Barum Czech Rally Zlín (27.-29.8.2010)

Basic information about Barum Czech Rally Zlín

Barum Czech Rally Zlín is a long-term traditional rally that will celebrate its anniversary 40^th in this year. The rally sport is an extremely popular sporting line in the Czech Republic. This is expressed every year by crowds of enthusiastic fans standing along the route of special stages, in the previous edition there was approximately about 265 000 of them! Barum Czech Rally Zlín is held in area around the Moravian town of Zlín. Since 1983 it has been a part of European Rally Championship and since 2007 also a part of brand new series Intercontinental Rally Challenge covered with the considerable medial support of satellite television Eurosport. With entering this championship, the rally did great step forward and in previous year offered the best starting field in its history – there was 24 Super 2000 cars, which meant an unofficial world record in number of these cars entering particular rally. In 2009, Barum Czech Rally Zlín was won by Jan Kopecký and Petr Starý with factory-prepared Škoda Fabia S2000. It took eight years since the Czech crew driving a Czech car was the fastest again in Zlín.

Barum Czech Rally Zlín event has a long-standing partner, a tyre company Barum. This advantageous connection between the most prosperous domestic name of tyres and the most prestigious Czech automobile competition supports the positive response for the tyres-producer trademark as well as for the rally itself. During the years, the event got to the top of Czech motorsport scene and it brings year by year new features and innovations to the field of automobile rallying in this country. Based on each year good FIA Observer’s report, the FIA World Rally Commission has also again ranged Barum Czech Rally Zlín among the top European Championship rallies. A significant attention to the rally is also evident from the part of journalists. 283 publicists from 15 European countries were accredited last year (70 TV and radio studios, 86 journalists, 118 photographers).

The rally headquarters as well as the start and the finish are situated in regional town Zlín. Start of Barum Czech Rally Zlín will be preceded by scrutineering with presence of public held on 26^th August in the evening in sportshall Novesta in Zlín. The shakedown will take place on 27^thAugust in the morning close to Otrokovice. The same day in the evening the presentation of top drivers and codrivers will be organized, followed with ceremonial start and opening superspecial stage running through the streets of Zlín. But the main part of the competition will go on in two weekend days (28^th and 28^th August).

Barum Czech Rally Zlín includes about 270 km of special stages covered with various types of tarmac. The farthest place from the rally center is only 50 km. Zlín is located in the valley, surrounded by wooden hills offering splended scenery and diverse landscape. Moravian regional town Zlín is about 300 km east from the capital Prague and about 200 km north from Austrian capital Vienna.

It is really worth coming here and enjoying Barum Czech Rally Zlín!

Barum Czech Rally Zlín 27.-29.8.2010

Basic information about Barum Czech Rally Zlín