Pirelli is to once again sponsor the Classic Marathon rally, 25 years after it first supported the famous event in 1988.
“History is repeating itself,” said Tomas de Vargas Machuca, the joint Managing Director of HERO, The Historic Endurance Rallying Organisation. He added: “Twenty-five years ago the Classic Marathon was the first event of its kind ever to be held.”
The Classic Marathon, scheduled for June 15-21, 2013, starts in Ypres in Belgium and finishes in Cortina d’ Ampezzo in Italy. The rally is run every other year by the Classic Rallying Association, an operating division of HERO.
This year’s Pirelli Classic Marathon will visit Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Switzerland, finishing in Italy with an awards dinner at the exclusive Sci Club 18, one of Italy’s most important ski clubs.
Jeremy Dickson the CRA’s event Director said: “This is great news for classic rallying, and we are also delighted that Paddy Hopkirk, the 1964 Rallye de Monte-Carlo winner and 1990 Classic Marathon winner, will be our guest speaker in Cortina. Not only that, but EMO 6, the Mini Cooper S that Hopkirk used to win the Classic Marathon, will be used on the event.”
For more complete information please visit: www.heroevents.eu
