The 2017 Czech Rally Championship season was an international rally championship. The championship was contested by a combination of regulations with Group R competing directly against Super 2000 and WRC cars for points.
Round | Dates | Rally name | Surface |
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1 | 24-26 March | 36. Janča Valašská Rally 2017 | Tarmac |
2 | 21-22 April | 52. Rallye Šumava Klatovy 2017 | Tarmac |
3 | 19-20 May | 45. Rallye Český Krumlov 2017 | Tarmac |
4 | 16-17 June | 13. Agrotec Petronas Rally Hustopeče 2017 | Tarmac |
5 | 1-2 July | 44. Rally Bohemia 2017 | Tarmac |
6 | 25–27 August | 47. Barum Czech Rally Zlín 2017 | Tarmac |
7 | 6-8 October | 38. Rally Příbram 2017 | Tarmac |
Entries | |||||
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Entrant | Car | Class | Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds |
Kimi Sport [2] | Ford Fiesta R5 | R5 | Miroslav Jakeš | Marcela Ehlová | 1, 3 |
A-Team | 4-6 | ||||
R5 | Tomáš Kurka | David Šmeidler | 4, 6 | ||
TRT Czech Rally Sport | R5 | Roman Odložilík | Martin Tureček | All | |
EuroOil Invelt Czech National Team | R5 | Václav Pech | Petr Uhel | All | |
GK Forge Metkom Rally Team | R5 | Jarosław Szeja | Marcin Szeja | All | |
Svarmetal Motorsport | R5 | Martin Vlček | Jindřiška Žáková | All | |
Icari Rally Team | R5 | Ondřej Bisaha | Jiří Hovorka | 3 | |
Ondřej Krajča | 6 | ||||
R5 | Pavel Valoušek | Veronika Havelková | 4 | ||
Škoda Fabia R5 | 6 | ||||
Škoda Motorsport | R5 | Jan Kopecký | Pavel Dresler | 1-6 | |
R5 | Pontus Tidemand | Jonas Andersson | 4 | ||
Racing 21 | R5 | Daniel Landa | Julius Gál | 1 | |
Spirit Racing | Pavel Zalabák | 2-6 | |||
Klokočka Škoda Czech national team | R5 | Vojtěch Štajf | František Rajnoha | 1-4 | |
Markéta Skácelová | 5-7 | ||||
Mogul Škoda ACA Racing | R5 | Jan Černý | Petr Černohorský, jr. | 1-3 | |
Tlusťák Racing | R5 | Antonín Tlusťák | Ivo Vybíral | 1, 6 | |
Korno Motorsport | R5 | Karel Trojan | Petr Chlup | 1-3 | |
Jan Sýkora | R5 | Jan Sýkora | Štěpán Palivec | 2, 5 | |
Zdeněk Pokorný | R5 | Zdeněk Pokorný | Richard Lasevič | 4 | |
Mogul Racing Team | R5 | Roman Kresta | Petr Starý | 5-6 | |
Jiří Tošovský | R5 | Jiří Tošovský | Tomáš Plachý | 5 | |
BRR Baumschlager Rallye & Racing Team | R5 | Tomáš Kostka | Ladislav Kučera | 6 | |
Jaromír Tarabus | Škoda Fabia S2000 | S2000 | Jaromír Tarabus | Petr Machů | All |
Daniel Zpěvák | S2000 | Daniel Zpěvák | Jan Kubala | 4, 6 | |
David Tomek | S2000 | David Tomek | Marek Zeman | 5, 7 | |
Lukáš Pondělíček | S2000 | Lukáš Pondělíček | Eduard Perski | 7 | |
Jan Dohnal | Ford Focus RS WRC '06 | WRC | Jan Dohnal | Michal Ernst | 1-3 |
Walašský Rally Klub | Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 | WRC | Silvestr Mikuláštík | Lukáš Šintal | 1 |
Karel Trněný | Škoda Fabia WRC | WRC | Karel Trněný | Václav Pritzl | 1-2, 4, 7 |
XTG Motorsport Klub | WRC | Marian Šín | Jiří Kulštejn | 7 | |
Štěpán Vojtěch | Peugeot 206 WRC | WRC | Štěpán Vojtěch | Michal Ernst | 5 |
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