For the first time in Lebanon, and under the supervision of the ATCL, the Rallye des Graces will take place on Saturday and Sunday 19 and 20 May 2018 across Mount Lebanon, the North, the Bekaa and Beirut.
Women drivers and co-drivers from Britain, the United States, Switzerland, China, Azerbaijan, Algeria, Italy and Lebanon will take part in classic cars, with the support of Tecgroup.
The organising committee is chaired by Chahrazad Rizk, with Bassam Salem as vice-president, Rola Badran as secretary, and Hassan Mohieddine, Georges Farzali and Jalal Beaino as members.
Route
The start is at 9 a.m. on Saturday 19 May from the ATCL headquarters in Kaslik. Day one runs from Jounieh to Byblos, Batroun and the upper Metn, finishing at the Pine Land resort in Hammana.
On Sunday 20 May the cars head to Kfarya in the Bekaa, then to Beirut, finishing at Zaitunay Bay. The prize-giving takes place at a dinner on Sunday evening.
Rizk, who has taken part in the rally three times in Switzerland, said the participants are well-known businesswomen, and called on Lebanese women drivers to take part. She described three sides to the event: economic, sporting, and touring Lebanon’s most beautiful regions.
Registration is open at the ATCL rally office in Kaslik every day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the deadline at 3 p.m. on Wednesday 16 May.