The Endurance Rally Association is planning an 18-day rally to Egypt, starting on January 25th, 2009, and finishing in Alexandria on February 11th.
It will be similar in style the Peking to Paris, with Time-Trials, but over a virtually all-tarmac route. The course crosses the Mediterranean to Tunisia, drives through some of the stunning Tunisia countryside via the extensive Roman ruins of Carthage, to the northern border of Libya, and drives the coast-road to Tobruk, Benghazi, and on to Egypt and El Alamein. The route then drives down the Nile via the Valley of the Kings to Luxor, returning via the Red Sea coast northwards for cars to be shipped home from Alexandria. (Crews flying home out of Cairo).
It’s a route that will take in some evocative sights brimming with history – remote roads that provide us with a chance to enjoy the company of vintage and classic car enthusiasts with some winter sunshine. Get your time-card stamped in the shadow of the pyramids!
There will be categories for pre-1920 model-types, pre-1941 model-types, and pre-1968 model types, (similar to the Peking to Paris) with medals to be won on optional Time Trials. This is largely touring in nature with competition that is option – decide on the day if you want to have a bash and win individual medals. The timing and the course is being designed to be practical and feasible for a pre-war car, with rest-stops that place an emphasis on the social side of historic-rallying.
This is an ideal shake-down for those seeking experience for the next Peking to Paris in 2010.
