Bushy Park to host Auto & Rally Show

Motor sport fans and their families are in for a real treat at Saturday’s Auto & Rally Show, now in its fifth year at Bushy Park Barbados in St Philip. 

With new cars, new drivers and new liveries, this annual event is the curtain-raiser to the Caribbean’s two biggest weekends of motor sport.

More than 120 rally cars are entered for Sunday’s First Citizens King of the Hill and BCIC Rally Barbados the following weekend, including 16 from overseas that are in the island for the first time. 

The show, which runs from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., offers a unique opportunity to meet the participating drivers and teams and also provides die-hard fans the opportunity to view cars ranging from a 1960s Saab 96 to a state-of-the-art Porsche 992 Rally GT.

Local importers BYD, CAR, Inchcape and Megapower will be exhibiting a range of vehicles, some of which will be available for patrons to road test on the northern half of the circuit. 

The BRC tent will be providing a free copy of the event’s 36-page Official Programme packed with background information and the provisional entry list, while the tent doubles as the collection point for KotH competitor numbers later in the day.

With a new location in the centre of the display area, the main stage will host interviews with drivers and special guests, while many more competitors will be waiting to interact with fans at the tents of team sponsors. 

These include: Automotive Art (Edward Corbin and Dane Skeete), Bushy Park (Mark, Stuart and Zane Maloney), Cargo BGI/Do Henrique Tequila (Logan Watson), Chefette (Barry Mayers), Fun Miles (Kyle Gill and Natya Soodeen), Rentokil (Ireland’s Mick Smith) and Subzero (Nigel Reece), while Britain’s Rob Swann will be on the Ocean Acres stand to encourage patrons to adopt a rescue dog from the shelter.

(RB)