XXVIII RAJD OF POLAND. 1968 Program.

XXVIII Rally of Poland organized by Polski Zwiazek Motorowy Automobilklub Krakowski as Eliminacja Rajdowych Samochodowych Mistrzostwach Producentów [...] III Eliminacja Rajdowych Samochodowych Mistrzostwach Polski. Cracow 31 VII - 4 VIII 1968 [Cracow] 1968. organizing committee of XXVIII MRP. 8, pp. 31, [1] + Competitors' Start List (p. 4). broch.
Front cover dusty, otherwise very good condition. Handwritten notes on the accompanying competitor's start list.Elaborations: Kazimierz Czekaj and Tadeusz Tolinski. Graphics: Janusz Glazewski Ads by Wladyslaw Kokuszkin.
"Rally of Poland " - a car rally, a round of the European Championship, previously also a round of the Polish Championship, World Championship and Lithuanian Championship, among others. Rally of Poland is the second oldest car rally in the world, after the famous Monte Carlo Rally. It is also the most prestigious and largest motorsports event in Poland.
The first edition of the rally was held in 1921. At that time the route led from Warsaw to Bialowieza, and out of six participants the best was Tadeusz Heyne, driving a Dodge car. From year to year the route of the rally lengthened and in 1925 it reached a length of 3798 km. In 1926 and in 1931-1936 the rally did not take place due to the economic crisis. The start in 1940 was prevented by the outbreak of World War II.
The Rally of Poland started again in 1947 with a route of more than 2,500 kilometers, leading almost all over Poland. The following year, President Boleslaw Bierut assumed patronage of the competition. However, the Rally of Poland did not gain the favor of the communist authorities and the next edition of the competition was not held until 1954.
In 1960, the name "Rally of Poland" was used for the first time, and the competition became a round of the European Championship (then the world's most important championship series). Year after year, the Rally of Poland became an increasingly popular, prestigious and more difficult event. In 1973, the rally became a round of the newly established World Rally Championship series. Exorbitant average speeds on the access roads and organizational errors resulted in only three crews finishing the event, and the rally lost its status as a World Championship round for the next 36 years [...]" (Wikipedia).