According to the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated on April 26, 2023 “On additional measures to accelerate the development of the tourism potential of the Republic, as well as to increase the number of local and foreign tourists”, as well as the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated on September 28, 2022 “On additional measures for the development tourism potential of the Republic of Karakalpakstan in 2022-2026”, since 2019, in the Muynak region of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, traditionally in the third ten days of May, the motorsport competitions “Rally Muynak” is held on a roadless section of the dry bottom of the Aral Sea.
The daytime program of events “Rally Muynak-2024” included extreme competitions in sports cars, buggies, motorcycles and gastronomic master classes, and in the evening – concert programs of electronic music performed by famous DJs.
Not only Uzbeks, but also motorsports enthusiasts from neighboring Central Asian countries were waiting for the competitions with great interest. This year, the annual international extreme competition lasted for four days from May 23 to 26 for the first time. A rich program was developed for racing drivers, tourists and spectators. 135 motorsport masters took part in the motorsport competition; they competed in 48 cars, 25 sports motorcycles and 11 buggies.
As part of the first day of the “Muynak Rally-2024” competition, technical check and demonstration of sports cars, buggies and motorcycles were carried out.
The opening ceremony of the competition was included in the program of the second day of the spectacular event. On the same day, drivers of sports cars from different parts of Uzbekistan, as well as the Republics of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan started along the route “Muynak-Aral Sea-Muynak” in two categories of sports cars - “A-8” (engine capacity up to 1600 cm3) and “A-9” (engine capacity up to 2000 cm3). The total length of the race track along the extreme route was 450 km, which included 13 checkpoints and 10 high-speed sections.
On the same day, on a special motocross track, competitions for motorcyclists of 2 classes were held (engine capacity up to 125 cm3 and 500 cm3).
The ceremonial meeting of sports cars drivers returning back from the Aral Sea coast, buggy drivers’ competition in cars with an engine capacity of 2000 cm3 and the determination of the winners were included in the program of the third day of the competitions.
At the closing ceremony of “Rally Muynak-2024”, the winners of the motorsport competitions were presented with awards from the organizers of the event.
The main goal of the event is to develop tourism in the region, increase the flow of tourists, develop sports and festival tourism, popularize various types of motor sports, attract the younger generation to technical and practical sports, as well as provide support to organizations working in the field of tourism and service sectors of Muynak region.