the introduction of the Joker Lap in the Suzuki Challenge Series Swift Cup all contributed to a day of epic racing, which had thousands of fans on their feet at the Williams Industries Digicel International Race Meet at Bushy Park Barbados yesterday (September 13). Mark Thompson (Team Rock Hard Cement) returned to winners'; row to peg back Team Suzuki driver Ryan Peyrau's Swift Cup lead from 39 to 21 points, but the big winner of the day was David Summerbell Jnr (Team Simpson Finance), who won the other two races, leaping from sixth to third...
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September 08 2015

Drivers welcome Swift Cup Joker Lap

Competitors in the Suzuki Challenge Series Swift Cup have welcomed the introduction of the Joker Lap for round four this weekend (September 12/13), as a salute to next month's Red Bull Global Rallycross meeting at Bushy Park Barbados. Three races each for the Swift Cup and SR3 Cup will feature on a 23-race programme at the Williams Industries Digicel International Race Meet, alongside the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC). The Joker Lap will pass over the Rallycross Bridge before returning to the main track in the Banks Esses. The rules are simple: each driver must...
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August 27 2015

"Level CMRC playing field" for Williams Digicel International

The 2015 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) is heading for Bushy Park Barbados next month with one of the most competitive line-ups ever assembled and, according to one former race-winner, the prospect of a far more level playing-field for two- and four-wheel-drive cars. At a Media Briefing this morning (Wednesday), 23 regional entries were confirmed for the Williams Industries Digicel International Race Meet (September 12/13), which features round three of the CMRC, with drivers and riders travelling from the Cayman Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, St Vincent & The...
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August 21 2015

Q&A with Samantha Summerbell

Q: Samantha, you will be making your first appearance in the Suzuki Challenge Series Swift Cup race at the Bushy Park Barbados CMRC round on September the 12 th /13th. Any nerves as you prepare to join the Suzuki Challenge Series for Round 4? Samantha Summerbell: A lot of nerves as I prepare to join Round 4 of the Suzuki Challenge Series! Not only will it be my first time driving one of the Swifts';, but it is also my first time driving at Bushy Park, leaving me at a disadvantage to my competitors who should be comfortable with the car and the track. However, I';m looking forward to this...
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August 14 2015

Williams Digicel International hosts CMRC at Bushy Park Barbados

The cream of the region's motor sport stars are preparing for Bushy Park Barbados next month, when the circuit hosts the Williams Industries Digicel International Race Meet (September 12/13). Round three of the 2015 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) is the headline event of an action-packed schedule, with approaching 12 hours of track activity on Sunday alone. Organised by Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI), the 23-race programme will also include round four of the Suzuki Challenge Series SR3 Cup and Swift Cup and round three of the Club's own 2015 Championship...
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July 08 2015

Samantha Summerbell Joins the Suzuki Swift Cup

“For as long as I can remember, racing has not only been a sport to me but my passion and a way of life.” – Samantha Summerbell. The firstborn of the third generation of one of the most renown families involved in motorsports in the Caribbean, Samantha's journey over her short racing career has been nothing short of remarkable. Graduating from modified Barbie Fisher Price Quads and PeeWee 50 Dirt Bikes as a child to becoming the youngest driver ever at the famous Dover Raceway to win a race, she still lists among her most prominent childhood memories of racing, sitting in the lap of her...
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June 16 2015

Three New Winners in Suzuki Challenge Series

Three new winners joined the Suzuki Challenge Series roll of honour, as the competition intensified in round three at Bushy Park Barbados yesterday (June 14). In the Swift Cup, Barry Gale and Jamaica's David Summerbell Jnr brought the number of race-winners to five in the first nine races, while Guyana's Mark Vieira finally broke the Maloney family's stranglehold on the top step of the podium in the SR3 Cup. As the season reached the half-way point, Team Suzuki's Ryan Peyrau from Trinidad & Tobago extended his Swift Cup lead to 39 points from Mark Thompson (Team Rock Hard Cement), while...
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June 11 2015

Rally stars to face off in Suzuki Challenge Series

Paul ‘Surfer'; Bourne and Roger ‘The Sheriff'; Skeete will transfer their age-old rivalry from rally stage to racetrack on Sunday (June 14) when they compete in round three of the Suzuki Challenge Series at Bushy Park Barbados. While the two former Rally Barbados winners will contest the Swift Cup, Martinique's Simon Jean- Joseph, who finished second in this year's 25th Anniversary event two weeks ago, will make his circuit-racing debut in a Suzuki-powered Radical in the SR3 Cup. Skeete will also compete in the Swift Cup Masters Race, the entry for which includes some well-known names from...
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