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Just one week to go until the eighth edition of the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival (July 19 - 21, 2018) kicks off in Daun. While the one hundred and seventy-plus participants are giving the final touches to their classic rally cars, many helping hands from the MSC Daun are involved in the final preparations of the Festival. They want to be 100 percent ready for tens of thousands of international guests who will come to the Vulkaneifel for this unique demonstration event. "It is time to finally get going.



Auction finished - a ride in the 1987 VW Golf Pikes Peak with Jochi Kleint

The 2nd auction, a ride with Jochi Kleint in the 1987 Pikes Peak Bimotor Golf, ended with proceeds of 545.00 EUR. The initiative "Vor-Tour der Hoffnung", which collects donations for children suffering from cancer and in need of help, can therefore look forward to another donation.

Congratulations to the winner.

Spectators who are keen to visit the Eifel Rallye Festival can obtain their weekend tickets and programmes from the official online shop no matter in what European country they are living. While visiting the 'Rally Mile' in the heart of Daun is free of charge, there are various admission tickets needed for those who like to see the action on the special stages. The pre-sale of weekend tickets and programmes is open until 9 p.m, July 06, 2018 from http://www.eifel-rallye-festival.de/en/rallye-shop.html.



The entry list for the 2018 ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival (July 19 - 21, 2018) has been published and it features more than 170 historic rally cars from six decades and, among them, 45 of the much-loved Group B supercars. The quantity and quality of cars coming to Daun is simply unrivalled, especially in terms of originality. All cars of the main field resemble a famous rally car from the past. Thus every sponsor sticker is in the right place and the colour scheme matches with its role model not only on the outside, but also on the inside.



After the successful auctioning of a co-drive with Jochi Kleint in the newly-restored 1986 Pikes Peak Golf from Wolf-Dieter Ihle's collection, Volkswagen now pile up the fire and offer a ride in their 1987 Pikes Peak car at the 2018 Eifel Rallye Festival. This prototype is one of the most extreme Golfs ever built. It is based on a space frame chassis and powered by two 1.8-litre turbocharged engines each with 326 bhp.



Auction finished - Win a ride in the twin-engined VW Golf Pikes Peak with Jochi Kleint

The auction, a ride with Jochi Kleint in the Pikes Peak Bimotor Golf, ends with proceeds of 555.00 EUR. As already reported, Wolf-Dieter Ihle will double the amount raised at the auction before it is donated to a good cause. The initiative "Vor-Tour der Hoffnung", which collects donations for children suffering from cancer and in need of help, can therefore look forward to an amount of 1110.00 EUR.

We gartuge the winner.

When Volkswagen tackled the ‘Race to the Clouds’ at Pikes Peak in the 1980s, they built two very special twin-engined prototypes solely for this 19.99 km hill-climb event in Colorado/USA and these were driven by former European Rally Champion Jochi Kleint.



The entry list for the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival is closed and, as usual, the demonstration event for classic rally cars that is taking place from July 19-21, 2018 is fully booked. However, it is not only the number of vehicles that delights the fans, it is also the enormous level of originality that distinguishes the Eifel Rallye Festival from others. "The entry list will not be published before July 1st, but I can already reveal some really sensational details," says co-organiser Reinhard Klein. "The crews coming to the Vulkaneifel come from 16 nations, they drive classic cars from 34 different manufacturers.



Video trailer for the Eifel Rally Festival 2018

The video trailer for the Eifel Rally Festival 2018 is ready! The three-minute video will give you a first taste of what awaits you from July 19 to 21 in Daun and the Vulkaneifel region: famous driver, many original or nicely-replicated classic rally cars, spectacular sideways action on the stages and of course: unique Pikes Peak ‘monsters’ like the Audi S1, Peugeot 205 T16 and even two twin-engined VW Golfs!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSbqcYKTvyo

The line-up of cars and drivers coming to the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival in Daun/Germany is growing quickly and now also features two former World Rally Champions. Stig Blomqvist, who secured the WRC title in 1984, is one of the fixtures of the demonstration event for classic rally cars. The popular Swede, who was crowned an 'Ambassador of Rallying' at last year's Festival, will be part of the event again this year.



The ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival, held from July 19 to 21 around Daun/Germany, will go into its eighth year in 2018 and the interest in the demonstration event for classic rally cars is certainly not easing. "Only a few places in the entries list are still vacant right now, we expect to be booked fully once again", says Reinhard Klein, head of the 'Slowly Sideways' group that ratifies the entry list.



You can by the programmes and weekend-tickets of the Eifel Rallye Festival in our webshop. The official programme of the Eifel Rallye Festival contains detailed descriptions of the stages and designated spectator areas in German, English and French. Furthermore it includes a general map and complete start lists with pictures of all participating cars.



Flyer of the Eifel Rallye Festival 2018 - Update

A new version of the Flyer of the Eifel Rallye Festival 2018 is available now in the download area.


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Due to other commitments for Porsche, Walter Röhrl will not participate in the Eifel Rallye Festival this year. The two-time World Rally Champion was supposed to be part of the "Pikes Peak Parade" and drive his original winning car from the 1987 "Race to the Clouds"..



As is traditional, the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival held in Daun/Germany from July 19-21 2018 runs each yearwith a different theme. In the past, the famous demonstration event has already celebrated the 'Safari Rally', '30 Years of Group B' and 'Six Decades of Rallying'. For 2018, it has been decided to dedicate the event to the legendary Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in the US. At the 'Race to the Clouds', held in the Rocky Mountains, the competitors have to tackle 19.99 km and 156 corners before they reach the summit of Pikes Peak at an altitude of 4,301 m.




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