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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May 18 2015

New leaders after Suzuki Challenge Series round two

With two race wins apiece, Ryan Peyrau (Trinidad & Tobago) and Stuart Maloney (Barbados) are the new leaders of the Swift Cup and SR3 Cup, following yesterday's (May 17) second round of the Suzuki Challenge Series at Bushy Park Barbados. The Swift Cup has now risen to a 12-car grid, while both entry lists included new names. The Swift Cup is for identical production-based Suzuki Swift Sports, race-prepared in Barbados, offering drivers affordable and skill-based racing and fans exciting action. The Suzuki-powered Radical SR3 RS sports racers are the region's fastest race category. After a...
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May 18 2015

BPMSI & BADD at Bushy Park Barbados - action!

A world record-breaking two-ton drag racing truck, the return of a three-time Bushy Park Champion Driver and the Suzuki Challenge Series debut of one of the region's most decorated race and rally champions are just some of the ingredients that make this weekend's (May 16/17) Bushy Park Barbados fixture a must-see event. With more than 20 hours of on-track action on offer, the second race meet of the season is jointly hosted by Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI) and the Barbados Association of Dragsters & Drifters (BADD); track action on Sunday starts at 8.00am, while practice is...
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May 12 2015

Suzuki Challenge Series Round Two Next Weekend

Mark Thompson and Sean Maloney head into the second round of the exciting new Suzuki Challenge Series at Bushy Park Barbados next weekend (May 16/17), looking to extend their early-season advantage in the Swift Cup and SR3 Cup respectively. But they cannot expect it to be easy-going, with an expanded Swift Sport grid and nearly everyone more at one with their cars following the season-opener in March. The Swift Cup is for identical production-based Suzuki Swift Sports, race-prepared in Barbados, offering exciting action for the fans and affordable and competitive racing for the drivers, with...
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March 02 2015

Thompson and Maloney lead Suzuki Challenge Series

Close racing, wheel-to-wheel action and ecstatic race-winners were all ingredients of yesterday's (March 29) launch of the Suzuki Challenge Series at Bushy Park Barbados. The two new ‘one-make'; Championships – the Swift Cup and SR3 Cup – were the feature events at the Valvoline Glassesco John ‘Tiny'; Harrison Memorial Race Meet, organised by Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc. The Swift Cup is for identical production-based Suzuki Swift Sports, race-prepared in Barbados, offering affordable and competitive racing for drivers, with the emphasis on skill, and exciting action for the fans. Fastest in...
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March 02 2015

DMACK tyres for Suzuki Challenge Series

DMACK, an authorised tyre supplier to the FIA World Rally Championship since 2011, is supplying the all-weather control tyres used in the Swift Cup, which returns to Bushy Park Barbados for round two on May 9/10. The type T91 – the size is 195/50/16 for the Swift Sport - is a treaded rally tyre designed to work in all conditions, a hybrid between wet and slick, so is a cost-effective and practical way to maintain the Swift Cup's level playing field. Each driver will receive 12 tyres for the year, with a maximum of six to be used at any one race meeting. Based in Carlisle in the north of...
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