ADAC Eifel Rallye Festival

If you’re a lifelong rally fan, it’s probably fair to say that the Eifel Rallye Festival will thrill you to the core. For a decade it’s been bringing a cross-section of around 160 top-flight historic cars from across 50 years of rallying to Germany’s sparsely populated Vulkaneifel area. From the capital of the region, Daun, the cars leave on challenging routes along country lanes and Tarmac and gravel special stages, with enough viewing areas and grandstands for the 10,000 visitors. The centre of Daun becomes Rally Mile, through which all the cars pass each day – and where scrutineering takes place from early on Friday morning. Manufacturers and rally teams support the event with their heritage cars, as do many of the legendary drivers, including Stig Blomqvist, Harald Demuth, Jimmy McRae, Timo Salonen, Nicky Grist and more. For the best rally spectacle in the world, it really does have to be the Eifel Rallye Festival.