Rally Bulgaria
Year Driver Co-driver Car Championship
1970 Reiner Altenheimer Hellenz Koller Porsche 911 Cup of Peace and Friendship
1971 Ilia Tchoubrikov Kolio Tchoubrikov Alpine-Renault A110 1600 Cup of Peace and Friendship
1972 Sobiesław Zasada Richard Ziskowski Porsche 911 European Rally Championship
1973 Sergio Barbasio Luigi Macaluso Fiat 124 Abarth European Rally Championship
1974 Attila Ferjancz Jeno Zsemberi Renault 12 Gordini European Rally Championship
1975 Fulvio Bacchelli Bruno Scabini Fiat 124 Abarth European Rally Championship
1976 Andrzej Jaroszewicz Richard Ziskowski Lancia Stratos HF European Rally Championship
1977 Reiner Altenheimer Dieter Norwig Porsche Carrera European Rally Championship
1978 Franz Wittmann Sr Helmut Deimel Opel Kadett European Rally Championship
1979 Antonio Zanini Juan José Petisco Fiat Abarth 131 European Rally Championship
1980 Antonio Zanini Jordi Sabater Porsche 911 SC European Rally Championship
1981 Adartico Vudafieri Arnaldo Bernacchini Fiat Abarth 131 European Rally Championship
1982 Andrea Zanussi Arnaldo Bernacchini Fiat Abarth 131 European Rally Championship
1983 Antonio Zanini Pedro García Talbot Lotus European Rally Championship
1984 Carlo Capone Sergio Cresto Lancia 037 Rally European Rally Championship
1985 Dario Cerrato Giuseppe Cerri Lancia 037 Rally European Rally Championship
1986 Benigno Fernandez José López Orozco Opel Manta 400 European Rally Championship
1987 Patrick Snijers Dany Colebunders Lancia Delta HF 4WD European Rally Championship
1988 Fabio Arletti Leonardo Julli Lancia Delta HF 4WD European Rally Championship
1989 Robert Droogmans Ronny Joosten Ford Sierra RS Cosworth European Rally Championship
Previous winners
Rally Bulgaria (Рали България) is the most prestigious and also the oldest rally event in Republic of Bulgaria. It was confirmed for the 2010 World Rally Championship season as the seventh of all thirteen planned events. Year 2010 was also the first and so far the only one that Rally Bulgaria has been in the World Rally Championship, having previously hosted races for the European Rally Championship instead. The application of the country was accepted by the FIA despite the fact that Rally Bulgaria's candidate event in July 2009 ended in an accident which killed Italian co-driver Flavio Guglielmini and seriously injured Swiss driver Brian Lavio. Bulgaria was the only new candidate for the 2010 World Rally Championship season, although Rally Argentina had made a reserve application just in case Bulgarian rally failed. The latest HQ of the rally is town of Samokov (2013-2015) and the route of the event contains special stages in Bulgaria's Sofia Province and Pazardzhik Province. The route, including some of the special stages, passes through the famous Borovets ski resort which was HQ from 2002 to 2012, meaning that it has also hosted the 2010 World Rally Championship season event.