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Here you will find a news archive for past happenings in Barbara's career.

  • SEPTEMBER 2002 - Barbara and her team of SEAT female instructors are featured in Autocar Magazine. Click HERE to read the article.

  • SEPTEMBER 2002- Barbara travels to Seattle with Subaru to accompany journalists at the Wild West Rally. Click HERE for photos and a write-up.

  • SEPTEMBER 2002 - Barbara and former F2 Champion Andrea Hall appeared on the BBC2 show "Ready Steady Cook" on 5th September. Barbara was paired up with chef Nick Nairn and cooked Calfs liver and pasta. She got the audience's vote and won the show!

  • June 2002 - Barbara drives the Porsche Safety Car at Spa round of the Porsche Cup. Photos HERE and HERE.

  • May 2002 - SEAT Ibiza Driveway successfully launched at Rockingham Motor Speedway. Barbara and the girls on hand to give SEAT Dealers the fast laps around the circuit. Click HERE, HERE and HERE for photos and articles.

  • WORLD CUP RALLY 2001 - schedule, full regulations & entry list uploaded HERE

  • LOCTITE RALLYSPRINT 2001 - Barbara competed in a Subaru Impreza, full results HERE

  • Barbara presents prizes at the 205 Challenge, click here for pic

  • 14th NOVEMBER 2001 - Armstrong Waste sponsors Galloway Hills Rally on 2nd December - Click HERE for the Galloway Homepage

  • 13th NOVEMBER 2001 - Final Showdown at Banbury. Barbara to drive the Peugeot Super 1600 at Banbury Rally. More....

  • 28th OCTOBER 2001 - Photos added to World Cup Rally Gallery HERE

  • 22nd OCTOBER 2001 - The World Cup Rally finished to tumultuous applause when cars crossed the finishing ramp at Brooklands... back where they had set out from 20 days earlier. More....

  • 19th OCTOBER 2001 - BARBARA AND ALYSON SECOND OVERALL - In an incredible finale to the World Cup Rally, Barbara Armstrong and Alyson Marlow took 2nd place. More.....

  • 13th OCTOBER 2001 - BARBARA & ALYSON CAUGHT IN TORRENTIAL SAHARA FLOODING - This is no longer just a freak storm - real African flash-floods, so torrential, locals in their battered Peugeot 404s were being knocked sideways as rivers of water came crashing across stretches of the road, bringing rocks and mud along with it. MORE......

  • 10th OCTOBER 2001 - BARBARA MAINTAINS 2nd OVERALL IN STANDINGS. Diary and standings updated!

  • 4th OCTOBER 2001 - BARBARA AND ALYSON NOW SECOND OVERALL - More.....

  • 3rd OCTOBER 2001 - LATEST STANDINGS Click HERE - Diary updated HERE

  • 30th SEPT 2001- WORLD CUP RALLY KICKS OFF - first to be flagged off on the World Cup Rally, by Motor-racing legend Stirling Moss, was Peugeot’s Barbara Armstrong and Alyson Marlow in their 1.4LX 20. More.....

  • 20th SEPT 2001- PORSCHE PULLS THE PLUG - Porsche will no longer run a works-supported car in the Privelige Insurance British GT Championship. More....

  • 20th SEPT 2001 - PORSCHE CUP RACERS JOIN THE TOCA PARTY - The Michelin Porsche Cup has been confirmed as one of the principal support series for the TOCA Tour package in 2002 and 2003. More...

  • BARBARA LOOKING FOR WORK! - Barbara is now searching for a drive in 2002. Her contract with Porsche GB expires at the end of the season and she would love to keep racing or rallying!

  • WORLD CUP RALLY 2001- start venue change: The World Cup Rally will be flagged away by Stirling Moss from Brooklands Motor Museum, on Sunday morning, 10.00am, on September 30th, a change forced by the recent announcement concerning the cancelling of the London Motor Show. Brooklands is just 10 minutes from junction 10 of the M25. The rally finish will also be at Brooklands at 6.30pm on Friday October 19. More.......


  • World Cup Rally newspaper cutting from the Hull Daily Mail

  • Letter of thanks from 2000 SEAT Fantasy Rally winners

  • RallySprint article from Autosport Magazine, September 1999

  • British Ladies Rally Champion makes 21st Century Debut

  • Barbara signs with Peugeot for World Cup Rally 2001