ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival (July
21-23 2022)
Press release 02
ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival 2022
– At least there is plenty to celebrate
- The tenth running of the Eifel
Rallye Festival is due to be held from July 21st/23rd, 2022
- Already a video clip is online
in preparation for fifty years of the World Rally Championship
- And €50,000 donations made for
the flood victims of last summer
When the Volcanic Eifel once again
echoes to the sound of classic rally cars on the weekend of July
21st/23rd, everything will revolve around the history of rallying
as the tenth edition of the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival moves into
action around Daun in the Vulkaneifel. The largest rolling rally
museum will present the best of fifty years of the World Rally
Championship. The official WRC celebrations will take place in May
during the WRC round in Portugal where the Eifel Rallye Festival
will be represented by a delegation of selected cars from the
Slowly Sideways circle, which will thrill the fans with their
demonstration drives on the WRC stages. Subsequent to that, the
'full programme' of WRC history will be on offer in the
Vulkaneifel in July. "Together with our field of participants
and the fans, we will bring the history and stories of fifty years
of the World Rally Championship back to life," promises
Reinhard Klein, who as the man in charge of Slowly Sideways, is
responsible for putting together the starting lists for both
dates.
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Video clip online in preparation
for fifty years of the World Rally Championship
As an appetiser and to get in the mood for both anniversaries at
the Eifel Rallye Festival, the Zeroundersteer team has put
together a video trailer that is really worth watching. The moving
pictures come largely from the previous editions of the Festival
and are complemented by historical motifs by cult filmmaker Helmut
Deimel. Click here to go directly to the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFEsMZv7Yfg
And €50,000 donations for the
flood victims by the Festival
After the devastating flood disaster in the Eifel, almost at once
an incredible €40,000 were collected following the Festival
organisers' appeal for donations. This support came from Festival
friends around the globe and was handed over to the 'Bürgerstiftung
Landkreis Vulkaneifel' in Daun for immediate aid. In the meantime,
another €10,000 in donations have been received. "We are
boosting these funds even more using the manpower of the board and
members of the MSC Daun," explains Festival manager and club
chairman, Otmar Anschütz. "Now that the flooded cellars and
houses are dry again and can thus be plastered or wallpapered, we
will support this further renovation work with the cash donations
plus our labour."
Reinforcement in the
organisation team
The organisation team of the Eifel Rallye Festival received
reinforcement in December when Ernst Kopp decided to dedicate his
spare time, gained through retirement, to the Festival. He knows
the worldwide motorsport scene, and in particular the detail of
the rally sector. His assignment to leading positions led him to
the World Rally Championship at Toyota, and then with that team to
Formula One and Le Mans. Most recently, from the very beginning of
the Hyundai WRC team he has been in charge of their workshop in
Alzenau. Ernst has been associated with the Eifel Rallye Festival
for a long time. Since 2007, he has been a regular guest driving
the Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo, Björn Waldegard's original Group
B winner from the 1986 Rally Ivory Coast. In 2017, he thrilled the
Festival fans by bringing the Toyota MR2 prepared for Group S,
which he was able to show them in its first-ever public
appearance. "With his vast knowledge of rallying and, last
but not least, his outstanding networking in the worldwide rally
scene, Ernst is an absolute asset for us," said organisation
manager Otmar Anschütz as he was looking forward to this addition
to his team.
Further current information can be
found on: www.eifel-rallye-festival.de |