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The pre-sale from programme und tickets - It finally starts today

It finally starts today. This year, the pre-sale will again be handled via the RallyWebShop.

C'est aujourd'hui que tout commence enfin. Cette année encore, la prévente se fera via le RallyWebShop.

Vandaag gaat het eindelijk van start. Ook dit jaar verloopt de voorverkoop via de RallyWebShop.

Heute geht es endlich los. Auch in diesem Jahr wird der Vorverkauf über den RallyWebShop abgewickelt.

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ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival: Early entry deadline is on February 28th, 2025

This year too, the entry list for the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival (July 24th to 26th, 2025) has to be closed early. “Less than three weeks after the opening of the registration portal, we already have over two hundred entries, but we can only accommodate around one hundred one hundred and sixty rally cars in the centre of Daun. For this reason, we are definitively closing the entry list on February 28th, 2025,” explains Reinhard Klein (Slowly Sideways) with a smile but also a sad eye. “The huge interest from the international friends of historic rallying is inspiring. The variety and quality of the registered vehicles are impressive. We are closing the entry portal to keep the number of rejections down”.

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The entry list for the Eifel Rallye Festival 2025 is open

The entry list for the Eifel Rallye Festival 2025 is open. You can access the entry form in the
Participants -> Entry form section.

Short announcement and implementation regulations as well as other forms can be found in the
Participants -> Noticeboard section.

ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival: The entry list will open on February 1st 202

A very important step in the preparation for the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival that will run from July 24th to the 26th 2025 is the opening of the entry list. From February 1st, 2025, the race for the coveted starting places will begin. The first enquiries show that there will be great interest again this time in the demonstration drives in the Vulkaneifel region around Daun of the largest rolling rally museum. The selection of the entry of original or faithfully reproduced rally cars from the last sixty years is this year will be based on their former drivers.

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ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival 2025: The maxim has been establishe

Every year, fans eagerly await the maxim that guides the basis of selection for the line-up at the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival. On the weekend of July 24th to 26th, 2025 the focus will be on the selection of historic rally cars driven by famous drivers. ‘We will try to get the cars of as many great rally drivers as possible to the start. From Aaltonen to Zasada, the number of different cars of these former drivers in the entry should be as extensive as possible,’ explains Reinhard Klein (Cologne) who, of the organising team, is the one responsible for putting together the entry list. ’To ensure the great variety that is desired, we will not be able to allow absolutely identical cars.

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Eifel Rallye Festival from July 24th to 26th, 2025

The historic journey continues since the next ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival will once again take place in and around Daun in the Vulkaneifel from July 24th to the 26th, 2025. Over one hundred and sixty original or faithfully reproduced rally cars from the history of this fascinating sport will once again delight tens of thousands of fans who will be watching the largest rally museum on wheels. “What started as an idea in 2012 has now become an important part of safeguarding the history of rallying.” says Reinhard Klein happily, “Our participants are realising more and more how important it is to preserve their cars true to the originals.

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The winners of the photo contest 2024

The winners of the 2024 photo competition have been announced. We would like to thank for the many photos submitted. The winners have been notified in the meantime and will all receive a fan package 2025 (2 weekend tickets, 1 program booklet, 1 voucher for the welcome evening, 1 baseball cap, 1 complete set of autograph cards and 2 event stickers). The winning photo 2024 was “shot” by Jiri Fiser (Czech Republic). Congratulations to him!

 

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Rally history at your fingertips

The twelfth edition of the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival (August 15th to 17th, 2024) is now history. It was another weekend on which the largest rolling rally museum of over one hundred and sixty cars from rally history brought the Volcanic Eifel around Daun to life. Tens of thousands of enthusiastic fans from all over Europe celebrated alongside the crews. The atmosphere was fantastic, with participants and fans beaming in the sunshine. As the head of Slowly Sideways, Reinhard Klein (Cologne), is responsible for putting together the entry list. He draws a positive conclusion from this weekend: “With this twelfth edition of our Festival, we have taken another big step towards modernisation.

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Eifel Rallye Festival: It's finally starting!

Excitement is building ahead of the twelfth edition of the Eifel Rallye Festival to be held from August 15th/17th, 2024. Indeed, the entire Volcanic Eifel region around Daun is already in a state of rally fever. The region will once again host the world's largest rolling rally museum with over one hundred and sixty original or faithfully reproduced cars from the history of rallying. Thorsten Krämer, Mayor of the Shakedown Centre in Bodenbach, puts it in a nutshell: "The local community of Bodenbach warmly welcomes the international field of participants and fans from all over Europe".

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Toyota Motorsport Museum - Special opening

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Europe (TGR-E) will open the doors of its Motorsports Museum based in Cologne, Germany, especially for fans and participants of the Eifel Rallye Festival. On Wednesday, 14 August, TGR-E offers guided 90-minute tours at 14.00 and 16.00 hrs. The tours will be hosted by experienced employees who have been part of Toyota’s WRC history and can tell personal stories from the past.
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Photo competition 2024

With 93 participants from 8 nations, the 2023 photo competition was once again a great success. This was an obligation for the organizer of the Eifel Rallye Festival to continue this competition for the 12th edition of the festival. The conditions of participation and the registration form are now available at https://www.eifel-rallye-festival.de/en/Photo_Contest.html As in previous years, the prizes will be provided by the RallyWebShop (www.rallywebshop.com). Many thanks for this.

We wish all participants every success.

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!


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