Estepona will host on April 27th and 28th the Subida a Peñas Blancas, a race included in the Provincial Motor Racing Championship of the Diputación de Málaga.

This is one of the most demanding and highly anticipated sporting events on the national scene.

Estepona will host during the 27th and 28th of April the traditional Subida a Peñas Blancas, one of the most demanding and expected motor racing events on the national scene. This circuit, highly valued by the drivers to have the longest route on the national scene, with 7.5 kilometers, is included in the Provincial Championship of Motorsport of the Provincial Council of Malaga, an event presented today at the headquarters of the provincial institution.

The Provincial Motorsport Championship of the Provincial Council of Malaga is an initiative of the provincial body in collaboration with the Andalusian Motorsport Federation that was born in 2018 “since the province, being so mountainous, has unique roads and places for the development of motorsport,” as recalled the vice president and deputy of Sports, Juan Rosas, during the presentation of the new edition of the championship, which will bring together 600 participants from 20 teams.

During the presentation of the event, which has been attended by mayors and councilors of the municipalities that host tests, the Councillor for Sports of Estepona, Luis Miguel Gil, stressed the importance of the Subida a Peñas Blancas for the municipality, indicating the “tourist, social and economic attraction of this event and its impact on a municipality like Estepona that has more than 180 sporting events a year”.

The current edition of the Provincial Motor Racing Championship of the Provincial Council of Malaga is held from March to December with 14 races, five of them not scoring and nine scoring for the Malaga Provincial Trophy, which run along the roads of twenty municipalities.

The competition started last weekend with the inaugural test of the Andalusian Championship Extreme 4×4 in Pizarra, and will continue with the Rally-Crono de Periana on 23 and 24 March. For the month of April are scheduled four other races: the Andalusian Karting Championship at the Campillos Circuit and the Andalusian Trial Championship in Tolox (April 7), the Subida a Estepona (April 27 and 28) and the Andalusian Championship Extreme 4×4 in Torrox (April 27 and 28).

Already in May, Malaga recovers the mythical Rallye Gibralfaro (May 3 to 5), which will be followed by the Slalom of Campillos (May 26). In June there are three races in the provincial calendar with the Tramo Cronometrado de Tierra de Álora (June 1 and 2), the Rally Crono de Casabermeja (June 8 and 9) and the Subida a Colmenar-Montes de Málaga (June 15 and 16). The Subida a Casarabonela (August 31 and September 1) is scheduled for August.

The end of the season in Malaga is made up of the Casabermeja Slalom (November 3) and the Andalusian Trial Championship (December 15).

The Mayor of Periana, Rafael Torrubia; the Mayor of Casarabonela, Antonio Campos; the Mayor of Colmenar, José Martín; the Councillor for Sports of Estepona, Luis Miguel Gil; the Councillor for Sports of Casabermeja, Juan Soto; the President of the Andalusian Automobile Federation, Manuel Alonso, and representatives of several participating teams were present at the presentation.