Çanakkale Awaits Baja Troia

The Istanbul Off-road Club (İSOFF) is organising the first international-format event to be held in Turkey in the off-road discipline. Taking place from 26-29 October in Çanakkale, against the historic backdrop of Troy, Baja Troia Turkey is a four-day event and will be the fifth round of the six-round East European Tout Terrain Series calendar.

The demanding event totals 800 km of stages, around 500 km of them special stages, promising Turkish and international crews an exciting race. As the four-day event will be followed by members of the press and foreign spectators, the route was chosen with the most historically and touristically interesting points of the Çanakkale region in mind. The crews will begin on the first day of the event, 26 October, with a ceremonial start in front of the Trojan Horse, and after the Prologue stage will tackle 13 special stages over four days. The event's prize-giving ceremony will also take place in front of the Trojan Horse on 29 October.Crews from around 10 countries following the East European Tout Terrain Series, including Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, France, Israel and the TRNC, are expected to take part. The Italian RALLI ART team, well known to international motorsport enthusiasts, has applied to enter with a five-car squad and a huge service truck. Arriving in Turkey as a team of five FIA-approved, specially homologated Mitsubishis competing in the T1 and T2 categories, RALLI ART will raise the bar of the event another notch.Baja Troia Turkey is also open to motorcycles in addition to the car classes. A Raid class is also being opened for off-road enthusiasts who want to tackle the stages while soaking up the race atmosphere. According to information from İSOFF officials, motorcycle entries are limited to 30 and Raid class entries to 25 vehicles.

Developments, news and comment will be shared in Turkish and English on the Baja Troia Turkey Facebook and Instagram pages and on the official website, www.bajatroiaturkey.com.