42nd Rally Košice will take a look at Roznava


With the support of the city of Kosice and Roznava, popular 42nd Rally Košice will take place in early September.

Rally Košice this year returns to its traditional date of September. Will take place from 8th to 11th September as the fifth event of the Slovak Rally Championship, the Slovak Rally Championship historic cars and Slovak Rally Cup. The contest will also be included in the FIA ​​Central European Zone, the Hungarian Rally Championship, the Hungarian Rally Challenge and is destined also for the newcomers within Rallyschool. The organizer of the competition is also this year Auto Club Košice with the participation of Hungarian crews ensurd by Laroco Motorsport Egyesulet.

Two-stage rally this year will be divided into western and eastern side. While on Saturday go competing crews to Roznava on Sunday has moved in the opposite direction, to the east of Košice. The surprise is the inclusion of the urban circuit in Roznava, which will conclude Saturday's two sections as SS 3, 6. They will also be formed by RS 1,4 Stos and RS 2, 5 Úhorná. On Sunday, the crews go to  the traditional favorite lines near Kosice. Waiting for the RS 7, 10, 13 Skároš, which returns to the itinerary after more years break, RS 8, 11 Herľany and RS 9, 12 Regeta. The total length is 624.45 km, with special stages of 141.3 km. Crews Slovak Rally Cup face a difficult competition in the form of seven special stages with a total length of 70.8 km. They will join main drivers on Sunday.

Location of the rally headquarters remains unchanged from last year - the premises of the Tempus on Rastislavova Street. The administrative checks and scrutineering will be there also. Service park will be the last time before the construction of the football stadium, located outside Hall Cassosport on the street Pri prachárni. Ceremonial start and finish of the competition this year take place on Main Street in Kosice. A new feature is the organization of a special stage at the test track in the village Čakanovce.

The organizers these days published on its website kosice.rallye.sk special regulations which launched the competition to sign www.prihlaska-sams.sk and will be concluded on August 26

 

Zdenka Tamášová
The press officer of 42. Rally Košice