Rally iyi yaiitwa gore negore kusvikira muna 1939, pashure pokunge kutanga kweHondo Yenyika II kwaiita kuti irambidzwe. Zvisinei, yakatangazve muna 1951, uye yave ichipikiswa gore negore kubvira ipapo kunze kwezviviri chete: 1957 (nemhaka yeSuez Crisis
) uye muna 1967 (nemhaka yokubuda kwechirwere chomuromo nemakumbo). Ichi chiitiko chekupedzisira chaive manheru echiitiko, saka vakwikwidzi vakaita rally yekunyepedzera kuBagshot vachiedza nzvimbo sekunyaradza kune vezvenhau neterevhizheni (ATV yakanga yakanyengetedzwa kuti ipe kufukidzwa kukuru nemakamera emota kekutanga).