Organisers of Barum Rally Zlin have revealed outline details of the eighth round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, which takes place in the Czech Republic from August 21-23.

The event celebrates its 39th anniversary this year and will get underway with a spectator-friendly superspecial stage in host town Zlin on the evening of Friday August 21st.

It will be followed by two days of special stages, totalling 270 kilometres, before the finish in the afternoon of Sunday August 23rd.

Approximately 200,000 spectators visit the rally each year, which is located 300 kilometres east of the Czech capital Prague and 200 kilometres north of the Austrian capital Vienna.

The compact route layed out for the event means the furthest stage is only 50 kilometres from its Zlin-based headquarters.

A total of 98 crews started the rally in 2008, including 21 Super 2000 cars. The current leaders of the IRC, Peugeot Belgium-Luxemburg's Freddy Loix and co-driver Robin Buysmans, won the event last year in a 207 car run by the Kronos Racing team.