Rally Hall of Fame
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Rally Hall of Fame is an exhibition of famous rallying
Rally
Rally refers to a gathering, as in:* Political rally, a demonstration, march, or parade* Pep rally, an event held at a United States school or college sporting eventRally as a sports term can also refer to:* Rallying, a category of motorsport...

 drivers and other persons who have had a great influence in rally driving. Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 having long traditions in rally driving, Rally Hall of Fame is part of Finnish Automobile and road museum Mobilia located at Kangasala
Kangasala
Kangasala is a municipality in Finland, next to Tampere. It was founded in 1865. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

, near the city of Tampere
Tampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...

 in central Finland. Hall of Fame was opened in 29 April 2011 with the nomination of four rally heroes
  • Erik Carlsson
    Erik Carlsson
    Erik Carlsson, aka "Carlsson på taket" , was born March 5, 1929 in Trollhättan, Sweden and was a rally driver for Saab. Because of his public relations work for Saab, he is also known as Mr. Saab....

    , Sweden
  • Paddy Hopkirk
    Paddy Hopkirk
    Patrick Barron "Paddy" Hopkirk is a former rally driver from Northern Ireland.He was born in Belfast and educated at Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare from 1945 – 1949 before attending Trinity College, Dublin until 1953. He started his winning career in professional racing and rally driving...

    , UK
  • Rauno Aaltonen
    Rauno Aaltonen
    Rauno August Aaltonen , also known as "The Rally Professor", is a Finnish former professional rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1970s. Before WRC was established Aaltonen competed in the European Rally Championship. He won the championship in 1965, with Tony...

    , Finland
  • Timo Mäkinen
    Timo Mäkinen
    Timo Mäkinen was one of the original "Flying Finns" of motor rallying. He is most famous for his hat-tricks of wins in the RAC Rally and the 1000 Lakes Rally-Career:...

    , Finland


Walter Röhrl
Walter Röhrl
Walter Röhrl is a German rally and auto racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford and BMW.-Career:...

 (Germany) and Hannu Mikkola
Hannu Mikkola
Hannu Olavi Mikkola is a retired world champion rally driver. He was a seven time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and won the RAC Rally in Great Britain four times.- Career :...

 (Finland) were nominated in 2011. Every year during Rally Finland
Rally Finland
The Neste Oil Rally Finland is a rally event driven in the Jyväskylä area in Central Finland. It is the biggest annually organised public event in the Nordic countries, gathering over 500,000 spectators every year....

 new persons are introduced in Rally Hall of Fame. Selection is made by an international committee lead by the AKK-Motorsport
AKK-Motorsport
AKK-Motorsport ry is a Finnish motorsport organisation which governs over 320 member clubs in the country. The organisation is a member in Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, and representing Finland there is its most important duty. AKK-Motorsport has divided Finland into 8 sections, which...

 ry (Finnish Motorsports Association, representative of Finland in FIA) In 2011 selection committee consisted five persons:
  • Kari O. Sohlberg Chairman of AKK-Motorsport ry
  • Michèle Mouton
    Michèle Mouton
    Michèle Mouton is a French former rally driver. Competing in the World Rally Championship for the Audi factory team, she took four victories and finished runner-up in the drivers' world championship in 1982...

    , former rally driver, chairwoman of FIA Women in motorsport commission
  • Neil Duncanson, owner of North One television
  • Martin Holmes, motorsports journalist
  • Pekka Honkanen


Only retired drivers or other persons involved in motorsports are introduced in Rally Hall of Fame.
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