The Mayor of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil, along with the President of the Automobile Club of Lorca, Pedro Zamora, has presented the VII Rallye Tierras Altas de Lorca to be held on 9 and 10 March and will be part of the Championship for the sixth consecutive year. Spain of Land Rally.
The First Edil pointed out that "for Lorca it is a source of pride and luck to welcome a new edition of this event that has gathered almost 10,000 people during its celebration in recent years, one of the best tests of the national calendar that allows revitalize the entire municipality and, especially, the districts located north of the municipal area ".
In this sense, Gil has indicated that "the Plaza de Calderón will host on Friday afternoon the departure ceremony in which music and lights will set the presentation of the drivers and participating cars. The stages will be made public, while on Friday the shakedown will take place at 2.30 pm in the vicinity of Torrealvilla with 2 and a half hours of uninterrupted competition, and on Friday and Saturday it will compete, competing for a total of 7 stages and 4 special different, the longest of 24 kilometers.We will also have the show stage in the Almenara Park, where the trophies will also be delivered on Saturday at 8:00 pm It should be noted that for the first time the Alcalde de Lorca Trophy will be awarded for the best jump " .
As for the participants, the Mayor stressed that "we have a total of 78 registered, including 5 champions of Spain: Yeray Lemes (Spanish Champion of Earth in 2009), Álex Villanueva (Bicampeón de España de Tierra), Xevi Pons (He has several titles on the ground), Sergio Vallejo (Bicampeón de España de Asfalto) and Luis Climent (Champion of Spain of Asphalt in 1996) who returns to the competition in Lorca at the controls of a high performance vehicle. enjoy with 8 young people who start in the Beka Junior R2 promoted by the Spanish Federation ".
The spectators will also be able to witness the Kobe Motor Cup with more than 15 vehicles in this first round of the Championship, among them the Lorca José Carlos Mulero, who starts, according to the experts, as one of the favorites to fight for the top positions of the Cup, along with Laura Salvo, your co-driver.
As local pilots we also have José Miguel García and Marina García, who will race with their Volkswagen Golf, and José Pérez Castejón and Juan Luis Amador, with a Subaru Impreza, exchanging positions among them with respect to the last two seasons, in which they were Juan Luis who piloted and now José Pérez will.
The event will have the score of the Andalusian Rally Championship, the Andalusia Off-Road Championship and the Murcia Open Ground Rally.
We will also have the TC Plus that will be in section B2 and this year is called TC Plus Region of Murcia thanks to the support of the Autonomous Community, being broadcast live streaming on the website of the Automobile Club of Lorca and through several more media ;
in it you can see everything
the route of the section, from the start to the arrival.
There is a special crossing of this section in which there is easy access to the public so that everyone who wants to can enjoy it in the first person.
The Mayor wanted to "congratulate the Automobile Club of Lorca for making possible this great test that is the banner of the sports agenda that we celebrate in our city." We also have to show our gratitude to the Murcian Federation, the Spanish Federation, the Autonomous Community and all the sponsors and collaborators that make this great event possible We invite Lorca and visitors to join us and enjoy the spectacular Rising Lands of Lorca and everything that our municipality offers them.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca