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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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.