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ADAC Eifel Rally Festival will be held in July 2026, from the 23rd to 25th

The fast-paced journey through the history of rallying continues since the next ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival will once again shake the Vulkaneifel region around Daun from the 23rd to the 25th of July 2026. But you will have no need to worry as the seismographs are not warning of volcanic eruptions. It is merely the roar of over one hundred and sixty original – or faithfully reproduced – rally cars from the history of this fascinating sport. As the largest rolling rally museum, they will once again thrill tens of thousands of fans coming to Daun from all over Europe.

Photo competition – Best Of Overview

We were delighted to receive 318 entries from 64 fans in 10 countries. Evaluating them was no easy task. But we finally agreed on a result and announced the winners. There are also many other great photos, which we will publish in a “Best of” selection by the end of the month. There is no ranking, just an order!

Place 1: Helge Hinrichs, Berglen, Germany

The situation captured by Helge Hinrichs is probably only possible at the Eifel Rallye Festival. A stress-free traffic jam on a special stage, sorry, a demonstration track. The three oldies “fighting” for position at the front are threatened from behind by a “blurred” danger in the form of a current Porsche prototype.

2nd place: Jonathan Bechtel, Netphen, Germany

Father Gerard and son Mike Stacey put on their own show. Right after the start, they waited for each other and drove the entire race side by side as much as possible. It was a great show, and the fans repeatedly applauded.

3rd place: Fedor Eskes, Budel, Netherland

We know the usual spots where spectators and professional photographers stand. But there are still places where you ask yourself, ‘Where is that?’ Fedor Eskes has masterfully captured one of them in a picture.

Photo Art: Torsten Meyer, Ludwigsburg, Germany

Torsten Meyer photographed this Opel Kadett in a “lonely landscape” with the lens through the lens.

Special Award: Holger Schneider, Herzogenaurach, Germany

The Portuguese friends of the Eifel Rallye Festival came to Daun this year with a semi-trailer loaded with five beautiful rally cars. Victor and Rita Lopes show just how warmhearted these southern Europeans are in this photo. They brought their own autograph cards with them, delighting this young fan and many others.

ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival: An unforgettable weekend full of funpie

The typical Eifel weather showed who was boss at the thirteenth edition of the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival (July 24th to 26th, 2025). Before the event, the traditional group photo with over one hundred and sixty original or faithfully reproduced rally cars and their teams was taken in the rain. However from then on, through the ensuing technical inspection to the final rally party on Saturday evening, it remained dry. Indeed the sun shone down on the international field of starters and the fans who had also travelled from all over Europe. Just Europe? No! The James Blakemore/John Buffum team travelled from Vermont in the USA with their Ford Escort MK2. Geoff Mayes flew in from Kenya, making him the photographer who had travelled the furthest.

First for the Eifel – the RSCC Distomo

Around forty years after Group S was nipped in the bud by the ban on Group B, there is now a replica suitable for motorsport. With the help of John Wheeler, who developed the Ford RS200 Group S prototype at the time, RSCC designed a completely new vehicle based on the prototype. The RSCC Distomo, named after the legendary special stage of the Acropolis Rally, will celebrate its world premiere at the Eifel Rallye Festival. It will be presented to the public for the first time in the service park.

ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival: Finally, it's time)

Participants and fans alike are eagerly awaiting the thirteenth edition of the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival, which will take place from July 24th/26th, 2025. The world's largest rolling rally museum will again transform Daun and the surrounding Vulkaneifel region for a weekend into an international meeting place for the historic rally world. Thursday is “Daun Town Day”, offering fans the chance to experience the vehicles and teams up close in the Daun Rally Mile. Highlights include the public scrutineering of the cars followed by the presentation of all vehicles and teams on the starting ramp, the autograph session and the Welcome evening with open-air cinema.

New fan shop set up

In addition to some innovations, such as the changed festival schedule - instead of the shakedown on Thursday, an additional demonstration track will be run twice on Friday morning - there have also been some changes in the merchandising area. The sales stand for fan merchandise has now moved into permanent premises, just a few metres next to the ADAC container for programme and ticket sales.

In the new ‘home’, visitors can look at the articles at their leisure and the sales staff can look forward to any changes in the weather.

We look forward to your visit.

ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival: 166 cars that, in their day, were driven by 86 stars

The entry list for the thirteenth edition of the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival is extremely diverse and top-class. From July 24th to 26th, the Vulkaneifel region around Daun will be rocked by one hundred and sixty-six original or faithfully reproduced cars from rally history, all of which were previously driven by eighty-six different stars of the rally scene as it then existed. “Our idea of showing the cars of various stars this time around was a real hit. We never expected such diversity,” says Reinhard Klein, head of Slowly Sideways and the man responsible for putting the entry list together.

ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival: Audi Tradition will bring two Dakar winners to Daun

Fans of the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival (July 24th to 26th 2025) can look forward to an additional highlight. Reigning 2024 World Rally Champion Thierry Neuville will once again come to the Vulkaneifel region around Daun and take over the patronage of the largest rolling rally museum. This is what Neuville says about his reasons for taking on this role: “I was very pleased to be able to take on the patronage of this very special event. I have already attended the Eifel Rallye Festival as a fan as well as driving in it myself. In Daun, you only meet people who are interested in our sport and its history.

Car presentation launch from May 01

Looking back at last year's field of participants, we would like to extend our best wishes for a happy and blessed Easter, a nest full of colourful eggs and a relaxing holiday! And another important note: From 1 May, we will be presenting the cars of this year's participants.