The Automobile et Touring Club du Liban (ATCL) continues its preparations for the 36th Rally of Lebanon which is to be held on the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th of September 2013, sponsored by President Michel Sleiman. The Club has announced that the end of registration for the rally, which represents the fourth round of the 2013 Middle East Rally Championship, will be on August 23. Many foreign, Arab and Lebanese drivers have won the event; here’s a quick look at all the winners since the rally’s inauguration in 1968 as the “Mountain Rally” and until the name change to “International Rally of Lebanon”:
Mountain Rally 1968 – Jean Bassil and Antoine Slim on a Renault 10
Mountain Rally 1970 – Gerard Asfar and Amin Hamoud on a Renault 16
Mountain Rally 1973 – George Matta and George Moughanni on a VW Golf
Mountain Rally 1974 – Tony Georgiou and Jean-Loup Edde on a Renault 12
Mountain Rally 1979 – George Doumit and Samir Chikhani on an Audi 80
Mountain Rally 1980 – Albert Bassoul and Gerard Saunal on a Renault 17
Mountain Rally 1981 – Sahag Kasardjian and Tony Karam on a BMW 2002
Mountain Rally 1984 – Michel Araman and Samir Habet on Renault 5 Turbo
Mountain Rally 1985 – Naji Heneine and George Assaf on a Renault Turbo
Mountain Rally 1986 – Nabil Karam and Joe Saghbini on a Porsche 911
Mountain Rally 1987 – Mohammad Bin Sulayem (UAE) and John Spiller (GBR) on an Opel Monta 400
Mountain Rally 1988 – Samir Ghanem and Joseph Goubril on a Nissan 240RS
Mountain Rally 1991 – Mohammad Bin Sulayem (UAE) and Ronan Morgan (IRL) on a Toyota Celica GT4
Mountain Rally 1992 – Maurice Sehnaoui and Naji Stephan on a Ford Sierra Cosworth
Mountain Rally 1993 – Alain Oreille (FRA) and Jean-Marc Andrie (FRA) on a Renault Clio Williams
Rally of Lebanon 1994 – Alessandro Fiorio (ITA) and Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) on a Lancia Delta HF Integrale
Rally of Lebanon 1995 – Jean Pierre Nasrallah and Pierre Asmar on a Lancia Delta HF Integrale
Rally of Lebanon 1996 – Abdallah Bakhashab (KSA) and Bobby Willis (GBR) on a Toyota Celica GT4
Rally of Lebanon 1997 – Jean Pierre Nasrallah and Joseph Matar on a Lancia Delta HF Integrale
Rally of Lebanon 1998 – Mohammad Bin Sulayem (UAE) and Ronan Morgan (IRL) on Lancia Delta HF Integrale
Rally of Lebanon 1999 – Mohammad Bin Sulayem (UAE) and Ronan Morgan (IRL) on Lancia Delta HF Integrale
Rally of Lebanon 2000 – Roger Feghali and Ziad Chehab on a Lancia Delta HF Integrale
Rally of Lebanon 2001 – Pierro Liatti (ITA) and Carlo Cassina (ITA) on a Subaru Impreza WRC
Rally of Lebanon 2002 – Jean Pierre Nasrallah and Youssef Bassil on a Subaru Impreza WRC
Rally of Lebanon 2003 – Roger Feghali and Ziad Chehab on a Subaru Impreza WRC
Rally of Lebanon 2004 – Roger Feghali and Nabil Njeim on a Subaru Impreza
Rally of Lebanon 2005 – Cancelled
Rally of Lebanon 2006 – Roger Feghali and Nabil Njeim on a Mitsubishi Lancer
Rally of Lebanon 2007 – Roger Feghali and Nabil Njeim on a Mitsubishi Lancer
Rally of Lebanon 2008 – Roger Feghali and Nabil Njeim on a Subaru Impreza
Rally of Lebanon 2009 – Roger Feghali and Nabil Njeim on a Mitsubishi Lancer
Rally of Lebanon 2010 – Roger Feghali and Nabil Njeim on a Skoda Fabia
Rally of Lebanon 2011 – Roger Feghali and Joseph Matar on a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
Rally of Lebanon 2012 – Roger Feghali and Joseph Matar on a Ford Fiesta S2000
Rally of Lebanon 2013 – ???