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The photographers of the Eifel Rallye Festival - Klaus Portsch

Die Olympia Rallye 1972 war beim 72 Jahre alten Berliner Klaus Portsch der Auslöser. Die Eindrücke von der größten Rallyeveranstaltung, die es jemals in Deutschland gegeben hat, blieben bis heute bei ihm haften, der Rallye-Virus war eingepflanzt. Es folgte der Eintritt in den RTC Northeim mit intensiven motorsportlichen Aktivitäten. Nach seiner Übersiedlung in die Hauptstadt gründete er zusammen mit Alfred Gorny den Rallye-Sport-Info-Dienst, trat 2001 der Privaten Renngemeinschaft Spandau bei und entdeckte im Laufe der Zeit seine Liebe zur Fotografie. Daraus wurde eine Leidenschaft, die ihn auch heute noch an viele Rallyestrecken treibt.



The photographers of the Eifel Rallye Festival - Frank Biller

Frank Biller is not “hereditarily predisposed”. After obtaining his driving license, he followed a few races on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife and also started taking photos. The 66-year-old from Wuppertal really got going in 1982 with the first Rallye Deutschland (“that's when I got infected”). In 1999, together with Reinhard Klein, he was at the WRC round in Spain and saw the first victory for Citroën by Philippe Bugalski. According to Biller, this answered several questions at once: The one about his role model as a photographer and the one about his event highlight.
The man from the suspension railroad city also hopes that rallying will stay with us for a long time to come.



The photographers of the Eifel Rallye Festival - Kerstin Dewes

Kerstin Dewes was inspired by her rally-driving father, completed a co-driver's course, was active as a marshal, timekeeper and always again as a co-driver. Eventually she got into photography. She also names Achim Diesler (†) as a role model (“he mainly taught me photography”).
As a photographer, she names the 2013 Wikinger (Snow-)Rally, the German WRC rounds and, of course, the Eifel Rallye Festival every year as highlights, and as a spectator, definitely the Azores Rally. ("WP Sete Cidades, on the volcanic crater, when the ground shakes with every car, at the same time this breathtaking backdrop with the Atlantic Ocean and volcanic lake, the atmosphere and the mentality of the Portuguese. A really big party").
She is particularly looking forward to the participation of “Bosse” (Marcus Grönholm) as another personal highlight.



The photographers of the Eifel Rallye Festival - Sascha Dörrenbächer

Sascha Dörrenbächer - almost every team in Germany knows him. The convinced Saarlander came to rallying in 1992 through his father. Dörrenbächer senior shot video films until 1999 and is the namesake of the “Mantaloch”. The 47-year-old from Hüttigweiler names two people as his role models: Firstly, WRC photographer Reinhard Klein and secondly, Achim Diesler, who died in spring 2024, who accompanied the DRM for many years and from whom he learned a lot. Sascha cites his work as an organizer photographer for the DRM as well as the ADAC Rallye Deutschland, Central European Rally and, of course, the Eifel Rallye Festival as his personal highlights. It is important to him that the most beautiful type of motorsport for him continues to exist for a long time to come!

The photographers of the Eifel Rallye Festival

A major event like the Eifel Rallye Festival naturally thrives on pictures. Photos for the print media, press releases and our own publications. Often enough, these photos just say ‘McKlein’ or ‘RBHahn’. Who is behind them? Well, they are great, committed people who are more than just good photographers. We will be introducing our ERF photo team over the next few days.

Eifel Rallye Festival: Preparations are in full swing

Preparations for the twelfth edition of the Eifel Rallye Festival are now in full swing. Participants, fans and the organisers are all looking forward to the weekend of August 15th/17th 2024. The Festival traditionally begins with a shakedown for the rally cars and their crews which will once again be held around Bodenbach on Thursday from 3:00pm onwards. The Festival’s Welcome Evening on Daun's Laurentiusplatz just adjacent to the Rally Mile and which starts from 8.30pm is an event that has achieved cult status.

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Eifel Rallye Festival: Impressive variety

"The starting field will be very colourful and diverse," is how Reinhard Klein (Cologne) describes the entry list for the 12th edition of the Eifel Rallye Festival. When from August 15th to 17th over one hundred and fifty contemporary witnesses to rally history transform the Volcanic Eifel around Daun into the largest rally museum on wheels, fans will experience an impressive cross-section of the sport's history. "There will be just over a handful of vehicle types that are represented twice. From A for Alfa Romeo or Alpine to Citroën, DAF, Hyundai, MG, Peugeot, Rover and VW, almost every manufacturer that has ever been active in rallying will be represented.

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Eifel Rallye Festival: Diversity from A to Z

"The starting field will be very colourful and diverse," is how Reinhard Klein (Cologne) describes the entry list for the 12th edition of the Eifel Rallye Festival. When from August 15th to 17th over one hundred and fifty contemporary witnesses to rally history transform the Volcanic Eifel around Daun into the largest rally museum on wheels, fans will experience an impressive cross-section of the sport's history. "There will be just over a handful of vehicle types that are represented twice. From A for Alfa Romeo or Alpine to Citroën, DAF, Hyundai, MG, Peugeot, Rover and VW, almost every manufacturer that has ever been active in rallying will be represented.

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ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival: Entry list closed early!

"It always hurts not to be able to say ‘yes’ to everyone who wants to come to our Festival with their historic rally car. We had to close the application for entries, otherwise the list of cancellations would have become even longer," says Reinhard Klein (Cologne), explaining the early closure of the application for a entry in the Twelfth edition of the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival to be held from August 15th to17th, 2024.

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Entry list closed for the time being

Due to the high number of entries received so far, no new entries can be accepted for the time being, and the entry list will be reopened at short notice should any starting places become available after the entries have been checked.

ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival: The run on the starting grid

The rush to enter the 12th edition of the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival that is to be held between August 15th and 17th 2024 around Daun in the Volcanic Eifel is, once more, simply amazing. There were eighty-nine entries within the first 24 hours, and after 100 hours there were already one hundred and twenty-seven registrations for this Festival, the largest “mobile rally museum”.

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The Noticeboard is online now

The noticeboard for the participants of the Eifel Rallye Festival 2024 is now online. All information for the teams, the starter lists and the contents of the notice board are available via the "Sportity" app. Information about the app and the password can be found at https://www.eifel-rallye-festival.de/en/Participant.html

You can access the noticeboard directly at https://www.eifel-rallye-festival.de/en/notice-board.html

 

ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival: Rally Cars from A – Z

The twelfth edition of the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival will take place in the Volcanic Eifel from August 15th to 17th, 2024. More than one hundred and sixty original or faithfully rebuilt cars from the history of rallying with their owners will once again transform Daun and the surrounding area into the largest rolling rally museum. Up to forty thousand fans will follow the 'thunder' as the vehicles are driven over the challenging asphalt stages.

 

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Flyer of Eifel Rallye Festival 2024

The flyer of the Eifel Rallye Festival 2024 is now available in the download area

- 175 participants from 20 countries worldwide

- Cars from 6 decades of rally history

- Open air cinema showing Helmut Deimels rally films

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ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival from August 15th to 17th, 2024

The twelfth edition of the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival will take place in the Volcanic Eifel from August 15th to 17th, 2024. More than one hundred and sixty original or faithfully rebuilt cars from the history of rallying with their owners will once again transform Daun and the surrounding area into the largest rolling rally museum. Up to forty thousand fans will follow the 'thunder' as the vehicles are driven over the challenging asphalt stages. "More and more people are taking the history of rallying seriously and discovering that you can simply have fun together at our Festival while bridging all country and language borders.

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