Rally Jamaica 2013 Press ReleaseRSP – RJ2013-03: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 28, 2013
NACAM Rally Championship leaders Ricardo Trivino/Alex Haro (Spain) head the list of
confirmed championship contenders slated to enter Rally Jamaica 2013, to be held from
November 29 to December 1.
Driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X, the team is entered in NRC Class 3 and boasts two
recent wins in the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC) in Australia and France.
Trivino last entered Rally Jamaica in 2008 at the wheel of a Peugeot 206 World Rally Car, co- driven by Checo Salom. Trivino currently leads the 2013 NACAM championship with 77 points
after 4 of the 6 rounds of the series, with 2 rounds to go.
They will be joined by Venezuelans Alejandro Lombardo and Miguel Alvarado in a Mitsubishi
Evolution IX, who were recent participations in P-WRC rounds of Australia and France,
getting second place in this last round.
Mexicans Carlos Izquierdo and Guillermo Izquierdo will be piloting another Mitsubishi Lancer
Evolution IX, and were 3rd place finishers in the 2012 NACAM Rally Championship.
Carlos Garcia Fessman (Venezuela) will drive a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X, and has
entered the 2013 P-WRC series in México, Italy, Australia, Germany and France.
In Class 8, Andrés Molina (Costa Rica) / Eduardo Corrales are set to compete in a KIA
Ceratto, and are the 2012 Costa Rican sub-champions.
Joining them also will be Robert Gelvez (Venezuela) in Class 8 driving a Mitsubishi Evolution
IX and Rookie Columbian crew Nikolas Bedoya/Ricardo Abello in a Subaru Impreza. Rally Jamaica is a three day, loose surface rally being organized by Rallysport Promotions Limited on behalf of the Jamaica Millennium Motoring Club and consists of approximately 23 special stages. The event rolls off on Friday evening November 29 with a ceremonial start in the heart of the business district of the island’s capital, Kingston. Saturday November 30, the stages are run on the marl roads of the abandoned bauxite mines in the Lydford area of St. Ann parish to the north of the island, while Sunday’s stages (December 1) visit the verdant orange groves nestled in the Bog Walk area of St. Catherine.
The event is sponsored by Knutsford Court Hotel, Tru Juice, Xsomo, Seaboard Shipping,
Seafreight Shipping, LHL Auto & Collision Repairs, Bank of Nova Scotia (Jamaica), Triple T’s
Eatery, Peak Bottling Co Ltd and Advanced Performance Parts.
For further information, visit the rally website at
http://www.rallyjamaica.com/. Or contact the event team via email at
jmmcrallyjamaica@gmail.com.