Guanajuato, Mexico - This spring, Mexico will be hosting third round of the World Rally Championship (WRC) as the first gravel event.

The WRC consists of 13-three day events held in various countries such as Australia, Spain, Finland, and France. Mexico will be holding the competition March 7th through March 10th and will have 23 stages that will span a distance of almost 250 miles. The Guanajuato stage will be the longest of the rally at nearly 35 miles.

The new stages of the event are the SS2 Parque Bicentenario and the El Chocolate. The stage through Guanajuato’s Bicentennial Park was built through the cities of Guanajuato, Leon, and Silao 2 years ago to celebrate 200 years of Mexican independence.

The El Chocolate stage is the newest at a little over nineteen miles, with some of the best views of the entire rally. On the last day of the rally a 3 mile footrace will be held a few hours before the SS23 Super Special Stage 5. It is aptly named the "Carrera Atletica Rally Guanajuato Mexico," or "athletic career."

The Rally Guanajuato Mexico will kick off with the new and tough Shakedown/Qualifying Stage in Llano Grande on March 7th. Tickets to the rally are available via the official website. The rally, with beautiful scenery in the mountains surrounding the cities of Leon, Silao, Irapuatio, and Guanajuato, is an extremely popular attraction usually placing within the top five rallies of the world.