{"id":1560,"date":"2025-12-29T15:54:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandprixretroyvois.fr\/the-association\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:36:46","slug":"the-association","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.grandprixretroyvois.fr\/en\/the-association\/","title":{"rendered":"The Association"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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How was the R\u00e9tro d'Yvois born?<\/h2>\n\n

The Rallye des Abbayes era<\/h3>\n
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Since 1998<\/strong>, the Rallye des Abbayes<\/strong> took place every year starting from Carignan, a regularity rally, part of a national challenge. It was intended for vehicles built before 1975<\/strong> and four people organized this rally, which was very successful. But tastes and preferences change!<\/p>\n

From post-war sports cars, Eric Philbiche, the organizer, soon found himself with pre-war sports and racing vehicles, almost from the very origins of the automobile. The Rallye des Abbayes had run its course.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/span>\n

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The turning point of 2006<\/h3>\n
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A first trial, in 2006<\/strong>, with vehicles all dating from before 1940<\/strong> put the initiators on the right track.<\/p>\n

The Teufs-Teufs Yvoisiens club<\/strong> however needed an important and recognized event to both promote itself and bring people to Carignan.<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong> thus saw the end of the Rallye des Abbayes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/span>\n

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Birth of a new idea<\/h3>\n
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Eric Philbiche was thinking about a new formula for 2007<\/strong> with some keywords, such as: \"before 1940\", \"sport\", \"Carignan\", \"closed course\", etc...<\/p>\n

In 1998<\/strong>, Eric and his wife had participated in an event where Porsche 911s<\/strong> drove on a closed course<\/strong>, at the same time as cars from the 1920s<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This didn't seem ideal to them. Too risky. Too many differences between the cars, hence the idea of categories, by engine displacement, adding motorcycles, but up to 1945<\/strong> maximum, while respecting the traffic code<\/strong>, that is to say, holding demonstrations<\/strong>, without ranking, without timing<\/strong> or anything else.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/span>\n

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The beginnings of the R\u00e9tro d'Yvois<\/h3>\n
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There would therefore be:<\/p>\n