Car is finished: 4 cm higher, big wheels on it, FOX damper built in, OffRoad bumpers fixed, snorkel mounted, compressor in it. Also the interior is finished, Navi, laptop and power supply are installed in the cockpit. Tomorrow we put the stickers on it and Friday morning will be packed. Then we start the El Chott pre-tour 2017.

With Christian and Corinna Windfeder we have in 2017 for the first time a team in our ORGA with their own competition experience that will collect the daily rally news in word, picture and video. Interesting sequences from the special stages, personal impressions of the participants, comments of the ORGA and results will be published daily on the website and in the social networks. In the evenings in the camp or hotel a summary of the highlights of the day will be presented.

After our “fall over” on the last pre tour in September 2016 and the “organizer in the rental car” on the subsequent rally, the new car is available now. Until the beginning of the voyage I still have a month for the necessary conversions and modifications. This I should be able to complete.

For the route exploration in Tunisia in the first two weeks of April, we are still looking for at least one driver with an appropriate off-road vehicle. If you are interested please contact me by email or mobile phone.

Last reminder of our participants’ meeting at 04/02/2017 at hotel “Eisenacher Haus” – Frankenheimer Str. 38 – 98634 Erbenhausen

N 50°34,337′ / E 010°05,055′

• Tel. +4936946149915 / -14
• e-mail: info@eisenacher-haus.de
• web: www.eisenacher-haus.de

• ORGA meeting from 10:00 am
• participants’ meeting from 4:30 pm

… are now available in German and English language.

• map with all rally tracks
• all important event informations
• the security concept
• tourist groups
• particpation fee and registration deadlines

… at the end of an eventful year to all rally teams, to our business partners and sponsors, to our hosts in Tunisia and, of course, to the many friends and supporters for the good partnership, the great support and the participation in our motorsport events at home and abroad.

We are already looking forward to an exciting year 2017 and a close cooperation again.

Since the first “El Chott” 1981 the participants have changed their demands on the rally. The idea of adventure is no longer in the foreground. Current models of “soft” off-road vehicles require modified track layouts. And also drivers on prototypes, developed for large marathon events, prefer rather fast pistes than long and demanding dunes crossings.

In this sense, we will modernize the rally El Chott. For 2017, profound changes in the course of the routes are planned. We will reduce the quota of dunes-kilometers. Remaining dune crossings will be simplified and the possible average speeds will be increased. Exit options for rookies and series cars, with separate evaluation as before, are still remaining.