Dane Skeete and Tyler Mayhew have claimed their second victory in Sol Rally Barbados, adding this year’s trophies to those they won on their debut in the event’s World Rally Car class in their Subaru Impreza WRC S12 in Sol RB19. After a dramatic weekend of changing fortunes among the front-runners, their margin of victory in the 32nd running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event was one minute and 10 seconds.A stunning performance on his own four-wheel-drive debut earned Josh Read second place and the FIA R5 class win with Barry Ward in the ex-Sol Esuf Ford Fiesta R5, the first time two local crews had been on the podium since Roger Skeete and Paul Bourne’s one-two in 2011. Britain’s Rob Swann and Darren Garrod finished third, the 10th top 10 finish for Swann, his fifth on the podium, back in his Fiesta Rally2 after engine problems at the previous weekend’s First Citizens King of the Hill sidelined the Impreza S12B.
