Barum Czech Rally Zlín 

Spectators’ programme on high speed, Wednesday will offer another autograph session

23. 8. 2016 - Jakub Hofbauer

Barum Czech Rally Zlín started to spin its wheels for both completion crews and rally fans and spectators. Rally teams have presented in the permanent rally secretariat during Tuesday afternoon, some of them managed to test their cars during last occasion before the rally kicks off. Spectators enjoyed a rich programme on Zlín's náměstí Míru square, where mainly children could try many attractions as well as presentation of various rally cars. And during the evening rally fans finally met with rally crews during the autograph session held in shopping centre Zlaté jablko.

Wednesday is going to be similarly rich despite the fact that's it's going to be probably the calmest day of the upcoming rally week. Competition crew will do the first day of reconnaissance, they will have an opportunity to pass twice the routes of Sundays special stages Kašava, Pindula and Maják. And also this day spectators will have a chance to meet with selected rally crews.

Those who missed the Tuesday autograph session there will come another one, this time being held in Škoda Samohýl Motor dealership located in Zlín-Louky. The event starts at 7 p.m. and there will be present elite crews running in the Barum rally with Škoda Fabia R5 cars. What's more, a pleasant surprise will be attendance of Mr. Raimund Baumschlager. His prime Austrian rally driver has left a strong footprint in the Barum rally history marked mainly with his overall victory back in 1993. This year he returns to Zlín as a boss of team preparing a competition car for local driver Tomáš Kostka.

Confirmed autograph session guests:
Jan Kopecký, Pavel Dresler (CZE, Škoda Fabia R5)
Jaromír Tarabus, Daniel Trunkát (CZE, Škoda Fabia R5)
Ralfs Sirmacis, Arturs Šiminc (LVA, Škoda Fabia R5)
Hermen Kobus, Davy Thierle (NLD/BEL, Škoda Fabia R5)
Jan Černý, Petr Černohorský (CZE, Škoda Fabia R5)
Fabian Kreim, Frank Christian (DEU, Škoda Fabia R5)
Tomáš Kostka, Ladislav Kučera (CZE, Škoda Fabia R5)
Vojtěch Štajf, František Rajnoha (CZE, Škoda Fabia R5)
+ Raimund Baumschlager (AUT)