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Ouninpohja pt. 1 – The Legends
Ouninpohja pt. 2 – The Evolution
Vaheri and Himos – Classic meets modern
Ehikki – Between the barns
The mighty Moksi region
Ruuhimäki – The bouncy sandcastle
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1000 Lakes Classics: Ehikki – Between the barns

Ehikki is one of the definite 1000 Lakes Classics in the Jämsä area, although it hasn’t been used in 15 years until it returns for the 2022 event as Vekkula. In its classic form Ehikki is a fast-flowing stage – the corners are typically fast but not flat, and there are more crests than jumps. One characteristic feature is that there are several barns very close to the road.

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1000 Lakes Classics: Vaheri and Himos – Classic meets modern

Vaheri is one of the 1000 Lakes Rally classic stages, driven all the way since the 60’s. In latter decades a nearby skiing center of Himos has also had its namesake stage and occasionally these two stages were merged together. In Rally Finland 2021 the area will return with the new Patajoki stage. This article […]

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1000 Lakes Classics: Ruuhimäki – The bouncy sandcastle

Ruuhimäki will serve as the power stage for Rally Finland this year. It is one of the longest-lived and most used special stages of the Finnish WRC Rally. Let’s look at the infamous jumps and everything else that has happened there

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1000 Lakes Classics: Lankamaa – Kankkunen’s backyard

Lankamaa is one of the best known stages in Rally Finland. In this blog post we take a closer look at its incident-filled history as well as its roads and their unique characters making the stage so challenging.

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1000 Lakes Classics: The mighty Moksi region

Moksi, Leustu, Moksi-Leustu, Sahloinen, Surkee, Parkkola, Vellipohja, Painaa, Horkka…familiar names for a Rally Finland follower. They are all located in an area South-West from Jyväskylä limited roughly by the main roads E63, 607 and 604. I shall call it the Moksi region in this blog post. Throughout the years it has served the rally a number […]

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1000 Lakes Classics: Ouninpohja pt. 3 – The Future

In the two previous posts we have recognized the popularity of Ouninpohja, gotten familiar with the roads and researched the history. But now it’s time to look into the future. I’m afraid that Ouninpohja, as we know it, may not be driven again in Rally Finland at least for a while. 

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1000 Lakes Classics: Ouninpohja pt. 2 – The Evolution

In the previous post we already tried to figure out what makes Ouninpohja so special and found a lot of corners with history, incidents and legends. But all the those places haven’t always been the same or even included in the rally. Decades worth of Ouninpohja was driven without the Kakaristo junction turn or the […]

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1000 Lakes Classics: Ouninpohja pt. 1 – The Legends

Ouninpohja. A stage of superlatives. The fastest stage. the toughest stage, one of the best stages in the whole WRC season. A persistent favourite of spectators and drivers. What makes it so special? How was its past and where is its future? I’m going to observe this in a trilogy of posts.

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1000 Lakes Classics: 100 kilometres of Hassi

Most Rally Finland fans recognize the stage name Hassi. All the roads in the image below have been driven on a stage called Hassi, totaling in at almost 100 km

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