ELPA Rally

The ELPA Rally was a rally competition held in the Chalkidiki peninsula in Greece. The rally was organised by the Automobile and Touring Club of Greece (ELPA) and was the second most important rally event in Greece after the Acropolis Rally. The first edition was held in 1976 under the name Chalkidiki Rally. Since 1977 the rally was regular part of the European Rally Championship. The 2011 edition of the rally was cancelled due to financial reasons and was never revived since.[1]

Previous winners

Sourced from [2]

Year Driver Car
1976 Tasos Livieratos Alpine A110 1600
1977 Tasos Livieratos Datsun 160J
1978 Antonio Carello Lancia Stratos HF
1979 Jochi Kleint Opel Ascona 1.9 SR
1980 Antonio Zanini Porsche 911 SC
1981 Adriatico Vudafieri Fiat 131 Abarth
1982 Jimmy McRae Opel Ascona 400
1983 Tonino Tognana Lancia 037 Rally
1984 Carlo Capone Lancia 037 Rally
1985 Massimo Biasion Lancia 037 Rally
1986 Fabrizio Tabaton Lancia Delta S4
1987 Dario Cerrato Lancia Delta HF 4WD
1988 Fabrizio Tabaton Lancia Delta Integrale
1989 Yves Loubet Lancia Delta Integrale
1990 Michele Rayneri Lancia Delta Integrale
1991 Piero Liatti Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
1992 Erwin Weber Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
1993 Vanio Pasquali Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1994 Sergio Pianezzzola Lancia Delta HF Integrale
1995 Leonidas Kyrkos Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1996 Leonidas Kyrkos Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1997 Krzysztof Hołowczyc Subaru Impreza 555
1998 Armodios Vovos Subaru Impreza WRC
1999 Ioannis Papadimitriou Subaru Impreza WRC
2000 Henrik Lundgaard Toyota Corolla WRC
2001 Armodios Vovos Subaru Impreza WRC
2002 Renato Travaglia Peugeot 206 WRC
20031 Bruno Thiry Peugeot 206 WRC
2004 Simon Jean-Joseph Renault Clio S1600
2005 Giandomenico Basso Fiat Punto S1600
2006 Dimitar Iliev Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2007 Volkan Işık Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000
20082 Lefteris Sothiris (ELPA Rally I) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
Ioannis Papadimitriou (ELPA Rally II) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2009 Ioannis Papadimitriou (Greece)3 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
Giandomenico Basso (ERC) Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000
2010 Armodios Vovos (Greece)4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
Yuriy Protasov (ERC) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2011 Canceled5

Notes:

  • ^1 - The 2003 event was canceled after one stage due to fatal accident involving local driver Dimitris Kolopianos, who was killed instantly in the crash.
  • ^2 - In the 2008 edition there were two separate ELPA Rally events - ELPA Rally I and ELPA Rally II
  • ^3 - Ioannis Papadimitriou set the fastest overall time, but he was registered only for the national championship and not for the European Rally Championship, so therefore Giandomenico Basso is recognised as the official rally winner by the FIA.
  • ^4 - Armodios Vovos set the fastest overall time, but he was registered only for the national championship and not for the European Rally Championship, so therefore Yuriy Protasov is recognised as the official rally winner by the FIA.
  • ^5 - The 2011 event was canceled for economic reasons.[1]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-25. Retrieved 2013-12-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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