Rallye Prague Revival is back: aged racers will drive around Prague and the region
/ PHOTOGALLERY / It will be possible to meet a lot of motor veterans, including true legends of motor sport, in Prague and its surroundings in the coming days. The Central Automobile Club of the Czech Republic, together with the branch association of the Czech Motor Sports Association, is organizing the traditional social and sports event Rallye Prague Revival 2022.
From the ceremonial start of the 10th year of the international car race, the legend of Rally Prague Revival.
| Photo: Deník / Radek Cihla
About 150 crews are expected to take part in the 11th year of the race, Igor Sirota from the headquarters of the car club told Deník. With the fact that Slaný is one of the important places on the route, where the measured stages are also performed.
The three-day festival of racing cars, not only for witnesses, begins on Friday (April 22) at noon, when both the sports cars themselves and their crews will present themselves at the Fruit Market in Prague. This time, it does not start on Wenceslas Square, from where the participants of the last years set out on the route. “It’s a unique spectacle and a chance to see ‘live’ race cars, so famous riders who have broken more than one record in the recent past,” Sirota invites all motorsport fans. With the fact that the ceremonial start of this year’s rally will be waved at exactly noon.
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The route of the race lasting until Sunday leads from Prague through Central Bohemia to northern Bohemia. Veterans will be seen on the route Prague-Radotín, the center of the metropolis, Hostivice, Slaný, Teplice, Most, Litvínov, Chabařovice, Teplice (there will become the “main tent” hotel Panorama, where riders and navigators will return every evening after passing ) – and again Chabařovice, Slaný and Radotín in Prague. “The weather forecast is promising, so it looks like a beautiful trip,” Sirota recalled the expectations from the participants’ point of view. However, the experience should be enhanced by the weather and the onlookers, who traditionally have thousands at the start.
For most of the route, competitors must respect road traffic – exceeding the maximum speed limit would not only result in a fine from the police; even within the rally, there is a penalty in the form of penalty points for inappropriate “racing”. However, measured sections in different terrains and on different surfaces are prepared, so that racing genes of various calibers will come to their senses. For example, on Friday, from around 5:20 pm, it will race on the flat track in Slaný, where the sharp ride will be repeated on Sunday. It will race on the Most polygon in the morning and on Saturday during Saturday, and there will also be a time rallycross track in Chabařovice on Sunday. In the early evening, the participants will be back in Prague: from 5.30 pm, a ceremony will be announced in the Kart Center Radotín with the announcement of the results.
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Regarding the starting field, Sirota reminded that it is traditionally very diverse: spectators can look forward to cars representing brands such as Mercedes, Ford, Volkswagen, but also Datsun, Peugeot, Triumph, Audi, BMW or Alfa Romeo. However, there will also be “Eastern European legends”: the Škoda 130 LR, the Trabant 601 or the Wartburg 353.