Barum Czech Rally Zlín 

Photo competition: the main prize went to the well-known photographer Jan Froněk

28. 6. 2021 - Roman Ordelt

On the occasion of the 49th Barum Czech Rally Zlín 2019, a traditional photo competition was announced. The main prize remained again in the Czech Republic thanks to leading photographer Jan Froněk who, in addition to Czech rallies, regularly attends the WRC competitions. The prizes for the photo competition were donated by the companies RALLY MODELS - Antonín Babík, JNK Studio Zlín - production and distribution of rally videos and the company ALITRON CZ, s.r.o. which donated a year-round subscription to the specialized motoring magazine RALLY for the winners.

The Auto club Barum Zlín, in cooperation with the ZLIN PRESS production agency, announced a photo competition in a common group for both professional photojournalists and amateur photographers in a single category of digital photography. Expert jury composed of Miloslav Regner (Clerk of the Course Barum Czech Rally Zlín), Roman Ordelt (ZLIN PRESS production), Ing. Jan Regner (Deputy Clerk of the Course Barum Czech Rally Zlín) and other representatives of the organizing team of the Zlín rally beside three main financial prizes also awarded five other rewards.

"Professional motoring photographers are increasingly influencing the competition. The quality of evaluated and awarded photos is getting higher and higher every year and it is not really easy to choose the best from a large number of images. We are pleased that the photo competition is always at a high level, being proved by the interest of almost three hundred participants in the contest. Photographers from abroad also take part in it regularly. In short, Barum rally is a phenomenon all over Europe and we are already looking forward to the pictures from the current jubilee year," said Miloslav Regner, chairman of the jury and long-time director of Barum Czech Rally Zlín.

Unlike previous years, when the international jury included photographers, drivers, co-drivers, team managers or officials, this time the jurors were organizers who in various sections participate in the successful organization of the Zlín rally.
Every year, the photo competition has received an unusually positive response among the fans of motorsport, while the level of submitted photos is constantly increasing. The numbers of participants also testify to this, as a total of 1,107 competition shots from 268 authors came to the previous year's photo competition. In addition to the three main prizes, the jury awarded five awards according to the propositions.

DIGITAL PHOTO:

1st prize Jan Froněk
Prague - CZK 1,000

2nd prize Jiří Pernica
Zlín - 600 CZK

3rd prize Martin Kovács, Hungary
Veszprém - 400 CZK

Authors of awarded photographs:
Marek Talaš, Napajedla
Marek Lokaj, Ostrava - Petrkovice
Jakub Marcoň, Vizovice
Lukáš Staněk, Ostrava
Radek Caga, Trnávka

Congratulations to all the awarded authors and we look forward to further contributions in the currently announced photo competition for the 50th Barum Czech Rally Zlín 2021!