Rally Car (RC)

Rally racing cars or Special stage rally cars 

1950s & 1960s
1970s
1980s & Group-B
1990s & WRC

Rallying is the origin of motorsports and can be traced back 1894 (Paris–Rouen). But for most car enthusiasts Rally is associated with the European Rally Championship created by FIA in 1953, with historic rallies like the Monte Carlo rally which is still hosted as Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique open to cars that participated in the Historical Monte-Carlo Rallies between 1955 and 1980.

FIA launched the World Rally Championship (WRC) at the Monaco rally in 1973 which was the start of modern rally racing. The series evolved through the “Group B era” (1982 – 1986) but was shut down because it was too dangerous to race. The WRC went back to  Group A regulations which later has evolved into the “World Rally Car” we have today.

WRC also has lower spec’ed support series such as WRC2, WRC3 and Junior WRC (JWRC).

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Classic Rally

1950s and 1960s

The early days of rallying

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, rallying evolved from a largely amateur sport to a highly competitive and professional arena, characterized by less formalized rules and a wide variety of cars, from small sedans to larger, more powerful vehicles.