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RALLY GUIDEZagreb,6/8/6 2019.

“ZAGREB OPEN – 45. INA DELTA RALLY”1. INTRODUCTION / WELCOME1.1WelcommingWelcome to Croatia! Welcome to Zagreb!Welcome to „45. ZAGREB OPEN - INA Delta Rally” and thank you for joining thousands of European automobile racedrivers, rally drivers who have participated in our competition thorough last years.We hope you will have a pleasant stay in our capital Zagreb whose inhabitants highly appreciate big sport events.Among them “INA Delta Rally” is the one with longest sports tradition.You are coming to town where 1. Croatian automobile club was founded in long gone 1906; whose sports successortoday is Croatian car and carting federation (CCKF), as a national automobile federation in Republic of Croatia (ASN) andthe surrounding areas where first automobile race was organized more than 100 years ago – in 1912.We wish you a pleasent stay in our town, with pleasent sports socializing and above all we wish you a sports success,which will encourage you to come back to Zagreb, as a sports people or travelers.1.2Event overview“INA Delta Rally” is the oldest, most difficult and most popular car racing event in the Republic of Croatia. Event also hasthe reputation as being one of the best organized events in this part of Europe and it was organized for the time in 1974by “INA” auto-moto club, Zagreb; then called “INA-delta TLX Rally”. The Rally ‘struggled’ to obtain EuropeanChampionship status for more than 15 years. Finally in 1991 FIA granted the coefficient 2 to the Rally and in 1992 the18th European Croatia rally championship took place.Organizers of this event are proud to say that this was the first international sporting event to have been organized inthe Republic of Croatia then established as new free and independence state.Top level organization with the help of numerous sports enthusiasts, and the chief sponsor “INA oil industry“, with thesupport of certain individuals in the Croatian Government made it possible for the Rally to gain coefficient 5 in 1994 andcoefficient 10 the following year. Thus, in the short span of four years, Rally grew from an anonymous local event to oneof the most prestigious in this part of Europe.“Zagreb Delta Rally” is one of the most important sporting events in Croatia with very rich sporting history. The firstevent held in November of 1974 was a regional Croatian Championship. Start of the Rally was in Delnice and the 283 kmlong route led the drivers through the Gorski Kotar and Lika regions to the finish in Rijeka, with one slalom stage andtwo special stages: Platak (8.2km of tarmac) and Učka (8km of gravel). First ever winner of the Rally was TomislavMarkt, a member of INA team.Three years passed before ‘delta’ became a part of the Yugoslav National Championship. Start was in Preluka nearOpatija, and the 690 km long route with five special stages took the competitors through Ogulin, Delnice, Duga Resa,Sisak to the finish in Zagreb. A total of 44 crews started the event and Aleš Pušnik from Slovenia was the winner.Additional nine long years had to pass before ‘delta’ made its next step; this time on the international scene. The 13thDelta was an international invitation event and a total of 75 crews from Italy, Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic,Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia started the event. This was also the first time Rally became a European Championshipnominee. The route of the Rally was 607,55 km long and was split into two legs and consisted of 18 road sections and 17special stages in six different locations. This Rally will also be remembered as the only one to have been won by afemale crew; the Slovenian crew of Romana Zrnec as driver and Špela Kožar as co-driver in their Renault 11 turbo.After that, the whole event was moved for good to Zagreb and the surrounding areas. Since then the special stages havetaken place in the mountainous areas around Zagreb, Žumberak, Plešivica and the Croatian Zagorje region.For the Organizers of the event, the most difficult time was during the war in Croatia. Nevertheless the organization wasimmaculate as ever and it was during this period that the Rally, now organized by the “Auto Club Delta”, stormed itsway through the ranks to become a coefficient 10, European Championship event. In 1992, the first European ‘Delta’had the coefficient 2 (won by Ž. Šepatavc – N. Krlić from Croatia). In 1993 the Rally had the coefficient 2 again, but thefollowing year coefficient 5 was awarded to the Rally (won by N. Pulić – D.Devunić from Croatia). Already in 1995 the‘Delta’ had the prestigious coefficient 10 (won again by N. Pulić – D.Devunić from Croatia). Thanks to acquaintances and2RALLY GUIDE

“ZAGREB OPEN – 45. INA DELTA RALLY”the ever growing reputation of the Rally and its Organizer a growing number of international drivers of the highestquality have appeared on ‘delta’ (Enrico Bertonne three times European Champ amongst others). The event hasmaintained its high rank of organizing throughout the years and FIA observer’s reports only confirm this fact.It is only natural that the Organizer - Auto Club “Delta” Zagreb would not stop at this. Since 1996 the “Zagreb DeltaRally” has been a serious candidate for the highest coefficient rang 20, now known as the European Championship.We have been asking ourselves than: Can ‘Delta’ crew and based on which arguments, climb to the EuropeanChampionship or maybe even to a World Rally Championship?! After looking at the facts, answers were affirmative. Wehave the support of the highest state officials, sponsors and the media; and the event itself is organized by a team ofprofessionals and volunteers whose origins can be traced to the Auto-moto association “Nafta” Gojlo founded in 1949.The timekeeping and race results processing are in the safe and competent hands of “Delta Timing” who have proventhemselves time and time again working on rallies in Austria and Slovenia using the most modern and up to date timekeeping and computer technology.Lobbying via our members and high ranking officials and friends close to the FIA organization who are aware of the highquality of the event and see the passion with which it is organized, we have achieved our goal and became a EuropeanChampionship race with the highest rank in 2007. The same was organized as a European Championship race in 2008and 2009.Unfortunately in 2010, due to earlier taken over financial obligations, recession and lack of sponsors, Automobile club“Delta” was forced to cancel “37. Zagreb Delta rally”.The 41st edition of this event, called "INA Delta RAlly", is also with the European sign - the official FIA RallyChampiionship of Central Europe (FIA Central European Zone), with the possibility of progress in higher FIA systems (Cupor the European Championship, and finally World Rally Championship (WRC), which represents a new challenge to theOrganizer Auto club "INA DELTA" and co-organizer City of Zagreb and main sponsor INA oil Industry, but to all otherswho continue to support this event.And now, a new challenge, sportly said: "Delta" goes on .3RALLY GUIDE

“ZAGREB OPEN – 45. INA DELTA RALLY”1.3. Overview of important Dates in our Rally's 52006200720092010201220132014201520182019 The Auto-Moto Club “Nafta” Gojlo founded in 1949 as the first auto-moto association of employees of theCroatian oil industry. The Auto – Moto Club “INA” Zagreb was founded The “1st Delta TLX Rally” was organized as a regional Croatian Championship. The event was won by Tomislav Markt and Milena Markt, BMW -1600, members of Auto Club. “INA” Zagreb. The “INA delta Rally”, European Championship candidate. The first Croatian National Automobile and Motorcycle Federation (ASN) were founded. The Auto Club “INA delta” was founded and is in charge of the future organization of this event. The “18th INA Croatia Rally”, European Championship event coefficient 2. “Delta Timing”, professional time keeping and results processing is founded. The “21st INA Croatia Rally”, European Championship event coefficient 5. The “22nd INA Croatia Rally”, European Championship event coefficient 10. The “23rd INA Croatia Rally”, European Championship coefficient 20 candidate. INA oil industry is, for the first time, the main sponsor of the event. The City authorities of Zagreb give their full support to the event. The division of the Croatian Automobile-Motorcycle Federation into the Croatian Auto – Karting federation andthe Croatian Motorcycle Federation. Restructuring of the “INA” Auto-Moto Club, and it’s renaming to Auto Club “Delta” Zagreb. The “24th INA Croatia delta Rally”. INA oil industry is the main sponsor - once again. The “27th INA Croatia delta Rally”. The event is under the high patronage of the President of the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Stjepan Mesić. The Zagreb Auto Federation ensured that event has the permanent status of a sporting event of highimportance to the City of Zagreb. The “32nd INA Croatia delta Rally” Mr. Fred Gallagher (multiple World Rally Champion from Scotland) and now renowned rally sport manager isinvolved in helping the event Organizer. Ari Vatanen (Multiple World Rally Champion from Finland and now a member of the European Parliament) isset to meet the President of the Republic of Croatia as a member of the Organizing Committee. Zero car was driven by Nial McShea, Production World Rally Champion 2004 The competition is a candidate for European Championship. Celebration of 100. Anniversary of establishment of the 1st Croatian auto club. The competition is included in the International calendar of FIA and for the first time is rated for the RallyChampionship of Europe. Rally HQ and service area, organized in beautiful ARENA ZAGREB Town Zagreb is even more heavily supporting this competition by giving its name to the rally race, but due tofinancial obligations organizers were forced to cancel planned event. With new challenges traditional organization is continuing and now counts for International Regional CroatianChampionship under International Automobile Federation (FIA) and national alliance – Croatian and cartingFederation (CCKF). Competition teams up with the event "15 Martinski rally " on the attractive tracks of Martin Breg, Dugo Seloand the surrounding area 40th competition is organized again on Sljeme in cooperation with the City of Zagreb and the main sponsorINA Oil Industry dd INA Delta Rally has been included in the higher ranking of the FIA European Rally Trophy(FIA-ERT) for Driversand Carriers The INA Delta Rally was included in the ALPA ADRIA RALLY CUP The INA Delta Rally was included in the FIA RGT CUP and Slovenian Championship4RALLY GUIDE