In 2013, the has reached another milestone in the 24-year history of its blue riband event. Adding the 22 drivers or co-drivers new to the event this year to the 47 first-timers of the previous two years, the number of International competitors hosted since 1990 has now risen to 264, while Regional numbers have reached 91, a combined total exceeding 350. With a record entry of 13 cars assembled for the World Rally Car classes, Sol Rally Barbados continues to break records year on year.

Since the first overseas competitors took part in the International All-Stage Rally in the early 1990s, nearly 30 countries have been represented, including six from the wider Caribbean, with Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago providing the best support. The biggest competitor base is the UK, but the event has attracted competitors from as far afield as Australia, Canada, Japan, Kenya, South Africa and the United States, as well as mainland Europe.
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