Home rallies acropolis acropolis 1984 acropolis rally 1984 counts for. Service park location, shake down stage and itinerary. Greece gravel championship crews run all the rally as 1 round with different regulations. The 20 acropolis rally was the sixth round of the 20 world rally championship season. This was the first time after volkswagen in 20 that a wrcspec car was tested in greece, and of course the first time. Initially, it was planned to make a return for 2008 in australian east coast at queensland but that failed to materialize. The only drawback is the geographical situation of greece itself. The 2011 acropolis rally was the seventh round of the 2011 world rally championship season. The stages were real carbreakers, and were strung together by such tight timing that if anything broke, retirement was the inevitable consequence. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Decals 124 scale subaru impreza wrx spike toshihiro arai. The rally is held on very dusty, rough and rocky mountain roads around.
While the seajets acropolis rally is not an erc junior event, two young drivers from the series, nikolay gryazin and bu. Gryazin drives for the same sports racing technologies team that guided ralfs sirmacis to seajets acropolis rally glory in 2016. The funny thing about the acropolis rally is how many times i have just stumbled upon it. Msport ford world rally team concluded four days of testing in some of the most renowned acropolis rally stages of the past, in late august 2018. List of manufacturer entries of the 20 rallye france alsace. Where are the cast of acropolis now today daily mail online. The entire track structure includes the rail, tie, tieplate, and ballast system all of which have a very important and specific function.
Drivers podium finishers win was 8th win and 21st podium for stig blomqvist. Xii acropolis rally may 21st24th motor sport magazine. Lambros athanassoulas nikos zakcheos acropolis rally 20 shakedown pathanassoulas. After support from government of western australia ran out in 2006 and rally australia was dropped from the wrc calendar, the former organizing team led by garry connelly began to look for a new home for the event. The rally was also the fourth round of the super 2000 world rally championship. Wrc acropolis rally 2011 results web exclusive after two long legs, the last day of the acropolis rally was like a final sprint with only 65 timed kilometers. This was the first time after volkswagen in 20 that a wrcspec car was tested in greece, and of course the first time for a world rally car of the new generation, which started in 2017. The hard stages of fthiotida and fokida were a difficult test for both cars and competitors and proved unpredictable in terms of final results, until the finish ramp at.
In europe the acropolis rally has, for two decades at least, enjoyed the reputation of being the toughest. O f f i c i a l facebook page of the acropolis rally. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. To me, car looks like its gliding over the road, in a powerboat fashion, and i like how the front of the ds3 is obscured by the cloud of dirt. The rally is held on very dusty, rough and rocky mountain roads around athens during the greek hot summer period. From this edition on, this section will use 4 images instead of three. After a battle which lasted four days in the greek mountains, on tarmac and gravel surfaces, day and night, the 7th annual historic rally acropolis is now part of history. Walter roehrl christian geistdorfer 29th acropolis rally 1982 opel ascona 400 piazzamento finale. It is distinguished by not running on a circuit, but instead in a pointtopoint format in which participants and their codrivers drive between set control points special stages, leaving at regular intervals from one or more start points.
Seajets acropolis rally supplementary regulations amazon s3. Volkswagen polo r wrc wob vw 364 volkswagen motorsport ii, wrc m, 3. Get email updates, exclusive special offers and more. Since 1996, when wrc was introduced and with computer and internet development, all official results of rally acropolis are uploaded every year in. The coastal town that is the acropolis rally hq was actually famous for its thermal spa at least until 1928, when an. You may wonder how someone could stumble upon a major road race featuring world famous drivers in the coolest little cars, zooming out of athens to drive around. Rally is a form of motorsport that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built roadlegal cars. Rally greece offroad cross country rally rally raid offroad 4x4 fia racing race eetts baja isuzu moundreas mare management. Now some 25 years after the doors closed on acropolis now take a look at where the cast are today. The acropolis rally used to be something of a mountain road race. The rally took place over 1719 june, and was based in loutraki, 85 kilometres 52.
Road rallya game that takes you places klakulak, diane. Thus the acropolis rally relies to a very large extent on foreign factory teams taking enough interest in it it is a qualifying round for the european rally championship to send out cars and drivers. A mythical motorsport experience, where technology meets history in the land of the gods. Since the industry was founded a railroad spike, or some type of fastening device, has been employed to hold the rails firmly in place to a tie, or some other form of lateral support. It hass been a tough greece for me and its so nice to win. November 20 learn how and when to remove this template message the 2008 acropolis rally of greece was the seventh round of the 2008 world rally championship. Rally navigator streamlines the process of creating rally navigation roadbooks using the power of digital mapping and gps. Loutraki, where the rally is based, is famous for mineral water.
Acropolis rally fia erc european rally championship. Craig breen has become the third different winner in as many rounds of this years fia european rally championship with an emotional maiden victory in. Historic acropolis rally results sports car digest. A supreme test of endurance and skill, the rally of greece is one of the most difficult and. Running for a 60th time in 2014 and back in the erc for the first time since 1968, the acropolis rally has undergone a major revamp for 2014 with leg one using fast asphalt roads and leg two featuring more traditional rough gravel. This new rallyestyled roadbook is a derivative of their tried and tested rb 730 electric roadboo. Lambros athanassoulas nikos zakcheos acropolis rally 20 shakedown pathanassoulas wrc 20 acropolis rally motorsport fanatics rally acropolis 20 wrc pure sound hd mk2 mk2 racing videos wrc acropolis rally 20 billrallyvid wrc acropolis rally of greece 20 hd rallyelange. Greece made a successful return to the erc in march 2014 following a lengthy absence when the seaside town of loutraki on the banks of the gulf of corinth hosted the 60th running of the acropolis rally. Logotypes 124 scale wrc rally plates acropolis rally, argentina rally 20. Today we only needed to drive on the road and get to the finish.
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