Liege Rome Liege 2012

Live the Legend, Drive your dream..........

The legend continues.
The first Liege Rome Liege was run in 1931 and was organized by the Automobil Club of Liege Motor Union, now exactly eighty one years ago. Back then, unpaved mountain roads formed the test track for various car manufacturers who wanted to prove their cars abilities to the public. The event was filled with thrills, excitement and glory. Glorious winners like Pat Moss, Erik Carlson, Pascal Ixck and Eugen Bohringer became world famous.
This September the Liege Rome Liege 2012 will be run as a regularity event for cars built before 1968. The start is on September 9 – 2012 near Liege and the finish is in Rome on Friday September 14. The length of the route is approximately 2300 km.

Bart Rietbergen Motorevents, B.R.M., takes pride in its formula that guarantees sportsmanship as well as camaraderie.  It is for this reason that we will stick to a maximum number of eighty one entries.  Join us to celebrate the 81th birthday of the Liege, and enjoy the magic of this unique event.

The running of the Rally.
Liege Rome Liege is meant to be the ultimate rally for pre-war cars, participating, camaraderie  and the sights and sounds of the lovely old cars are the most important ingredients of this magic event. Experienced service crews will follow the rally to make sure that nobody gets stranded. They are there to get you going again when you are stuck, and not to do your daily maintenance.

The route.
Burning rubber, the smell of working engines, great rock formations, blue sky’s and clear blue lakes are just a few of the many ingredients that make the flavor is this event. There is no night driving and we will take 6 days to reach our finale, driving into Rome with the guidance of a famous Italian Police motorcycle escort. If you have never experienced this before, we can tell you that this by itself is a good reason for doing the event. For the time being the route will remain secret, but we can give away that the start will be in Liege we will go over the Stelvio and Gavia pass and finish in glorious Rome. Our Liege Rome Liege news letter will update you about the recce progress.

Two routes.
...great views, winding climbs
The routes are carefully chosen. Great views, spectacular winding climbs and away from daily traffic, speed traps, traffic lights, ques, busses and speed bumbs. You will explore the best possible route through the inner lands of Belgium, France, Germany, Austria and Italy. Motoring as it should be.

The Trial route caters for the crews that want to fight for the title, like to compete and love to do some tests, regularity sections and hill climbs. The Club route will drive the full route, visit the controls but there is no time pressure or competition element.

Hotels. The Classic Events motto, “the best available”, also goes for the carefully selected hotels. But bear in mind that we also seek the best available rally routes, which are not always where the fairytale hotels can be found.

Who can take part.

Everybody in the possession of a car first build before December 31 1968 can take part. No competition license is required.

Entrée’s.
The Liege Rome Liege is by invitation only. With the enclosed form you can apply for an invitation to compete. Within four weeks after receipt of your application form you will be notified if you are accepted. It goes without saying that the older cars are on our preference list.

What is included in the entrée fee.
The entrée fee includes all route books, rally plates, finishers awards, overnight hotels, even the prestart night is included, all evening meals and lunches as well as the final Gala dinner.

The organizers
Our team has successfully organized 12 Winter Trials – The Carrera Copacabana –The Himalaya Trial – The Trial to the Nile – and many other special events. Chairman Bart Rietbergen has raced, rallied and organized since 1967 and rally secretary Jan Meester rallied and organized for over 30 years as well. Our route master is Mark Appleton also known as the map monster well known in the international Classic rally world.

Our contact details are:
Bart Rietbergen Motorevents b.v. P.O.Box 50, 8170 AB Vaassen - NL tel +31 578 561115  or +31 578 575100  bart@rietbergen.com

September 9 will see the start of the event in Spa to finish in Rome on September 14.
The event for 2012 will also appear on the agenda of the FIA Historic Championship.
If you wish to register for this event press downloads.

Our team is working on a new exciting route for 2012. Keep an eye on this site for more informations.