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the XV Pujada to La Trona Rally
Les Masies de Voltregà (Osona, Barcelona): V-Line Org. has published the list of participants of the XV Pujada to La Trona, mountain speed and regularity test to be held Sunday, May 19, on the BV-4608 road from Sant Hipòlit de Voltregà to Sant Boi de Lluçanès and between pk 13,050 and 7,306. This race has been recovered after 10 years of absence of the national car calendar and will pass the pre-inspection by the FCA to score in the future for the championship of Catalonia. >>
Spa-Classic 2019
Spa-Classic, created in 2011 and standing firm among the major European events for hidtoric cars, returned on the probably most beautiful circuit in the world May 17-19, 2019. Two weeks after snow hit the Spa-Francorchamps circuit the competitors in the 9th Spa-Classic only had to cope with a few showers, just enough to add some spice to the spectacle, which didn’t really need it, with 339 cars racing – a record! The public flocked to the track in anticipation of the pleasures that awaited them as the attendance also increased with more than 20 000 spectators over the three days. >>
Concours d‘ Elegance Balatonfüred 2019 (1)
Hungarian lake Balaton and its nice spa town Balatonfüred were scenery for 5th edition of Concours d’ Elegance open for classic cars. This event attracts more attention and contributes to the variety of classic car meetings. This year, it was more than forty cars and crews who intend to present their classic treasures not only to the interested audience, but also to skilled jury. We were astonished to meet crews from domestic Hungary, but also from neighbour countries here, like Austria, the Slovak Republic, Poland, and even Slovenia, Romania and Bulgaria or Netherlander. The range spectrum of countries corresponded to the wide choice of displayed vehicles. >>
Tour Auto Optic 2019 (3)
Like the previous years the 28th Tour Auto Optic 2ooo highlighted rare and exceptional cars that have marked the history of this race, the oldest still held today. They begin with BMW (the official car partner of the Tour Auto Optic 2ooo) whose models 507s, 1600s, 2002 TIs and Turbo, 2800 CSs, 3.0 CSLs CSis and M1s were at the start. >>
Rally Costa Brava 2019 (2)
Palamós, April 28, 2019.- The duo formed by Carles Fortuny-Carles Jiménez, at the wheel of his 1979 Lancia Beta Coupé, is already a double champion of the Costa Brava Historic Rally after the victory achieved this dawn, which adds to the achieved in 2017. With this second triumph 2019 winners are proclaimed the "FIA Trophy for Historic Regularity Rallies", European title highly coveted among specialists. They have completed the podium David Nogareda-Sergi Giralt (Porsche 911S), winners of the last edition, and Eduard Poveda-Joan Jordan (Volkswagen Golf GTI), all of them great names of Catalan and Spanish regularity. >>
Rally Costa Brava 2019
After administrative checks and official techniques (from 08h45 to 12h30) of the first day of pure action, it started at 3pm with a first urban section of 0.5km called 'Slalom de Palamós', in the beautiful Passeig del Mar, a large show that was accompanied previously and in this same scenario the park closed and the exhibition for classic vehicles (11am to 3pm). Stage 1: A marathon of 12 stages in less than 12 hours Stage 2: More than 14 hours of maximum concentration >>
Tour Auto Optic 2019 (2)
Each running of the Tour Auto Optic 2000 highlights a theme connected with the motor car. The 2019 event will pay homage to vanished English makes. >>
Techno-Classica Essen 2019 (4)
What significance the automobile manufacturers attach to Techno-Classica was illustrated by no fewer than three major makes with premieres of innovations at the classic vehicle fair: Volvo showed the new S60 premium saloon to the German public for the first time - in addition to a selection of historic saloons from 90 years of Volvo history. >>