ELPA Rally

The ELPA Rally was a rally competition held in the Chalkidiki peninsula in Greece. The rally was organised by the Automobile and Touring Club of Greece (ELPA) and was the second most important rally event in Greece after the Acropolis Rally. The first edition was held in 1976 under the name Chalkidiki Rally. Since 1977 the rally was regular part of the European Rally Championship. The 2011 edition of the rally was cancelled due to financial reasons and was never revived since. ^[1]

Previous winners

Sourced from ^[2]

Year	Driver	Car
1976	Tasos Livieratos	Alpine A110 1600
1977	Tasos Livieratos	Datsun 160J
1978	Antonio Carello	Lancia Stratos HF
1979	Jochi Kleint	Opel Ascona 1.9 SR
1980	Antonio Zanini	Porsche 911 SC
1981	Adriatico Vudafieri	Fiat 131 Abarth
1982	Jimmy McRae	Opel Ascona 400
1983	Tonino Tognana	Lancia 037 Rally
1984	Carlo Capone	Lancia 037 Rally
1985	Massimo Biasion	Lancia 037 Rally
1986	Fabrizio Tabaton	Lancia Delta S4
1987	Dario Cerrato	Lancia Delta HF 4WD
1988	Fabrizio Tabaton	Lancia Delta Integrale
1989	Yves Loubet	Lancia Delta Integrale
1990	Michele Rayneri	Lancia Delta Integrale
1991	Piero Liatti	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
1992	Erwin Weber	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
1993	Vanio Pasquali	Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1994	Sergio Pianezzzola	Lancia Delta HF Integrale
1995	Leonidas Kyrkos	Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1996	Leonidas Kyrkos	Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1997	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	Subaru Impreza 555
1998	Armodios Vovos	Subaru Impreza WRC
1999	Ioannis Papadimitriou	Subaru Impreza WRC
2000	Henrik Lundgaard	Toyota Corolla WRC
2001	Armodios Vovos	Subaru Impreza WRC
2002	Renato Travaglia	Peugeot 206 WRC
2003 1	Bruno Thiry	Peugeot 206 WRC
2004	Simon Jean-Joseph	Renault Clio S1600
2005	Giandomenico Basso	Fiat Punto S1600
2006	Dimitar Iliev	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2007	Volkan Işık	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000
2008 2	Lefteris Sothiris (ELPA Rally I)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
	Ioannis Papadimitriou (ELPA Rally II)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2009	Ioannis Papadimitriou (Greece) 3	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
	Giandomenico Basso (ERC)	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000
2010	Armodios Vovos (Greece) 4	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
	Yuriy Protasov (ERC)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2011	Canceled 5

Notes:

• ^1 - The 2003 event was canceled after one stage due to fatal accident involving local driver Dimitris Kolopianos, who was killed instantly in the crash.
• ^2 - In the 2008 edition there were two separate ELPA Rally events - ELPA Rally I and ELPA Rally II
• ^3 - Ioannis Papadimitriou set the fastest overall time, but he was registered only for the national championship and not for the European Rally Championship, so therefore Giandomenico Basso is recognised as the official rally winner by the FIA.
• ^4 - Armodios Vovos set the fastest overall time, but he was registered only for the national championship and not for the European Rally Championship, so therefore Yuriy Protasov is recognised as the official rally winner by the FIA.
• ^5 - The 2011 event was canceled for economic reasons. ^[1]

References

1. "ELPA Rally, 01-03 April 2011". Archived from the original on 2013-05-25. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
2. Shacki. "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2025-11-15.

External links

• The official website for the rally
• ELPA website