The Barum Czech Rally Zlín (also called Barum Rallye and Barum Rally Zlín), is a tarmac

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held in

Zlín Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 75,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice River. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the modern city ...

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. It is currently part of the

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and previously has been part of the

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. Founded in 1971, it has been a round of the

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in its earliest days. It would later become a round of the

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, the Alpe Adria Rally Cup and since 1984, the

. The Austrian Rally Championship would later take in the event. The division of

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in 1992 saw the domestic series rebrands as the Czech-Slovak Rally Championship before finally splitting into separate championships as the Czech Republic Rally Championship and the Slovakian Rally Championship in 1994. At the same time the rally became part of the new Central European Zone Rally Championship and, like the Slovakian series would intermittently include the rally in their championship. It became part of the short-lived

. The rally is held in the forests to the east of Zlin towards the Slovakian border. In recent years the rally has become dominated by Jan Kopecký who has won his home event ten times.

Previous winners

Multiple winners of the Barum Rally Zlín

Notes

References

External links

Official web siteBarum Rally Zlín at ewrc-results.comBarum Rally Zlín at rallybase.com
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