Double racing spectacle in Nova Gorica, superspecial in the city centre for the first time this year
The main automotive spectacle in Slovenia will be also this year in Nova Gorica. The race will bring together the biggest Slovenian rally with the highest international status and this year, for the first time there will will be attractive superspecial along the streets of the city, combined with eco rally, which is this year newcomer in the FIA calendar.
Under the general sponsorship of the company Mahle, Nova Gorica will host one of the most important automotive events of the year in Slovenia for the eighth consecutive year. Rally, which will count for FIA European Cup competition, FIA CEZ Championship of Old Cars, Mitropa Rally Cup, National Slovenian Championship, National Croatian Championship, Open National Croatian Championship, and will take place from 19 to 21 September, one of the main novelties of this year's race will be an attractive superspecial in the centre of Nova Gorica. This will be held on Friday evening, with both classical and eco-rally competitors taking part. Overall length of the 8. MAHLE Rally of Nova Gorica will be 437 kilometers, of which will be 13 special stages (seven different) in a total length of 152 kilometers. The entire route will be on an asphalt.
The auto-moto association Gorica will also organize two separate competitions this year in one event. The third version of the Mahle Eco Rally, which will be held this year on September 19 and 20, will be part of the official FIA E-Rally Regularity Cup and Energy Consumption Cup competition this year, and will be again used for accuracy drives and the measurement of electric car consumption. This event was successful last year and has also earned a green light for entry into the official FIA calendar, which means the highest ranking of cars racing on alternative propulsion sources. Mahle Eco Rally will be 424.45 km long and will contain twelve punctual tests.
The program of both events, classical and ecological rally, will intertwine again.
Most of the events will be in the city center. With the already established ceremonial start and finish in the centre of Nova Gorica, this year's event will be held at Bevkov trg on Thursday evening. On Friday evening, after the end of the superspecial, a party with Slovenian music group Pop Design will be held. In a well-known location in front of the shopping centre Mercator in Kromberk, only the service zone of the rally will remain.
"Our wish is strong international competition with lots of R5 racing cars, where Slovenian drivers can also fight for the top. This year will be also hard work for us as organizers too. We are pleased with last year's excellent ratings of FIA observers for Eco rally, which is now a reflection of the trends in the automotive industry, so the inclusion of our competition in the FIA calendar is very important for us, " said Renato Hvala, who is the main leader of the event, with his group of collegaues in AMD Gorica.







