The goal of today’s first stage of the race is Bratislava. First, the participants headed for the first checkpoint in Cologne. In Bratislava, the cars will be on view on 12 and 13 August, always from 4.00 pm in front of the Carlton Hotel building on Hviezdoslav Square.

The stage in Slovakia will follow. The final part of the race will continue back to Prague in front of the building of the National Technical Museum, where the cars should arrive on Saturday between 17.00 and 19.00. The plant measures approximately 1,200 as follows.

Commemoration of the birth of Bohumil Turk

The participants of the race started driving to the center of Prague in front of the Autoclub building in Opletalova Street on Wednesday afternoon. Hundreds of people can be admired on the spot.

This year’s event is a commemoration of the 120th anniversary of the birth of the car racer Bohumil Turk, whose previous end in 1935 crashed in the race of 1000 Czechoslovak miles.

The retro ride, organized by the Association of 1000 Miles of Czechoslovakia together with Veteran Car Club Prague, Autoklub ČR and Design Veteran Car Club Bratislava every year since 2015, renews the tradition of the famous car race from the 1930s. The high-speed touring car race took place on the then-necessary domestic road route Prague – Bratislava – Prague and the participants completed it twice, for a total of almost 1,600 of them.