The event organized by l? ASAC Champagne (Champagne Reims Motor Club Sports Association) is held this year from 23 to 25 March (the date is postponed due to easter holidays the following weekend) and is once again the inaugural event of the French Second Division Rally Championship for “modern” cars.
If certain traditions are preserved (welcome night of Champagne winemakers in the race and a companion after the controls, test session?), The parks are closed and attendance and activities are moved to the Roger-Menu amusement park in Epernay due to work for a tourist attraction on the Charles de Gaulle esplanade.
Renewed route
Corinne Theoff-Morizet, president of the? ASAC-Champagne reveals: “We have invested for the first time the geographical locations of the specials and the senses of some of the tracks. Bruno Mlakar, again head of the organizing committee, adds: “The number of kilometers of connection is reduced and the number of kilometers timed is always interesting, about 150 km. Three stages have a mileage of between 12 and 15 km. The longest stage does not exceed 20 km to make the test as accessible as possible while maintaining a sporty appeal. »
After the checks and the test session, on Friday, March 23, the Champagne Rally Epernay-Vins will be launched from 11:30 a. m. Saturday, March 24 from Roger-Menu Recreation Park. On the show, a brief start at the gates, okay?Epernay (to be played twice) followed by a two-stage series of more than 10 kilometres in the Cote des Blancs, which will be toured three times, including once in the afternoon. Sunday, March 25, from 9 a. m. , the Valle de la Marne welcomes the “survivors” for four specials (twice two ES). They’ll have to be well awake (watch out for the time change at night!) With, from the entrance, 19. 20 km and then 14. 95 km selective with unpublished sections for a total of 68. 30 km timed, arrival is scheduled for around 3pm at Roger-Menu Park in Epernay.
Information on tours, proof of commitment and settlement is available on the closing www. asac-champagne. fr website on March 12, 2018.