SOL Rally Barbados 2009 - PHOTOS!

[Francisco]

I had the tremendous opportunity to witness SOL Rally Barbados 09 for myself recently and have lots of photos from this world renown event to share with you all. To get a glimpse of what I got to see in paradise check out the galleries below:


CEREMONIAL START

DAY ONE PHOTOS

DAY TWO PHOTOS

BUSHY PARK SUPER SPECIAL

PRIZEGIVING CEREMONY

[farmz]

Nice work. Glad you could make it, and enjoyed yourself.
Need to work on Chris for next year.

[chris]

Looks amazing, hard to pass up. Frank has done nothing but talk it up since his return, so it should make for a good time next year.

[Francisco]

I'm coming back for RB next year without a doubt! And there's a pretty good chance I won't be traveling alone haha. Hopefully we'll see some Canadian and American entries on the list for 2010 too!

My only complaint was that I wasn't there for the full two weeks to catch scrutineering and the shakedown. Oh, and that Canadian Customs has such small exemption limits on the amount of duty-free rum you can bring back LOL!

Thanks for putting me on, Lindsay. Great rally, great people, and phenomenal machinery.

[farmz]

Look forward to reading your blog Frank.

[Francisco]

Sweet, I'll drop you a line as soon as it's published!

[shockey1221]

Great pictures Francisco. I can't imagine a better location for a rally than the Caribbean!

[Francisco]

Originally Posted by shockey1221

Great pictures Francisco. I can't imagine a better location for a rally than the Caribbean!

Thanks, man! There's a few other rallies in the West Indies I'd like to go to some time, but RB definitely needs to be a fixture on my calendar!

[1fastben]

How is it that Barbados has all these awesome rally cars that we never, ever, see in NA? Is/was it a British colony or something?

[Francisco]

Originally Posted by 1fastben

How is it that Barbados has all these awesome rally cars that we never, ever, see in NA? Is/was it a British colony or something?

What a lineup, eh Ben? 104 entries had been submitted prior to the rally but organizers capped the list at 93!

A lot of overseas crews (from Europe) shipped their cars to the island for RB, but Barbados was under British control until the 1960's so there is a UK influence there.