This year's jubilee 50. Garrett RALLY KOŠICE (12-14/07/2024) will offer competing crews and teams a number of credits for various championships and national championships. During the second weekend of July, valuable points for a total of nine classifications will be at stake in the metropolis of eastern Slovakia. The Košice rally is one of the highlights of the Slovak rally season every year, which is also confirmed by the wide range of individual credits.
This year, Garrett RALLY KOŠICE is again included in the series of Central European Zone Rally Championship (CEZ), including the CEZ Championship of Historic Cars (CEZ H), under the banner of the FIA. The members of the Central Europe Zone are Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Serbia. The Central European Zone organizes its championships under the name FIA Central European Zone for drivers with a valid national or international license issued by one of the ASNs belonging to the zone, in various motoring disciplines, including rallying (also for historic automobiles). The zone's secretariat is located at the headquarters of the Czech Republic Auto Club in Prague.
Last year's winners in the CEZ1 category were the Slovenian Rok Turk crew, Blanka Kacinová in a Hyundai i20 N Rally2. The Slovak crew Vlastimil Majerčák, Jakub Slovák on the Ford Fiesta Rally2 took sixth place in the final ranking. The female crew of Zdenka Frývaldská, Lucia Petrová (Honda Civic VTI) won the best place among our teams, when they won the overall fourth place in the CEZ3 category.
Other important credits are the International Rally Championship of the Slovak Republic (MMSR), the Championship of the Slovak Republic in Rally (MSR) and the Slovak Rally Championship of Historic automobiles (MSR HA). After two years, the Polish Rally Championship 2024 (RSMP) is also returning to the metropolis of eastern Slovakia. The fourth part of the seven-part series of our northern neighbors will take place in Košice, and it is very likely that Mikołaj Marczyk, Grzegorz Grzyb, Lukasz Byśkiniewicz, Jarosław Szeja and other high-quality Polish drivers will perform in Košice.
Interesting fights for seconds in the special stages are also expected in the Slovak Rally Cup (SRP) and the Regional Rally Cup (RRP) which will be held in Košice. In addition, competing crews can present themselves at the Košice rally as part of the Rally Legend (RL), which are demonstration drives without time measurement, and also as part of the Slovak Trophy in the regularity rally of historic cars (STRHP).
During these days, the Supplementary regulations are being approved by the national authority SAMŠ, which will be published in the near future. At the same time, electronic registration for crews will be launched via the website www.sams-asn.sk and official PZM website, the deadline for entry is set for Tuesday, July 2 at midnight. The one with a reduced registration deposit 3 days earlier.
Calendars of important championships on 50. Garrett RALLY KOŠICE:
FIA CEZ majstrovstvá v rally 2024 (CEZ):
6. - 7. 4. Valašská Rally Valmez Česko Val. Meziříčí
24. - 25. 5. Slovakia Rallye Tatry Slovensko Poprad
6. – 8. 6. Valvoline Rajd Małopolski Poľsko Wadowice
14. - 15. 6. Murtal Rallye Rakúsko Fohnsdorf
29. – 30. 6. Rally Železniki Slovinsko Železniki
12. – 14. 7. 50. Garrett RALLY KOŠICE Slovensko Košice
10. – 11.8. 33. Marma Rajd Rzeszowski Poľsko Rzeszów
5. - 7. 9. Kumrovec Rally Chorvátsko Kumrovec
28. – 29. 9. Rally Poreč Chorvátsko Poreč
09. – 11. 11. Rally Idrija Slovinsko Idrija
FIA CEZ majstrovstvá historických automobilov v rally 2024 (CEZ H):
15. – 16. 3. Rebenland Rallye Rakúsko Leutschach
5. – 7.4. Quattro River Rally Chorvátsko Karlovac
19. – 20. 4. Vltava Rally Klatovy Česko Klatovy
4. – 5. 5. Medimurski Rally Chorvátsko Čakovec
10. – 11.5. Rally Vipavska dolina Slovinsko Ajdovščina
24. – 25. 5. Slovakia Rallye Tatry Slovensko Poprad
13. – 15. 6. 57. Rally Mecsek Maďarsko Pécs
12. – 14. 7. 50. Garrett RALLY KOŠICE Slovensko Košice
23. – 24. 8. Rally Dolina zelenaga zlata Slovinsko Žalec
6. – 8. 9. Rallye Györ Maďarsko Györ
4. – 6.10. Bucklige Welt Rallye Rakúsko Krumbach
Majstrovstvá Poľska v rally 2024 (RSMP):
26. – 28. 4. Rajd Świdnicki Świdnica
17. – 19. 5. Rajd Nadwiślański Puławy
6. – 8. 6. Valvoline Rajd Małopolski Wadowice
12. – 14. 7. 50. Garrett RALLY KOŠICE (SVK) Košice
10. – 11.8. 33. Marma Rajd Rzeszowski Rzeszów
13. – 15. 9. Rajd Wisły Wisła
11. – 13. 10. Rajd Śląska Katowice, Chorzów
We will provide further news service within the framework of the 50. Garrett RALLY KOŠICE 2024 in the following press releases. They will be published gradually on the official website www.kosice.rallye.sk and on the Facebook profile.
V Košiciach 3. júna 2024 Roman ORDELT, tlačový tajomník