As rally festivals proliferate around Europe, fans of one of the originators of the format will have marked that date of 23-25 July in their calendars for the ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival.

This year’s motto, ‘To the 60s and back’, is expected to bring together over one hundred and sixty contemporary rally cars of the last sixty years for a display at the Rally Mile in Daun. Later they will be seen in action on the demonstration stages in the Vulkaneifel. “We are looking forward to receiving entries for original or faithfully reproduced vehicles from the history of our sport.” says Reinhard Klein, head of Slowly Sideways, after entries opened on the first of February. “As always, however, we can only admit a maximum of around one hundred and sixty cars! We really use every square metre in Daun, but more cars simply won’t fit into the Rally Mile. Whenever two or more teams can share a service car, this makes room for another rally car – which is sure to please the fans,” he added. Go to www.eifel-rallye-festival.de for entries.