Classic Adelaide Rally
Classic Adelaide is renowned as one of the world’s best open-road motoring events and in 2008 has an expanded field of up to 300 cars and an extra dash of Italian passion.
The Classic Adelaide is an annual tarmac rally for classic cars manufactured prior to 1 January 1982. As part of this year’s Classic Adelaide, Ferrari Asia Pacific are inviting Ferrari Daytona owners to participate in an event within an event as they celebrate the 40th anniversary of their supercar. This forms part of a worldwide series of events for the classic Ferrari Daytona, which includes gatherings at the Mugello Historic Festival and the Essen Technoclassica in Germany.
As well as Ferraris, cars representing many other classic makes such as Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Jaguar, BMW, Lotus, Alfa Romeo, MG, Bugatti, Austin-Healey and Aston Martin, plus Australian and American favourites, will participate in two competitive and two non-competitive categories.
Though the newest cars allowed in the outright Competition category can be no later than 1990 models, many such as the 1975 Porsche 911 RSR of 2007 winner Kevin Weeks will still be capable of up to 250 kmh on the closed special stages.
AN expanded field of up to 300 cars will tackle the 12th annual Classic Adelaide on 19-23 November – and the fight will be on again to see which of Australia’s masters of tarmac stage rallying comes out on top after four days of competition. Classic Adelaide in 2008 will take entrants on a tour more than 1000 kilometres of the Adelaide region of South Australia, including more than 250 kms in 33 closed-road special stages.
Crews will participate in categories named Classic Tour, Thoroughbred Tour, Regularity and Competition, the last of these subject to the most intense following as aces such as Jim Richards, Kevin Weeks and Rex Broadbent battle for outright honour in cars built no later than 1990. Weeks, who scored a nail-biting 12.1 second win last year to end the five-year streak of fellow Porsche driver Rex Broadbent, says he is leaving nothing to chance in preparing to defend his crown.
Pre-event activities will start with a car show on Sunday 16 November, followed by vehicle scrutineering, a city street parade and a Prologue timed stage near the city on Wednesday, to determine competitors’ starting order.
From its daily start in front of the Hilton Adelaide in Victoria Square, the four-day rally will visit the Adelaide Hills, Barossa Valley, Southern Vales, Fleurieu Peninsula, Victor Harbor and McLaren Vale along a 1000 km route, which will include 33 closed-road special stages totalling around 250 kms. The cars return to Adelaide each night.
Although the rally runs from Thursday to Sunday, activities for entrants and spectators cover a full week, starting with the traditional BEA Car Show in Victoria Square on Sunday 16 November. The cars can be viewed undergoing technical scrutiny at the Torrens Parade Grounds on Monday and Tuesday and on Wednesday taking part in the King William Street lunchtime parade before the Prologue competition, which determines starting order for Thursday.
The rally visits the Adelaide Hills and Barossa Valley on Thursday, Southern Vales and Fleurieu Peninsula on Friday, Adelaide Hills on Saturday and Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale on Sunday. Reserved areas all along the route, which includes one new stage in the Barossa Valley, will allow good viewing for spectators.
You can also mingle among the crews and cars at the Hilton Adelaide daily start, Peter Lehmann’s Winery, Victor Harbor, Birdwood National Motor Museum, McLaren’s on the Lake, Maccesfield, the Gouger Street Party on Friday night and the East Terrace Party at the official finish on Sunday.
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