More weekend rally news – July 11

Wins for both Gustavo Saba and Luciano Preto in San Juan!  This national Argentinohampionship rally also counted as the round of the FIA Codasur championship.  

Gustavo Saba on his way to victory in Argentina.The Fabia R5 of Paraguayan Saba outpaced the local Maxi Rally drivers, with Preto finishing over two minutes behind.  

In the Argentino category, different makes of Maxi Rally finished in the top six places.   Saba’s teammate Marcos Ligato had engine problems on his Fabia, while Geronimo Padilla lost his Argentino lead with a 2m30s time control penalty due to a radiator problem.
 
= = = =
 
It was a Fabia R5 festival at the Hungarian championship Veszprem Rally, with these cars taking the top four places and six in the top 10.  

Winner was Peter Ranga.

A Fabia R5 beat World Rally Cars at the Italian International Rally Cup Casentino Rally. Three times European champion Luca Rossetti’s Hyundai i20 headed  Manuel Sossella’s Fiesta and Luca Pedersoli’s Citroen C4.
 
= = = =
 

Travis Pastrana won the Mt Washington Hill Climb in the USA.The celebrated mixed surfaced Mount Washington Hill Climb in New Hampshire, first run in 1904, was recently won by Subaru USA Rally Team driver Travis Pastrana in a record time of 5m 44.72s, beating the record set by his teammate David Higgins in 2014.   

Over the years the event has attracted considerable interest. In 1956 the racing driver Carroll Shelby won the event in an Indianapolis specification 4.5-litre Ferrari 375 Grand Prix car in a time of 10:21.8 sec.   

This year Higgins hit a rock which tore off his left rear wheel.  This caused his car to pirouette and plummet 50 feet off the side of the road.
 
= = = =

The Kenyan national championship Nanyuki Rally scheduled for this weekend has been cancelled at short notice, on account of an increasing risk of local land invasion and terrorism activities because of impending political elections.
 
- Martin Holmes

Author