The Rally de Erechim, is an international rally racing event based in the Itapúa Department in Brazil. The event is presently the opening round of the Codasur South American Rally Championship and a round of the Paraguayan Championship, the Campeonato Nacional Paraguayo.
The event was first run in 1981 and ran only briefly until 1983 as political instability swept Paraguay. Restart in 1989, the event has run continuously since then apart from a brief rest in 2004-05. The event became international in 2010 when it replaced the Rally de Encarnación as Paraguay's rally on the CODASUR championship. Paraguayan drivers have won every event, even after the influx of international drivers of recent years. In particular the Galanti brothers have dominated the event. Alejandro Galanti has won the event seven times between 1998 and 2012 while older brother Marquito Galanti has taken four wins. All eleven victories were in Toyotas, spanning Group A, WRC and most recently Super 2000 technical regulations cars. 2008 saw Paraguay's first CODASUR champion Victor Galeano win the event. In 2013 triple Codasur champion Gustavo Saba finally broke through for a popular win at his home event.
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Year | Winner | Car |
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1998 | Paulo Lemos | Volkswagen Golf Kit Car |
1999 | Mauricio Neves | Mitsubishi Colt |
2000 | Ulysses Bertholdo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V |
2001 | Ulysses Bertholdo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI |
2002 | Carlos Malarczuk | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI |
2003 | Édio Fuchter | Subaru Impreza WRX |
2004 | Ramon Ferreyros | Subaru Impreza WRX |
2005 | Juliano Sartori | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII |
2006 | Roberto Sánchez | Subaru Impreza WRX STi |
2007 | Roberto Sánchez | Subaru Impreza WRX STi |
2008 | Victor Galeano | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX |
2009 | Raúl Martínez | Subaru Impreza WRX |
2010 | Diego Dominguez | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X |
2011 | Gustavo Saba | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X |
2012 | Gustavo Saba | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X |
2013 | Gustavo Saba | Škoda Fabia S2000 |
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