The winner of the 38th Monbat Rally Sliven Miroslav Angelov will defend his victory with a new co-driver. This is clear from the entry from sent from Megaport Racing today. Next to Angelov in Skoda Fabia R5 will be Georgi Gadzhev.

The champions for 2018 and leaders in this year's Balkan Rally Trophy Dan Girtofan and Tudor Marza (C.S Pro Rally Team Brasov) sent their entry form for the 39th Monbat Rally Sliven today. Girtofan and Marza will be on board of the well known Skoda Fabia R5. Romanian tandem started for last time in Sliven in 2017 season, finishing third in the general standings.

The number of entries to participate in the 39th Monbat Rally Sliven reached 5, after local crews proved to be the most active in their desire to start in the rally so far. Mario Popov and Daniel Metchikian from Doctor Speed (Ford Fiesta ST, E1) and Mihail Boev / Dimitar Gochev (Peugeot 106 GTI, E1) were registered in the last days. Their names, as well as the other entries, can be found in the "Entrants list" section, which is updated live.

Romanian rally driver Cristiana Oprea announced her season for the season 2019. Oprea, which finished last season 25th in the overall standings of Monbat Rally Sliven 2018, will participate in three events. For the joy of the local audience, Cristiana has included the 39th edition of Monbat Rally Sliven in her program.

The process of registration of the participants in the 39th Monbat Rally Sliven was opened with the publication of the Supplementary Regulation and the Entry Form. The deadline for accepting applications is until June 13, and the Entry list will be published on June 19.

The route of 39. Monbat Rally Sliven is ready. The organizers will put the participating crews ahead of a serious challenge again, changing the scheme to last year's edition. Monbat Rally Sliven 2019 is the second round of the Bulgarian Rally Championship and the fourth round of the FIA Balkan Rally Trophy.

Thirteen special stages with a total length of 182.92 km and classical stages such as Molova gora, Stara Reka and Bulgarka will decide the winners in the fourth round of the 2017 Bulgarian national rally championship. The 37th Rally Sliven is part of the Balkan Rally Trophy, which is a prerequisite for seeing a lot of foreign crews on the stages around Sliven’s mountans.