Commemorating the anniversary, spectators who buy the Rally Talsi rally pass will receive a commemorative lanyard with the Rally Talsi fiftieth anniversary logo. The rally pass will enable fans to visit all the spectator areas by the stages and has not changed in price since last year – 12.00 EUR per ticket, if bought before May 15. On the week of the event, starting May 16, the price will be 15.00 EUR.

During the rally, at the entrance of special stages, it will be possible to buy a single stage ticket at a price of 10.00 EUR. Rally Talsi can be viewed for free by children up to ten years of age and people with disabilities, after showing a valid disability certificate to the officials at the entrance of the stage. Pensioners with a valid pensioner certificate will be able to get a 10% discount on ticket prices at tourism information centres.

Buying a Rally Talsi rally pass also gives you a 50% discount to Rally Talsi Party – anniversary party of the traditional rally organised by the event agency Akcents. The party will take place on Saturday, May 21, in the Sauleskalns bandstand in Talsi, starting from 22:00. Entry price will be 5.00 EUR, but those with a Rally Talsi rally pass will be able to get in for 2.50 EUR.

“Each year with a rally taking place in Talsi is special. On the days of the event, the whole city is entwined by engine sounds and pulled into the racing atmosphere, filling the city with excitement. That is what rallying brings to Talsi!

I am honoured to invite you to my hometown of Talsi for the eight year in a row, to attend the Latvian Rally Championship event. In addition to that, we will also see the Lithuanian Rally Championship drivers tackle the stages, making for some great battles between the fastest rally drivers of the neighbouring countries. More to that, we will also see the historic Youngtimer class cars going through the stages in a regularity rally!

I am confident that motorsports fans will use the opportunity to buy rally tickets before the event, while they are cheaper – and will join us and other rally friends in Talsi to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Rally Talsi!” RA Events director Raimonds Strokšs.

Rally Talsi tickets are now available at these locations:

More information about Rally Talsi: www.rallytalsi.lv and http://autorally.lv. In addition to that, news and other information about Rally Talsi is available on social media Twitter @RallyTalsi, Facebook /RallyTalsi, Draugiem.lv /RallyTalsi, and YouTube /RallyTalsi.

Rally Talsi would not be possible without our supporters, so we would like to thank the rally city of nine hillocks – Talsi, sponsors Neste and Talce / SC Grupa, as well as Nissan Norde, who provide the official car of Rally Talsi. We would also like to thank our supporters – Canon, Krauzers, Lakalme, Ramirent and Swecon. Thanks to our media partners Delfi, Kurzemes Radio, Go4Speed, Talsu Vēstis, FHM, Zebra, Talsu Televīzija and What Car?, for informative support. The event would also not be possible without our rally friends – Alfa SLS, Dardedze Hologrāfija, ecoRent, FN Serviss, Midland, Red Bull, RMS Group, Skrīveru Saldumi, Torley, Venden and the Latvian Automobile Federation.

Jānis Unbedahts, Media officer RA EVENTS. Photo: go4speed.lv