The number of crews dropped because of not appearanceof the three Serbian crews who had submitted applications but did not arrive in Sliven. They did not send an explanation to the organizer about their refusal to participate.

During the week it became clear that Dan Girtofan's Andrei son would not start because of his father's crash before two weeks. This is how the plans of Ekaterina Stratieva, which had to hire a car together with the Romanian, collapsed.

 Technical problems in the cars stopped Stoyan Mechkov / Dimitar Trifonov (Renault Clio Maxi, E1), Stilian Tenchev / Zlatin Basmadjiev (Citroen C2, RC 4), Mario Popov / Daniel Mecikyan (Ford Fiesta ST, E1), Krassimir Krastev / Todor Stoykov Citroen Saxo, RC 5) and Roman Georgiev / Georgi Gadzhev (Citroen Saxo, RC5).

Two cars from Motorsport Academy Championship also did not arrive - these are the Georgians Alexander Lomadze and Mevludi Melladze, and Italians Claudio Bachella / Masina Palita.

38. Monbat Rally Sliven starts today at 16:30 from Hadji Dimitar Square and the first special stage around the railway station in the city is at 19:32.