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Technical scrutineering in Italy

The location for technical scrutineering in Italy is the same as last year: “Rallye Hotel Voghera”
Nearly in the middle between Milano and Genova and at half way between Piacenza and Genova, not far away of the highway cross (A7/A21 – Tortona), it is very good located:
Address: Via Tortona 51, 27058 Voghera PV
GPS coordinates: N 44° 58,961   E 008° 58,887
Please book individually by e-mail: rallyehr@yahoo.it

Registration and technical scrutineering will take place at 21/10/2016 between 09:00 a.m. and 08:00 p.m. It is mandatory to show the vehicles for check and installation of the tracking systems and GPS Logger. Exceptions require a special permit from the organizer.
At 22/10/2016 each participant should be in Genoa until 10.00 a.m., early enough for boarding.
more accommodation options in the area:

Motel K, Via Valloni 8, Casei Gerola
  • 7 km far away from the Rally Hotel, right at the exit of the A7
  • Reservations: info@motelK.com
Motel 2, Strada Statale 14 per Sale, Tortona
  • about 25 km in direction of Genoa, at the motorway junction A7/A21
  • Reservations: info@motel2.it
Other hotels are located in Vogera or in Tortona, 20 km away.

El Chott event shedule

Here you find the most important data to plan your arrival and departure and all information to plan your individual fuel supply and pre-order the rally fuel.

-> event shedule

Back from pre-tour …

… there is a lot to report.

All details about the routes you will get at pre-meeting on 8th of October from 5.00 p.m. in the hotel “Eisenacher Haus”.

Today only this: We felt perfectly safe on the pre-tour at any time and any place. As always, we met friendly Tunisians. They hope at the moment especially, that we give with the rally a sign for other individual tourists, to visit the country, to be again guests in the oases and cafes.

And I am particularly proud to present Hend Chaouch, who I met in Hammamet, as the first Tunisian Lady as rally driver on the El Chott:

More photos of the pre-tour follow in the next few days.

The pre-tour starts

Now the time has come. The car is packed. In a few minutes we start towards Genoa for pre-tour.

From tomorrow we are also visible on EXPLONA: -> http://explona.org/pretour_elchott2016/

New pre-tour date: 18/09 till 01/10

At this point, really should be shown pictures and reports from our pre-tour. Unfortunately I have to disappoint you. For the first time we had planned the tour in the summer. However, this led to the following problems: First, the CTN Ferry was overbooked at the scheduled travel date. This would have meant to go to Genoa without any guarantee of a place on the “Carthage”. Secondly, we did not get an approval for the routes in the southern restricted area. No, not because of security problems, but because of the high temperatures in August!
Conclusion: New date in September, then with the permission for El Borma and of course with online tracking at EXPLONA.

Good news !

The rally El Chott 2016 will take place.

On July 29, we start towards Genoa. The ferry is booked. The pre-tour is carried out as planned. Even if we want to avoid the most hottest desert regions, planned is essentially a review of all kilometers on roads and pistes, we are excited about which temperatures we have to expect in early August.

My boundless optimism gives me hope that the currently existing commitments become actually registrations and participations. Then we would get really even a respectable starting field.

So now there is finally planning-security for already registered and for potential participants as well as for ORGA and service teams.

I hope to see you on our rally meeting at the 8th of October as every year in the Hotel “Eisenacher Haus”.