The Rallye of Romania (Raliul Romaniei) is the most important rally in our country. At the begining, the route was along the Danube, and the rallye's name was The Danube Rallye-Dacia . Then it changed to The Rallye of Romania. First race was in 1964 and the number of cars was 45. The winner was: at Tourism class - W.Roser-Cr. Staffner(Steyr-Puch), at GT class - F. Herborn-R. Altman (Porsche Carrera) and at Rallye class - A. Hohlheimer - B. Hermann (Fiat 1300). In 1973, Walter Rohrl(Opel Ascona) won this rally ahead of Sandro Munari(Lancia Fulvia HF) and Fiat official team (Fiat 124 Abarth).
First romanian victory was in 1987 (Ludovic Balint-Constantin Zarnescu). Then, Titi Aur won this rally in 2000, 2001 and 2002. In 2003 the winner was Dan Gartofan (Seat Cordoba WRC).