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  Rally Acropolis anticipation month has really hit me hard. I have been making a sheet that has all the Rally Acropolis stages from 1994-2023 (real nerd stuff, I know), and whether they can be used or not today. As I was doing my research, I stumbled across Rally ELPA. I know Rally ELPA, as Rally Chalkidiki, the one that was in Macedonia, near Thessaloniki that was a fan favourite back in the 80s and 90s. Undenounced to me though, the rally had also been ran in other places, Itea for example, with some classic Acropolis stages like Amfissa, Karoutes and Bauxites. But what intrigued me, was the fact that this event also ran as a tarmac rally in the Peloponnese, with stages that were used in Rally Achaios, and other rallies in the area, and some, where also used on Day 1 of Rally Acropolis in 2014. The rally was last ran in 2010, but there was also a plan for a 2011 tarmac version of the Rally, near the Acropolis stages in Fthiotida (Lamia area). That was cancelled due to financial ...

  Rally Acropolis is the next rally on the WRC calendar, and I couldn’t be more excited for it! And it’s not just because it’s my home rally. This marks the rally’s 70 th anniversary, and the organisers have put together a rather special itinerary to celebrate it. Iconic stages like, Pavliani, Tarzan, Loutraki, Eleftherohori and Elatia, among others, feature on this year’s itinerary (Karoutes for the first time since 2002!). There’s many, many more stages that have left their own mark in Rally Acropolis’ long history in the world of rallying, which don’t feature this year, and haven’t featured in a while. Some’s absence is quite logical, like Bauxites, which most of it is part of the Karoutes stage, just in the opposite direction, but others, unfortunately can’t be used anymore. This post is dedicated to the Acropolis stages that have been lost and can’t be used anymore. There are many different reasons why some of the stages that were used in the past can’t be used today. A b...