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On Saturday the eight specials will be played from 8:15 am in the Highlands of Lorca, the most important of them being the TC Plus -Costa Calida that will begin at 2:26 p.m., and in which extra points will be awarded to the teams that make the best time
The mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos has presented, this morning, together with the general director of the Juan Francisco Martínez Tourism Institute, the president of the Automobile Club of Lorca, Pedro Zamora, the president of the Royal Spanish Automobile Federation, Manuel Aviñó and the president of the Federation of Motoring of the Region of Murcia, the lorquino Sebastián Plazas, the IX Rallye Highlands of Lorca that will be held on Friday 6 and Saturday March 7, a competition, organized by the Automobile Club of Lorca and the City of Lorca , scored for the Spanish Rally Championship of Land.
Mateos said that "the event will open the Spanish Rally Championship and the Spanish Rally Super Championship. The lorquina event has been recognized for the fourth consecutive year as the best event in the land competition, so we are very proud, and we congratulate the Automobile Club of Lorca for its good work and for consolidating this motor festival, which has many fans. "
The mayor of Lorca has detailed that "a total of eight timed sections will be played, with four different sections that will be repeated twice, adding a total of 105 kilometers in which the teams that are present in the The victory section will be played, and the show section will be held for another year, which will be in the old Limusa car park and municipal depot, in the Santa Quiteria fairgrounds, the assists of the teams and the test offices will be located ".
Finally, Mateos has encouraged all fans of this sport to enjoy this test that brings to Lorca already established riders in the Rally circuit, as well as others that start to emerge.
"This is a social, sports, tourist and economic revulsive for our high districts, so from the town hall we bet one more year for the celebration of this important event," added the mayor.
As for the program, it will begin on the morning of Friday, March 6, at which time the teams will perform the reconnaissance of the sections, (which will be secret until the night of Thursday, March 5), while the teams prepare the vehicles for the action that will begin at 13:30 hours with the shakedown dispute (pre-rally test stage to be held in Purias).
That same afternoon, starting at 5:45 p.m., the show stage will take place in the old Limusa car park and municipal warehouse where Lorca fans will be able to see the best drivers on the national scene demonstrate their best skills.
Next, the teams will move their vehicles to Juan Carlos I Avenue in the city (at the height of Emilio García Presbytery Street), where they will be exposed until 8:00 p.m., at which time the election of the starting order will begin , press conference and official exit ceremony, that is, the official presentation of the test before all Lorca, who can see closely the cars and drivers involved.
On Saturday the eight specials will be played from 8:15 am in the Highlands of Lorca, the most important of them being the TC Plus - Costa Cálida that will begin at 14:26 hours, in which extra points will be awarded to the teams that make the best time.
For its part, from the Automobile Club of Lorca, its president, Pedro Zamora, stressed that "among the teams that have already confirmed their participation, we have Xavi Pons, pentacampeón of the discipline and winner in the last edition, Pepe López, Spanish super rally champion in 2019 or Nil Solans, junior world champion a few seasons ago. "
Zamora has pointed out that "The Lorca Highlands Rally will be scored in addition to the Spanish Rally Super Championship and the Spanish Land Rally Championship, for the Kumho N3 Challenge and the Andalusia Land Rally Championship."
The president of the Automobile Club of Lorca recalled "that in this edition the" Mayor of Lorca Trophy "will be held to the most spectacular driver."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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