Barum Czech Rally Zlín 

Beautiful Bugatti cars will roar through Zlín in Le Mans style

28. 8. 2015 - Roman Ordelt

Gorgeous polished Bugatti cars will be once again seen in the streets of Zlín on Friday. Thanks to the company Samohýl Motor Holding a.s. a wonderful treat is for the fifth time served for the lovers of splendid classic cars. Fans of vintage cars can look forward to an extraordinary exhibition drive, a race and a small get-together of these cars, mostly Bugatti cars, called the 5th GRAD PRIX BUGATTI.

The start of the race will be just like in Le Mans and for the first time the organizers arranged a team competition. The major person behind this project is JUDr. Ing. Ladislav Samohýl who is a very successful Zlín businessman and a huge vintage cars fan.

These splendid racing cars from the past century will drive through the same route which is planned for the Super Special Stage in the center of Zlín. The City Special Stage will be held as a prologue before the start of the main starting field of BARUM CZECH RALLY ZLÍN. Before that the polished, shiny and marvelous cars which breathe with nostalgia will be paraded before the Zlín Chateau and they will also be seen at the ceremonial start in front of the City Hall Zlín.

The 5^th Grand Prix Bugatti will showcase the exhibition drive of the veteran cars of various manufacturers like Darracq, Laurin&Klement, Škoda, Auburn, Praga a many others. After the exhibition drive the most fan-anticipated part is coming, the race. More than ten exquisite cars like Bugatti, Jaguar, MG, Alfa Romeo, Amilcar, Morgan and others will be lined-up on a starting line.

And some innovations has been done as well. This year Zlín will transform into Le Mans. In the first ever team competition in Grand Prix Bugatti the teams from Austria, France and Barum will fight for the victory. "Mr. Roulatie is coming to Zlín whose wife is a niece of Mr. Bugatti. If he really arrives we would like his wife to start Grand Prix Bugatti. And it is going to be just like in Le Mans. Meaning, the co-driver will keep the car running and the driver will be sprinting from a kneeling-down position to the car, he will get in and start off. We refused to award a prize for the shortest braking distance before the first turn. Their time will be measured. The cars weight only about 670 kg so let's see what they can do. There are cars whose horsepower is around seventy and some racing specials even have three hundred horsepower," said JUDr. Ladislav Samohýl at a press conference and added: "People are telling me that they are coming to Barum Rally only for Bugatti cars. But this is not only about Bugatti cars. There are others. And I am glad we have them here."

Among the contestants will be very well-known people like a "heart-doctor" cardiac surgeon Prof. MUDr. Jan Pirk or a popular actor and a comedian Bolek Polívka. And the scheduled majorettes march will liven the day up even more.

5^th GRAND PRIX BUGATTI - Friday, 28 August 2015
14:00 – 24:00 pm – Veteran cars exhibition opened for public in Zlín Chateau.
15:00 – 15:20 pm – Drivers pass through the Náměstí Míru square in front of the City Hall Zlín and the starting ramp
18:20 – 18:30 pm – Official start next to the Building no. 21
18:30 – 18:45 pm – Exhibition drive of vintage cars, Super Special Stage circuit in Zlín
19:00 – 19:15 pm – Racing specials Bugatti cars drive, Super Special Stage circuit in Zlín