Between today and tomorrow the grand finale of the Italian Cross Country Rally Championship
The destinies of the Cross Country Rally flag pass through Valvasone, the arrival point of the 2016 season but already a springboard for what will be the Italian Championship in 2017. Between today and tomorrow the first edition of the Italian Baja d'Autunno takes place, decisive for the assignment of the Scudetto and the Group titles.
Enthusiasts will have an easy road: a few hundred meters from the Ponte della Delizia, in the direction of Valvasone, turn right onto the dirt road to reach the Mosole quarry, the starting and finishing point of the timed sectors of about 18 km that follow the river bed. Tagliamento. Tread for all is the leader of the provisional classification, Lorenzo Codecà, at the wheel of the Suzuki Grand Vitara V6 prototype prepared by Emmetre Racing.
Main opponent Andrea Lolli on Gran Vitara derived from the series. Among the outsiders, the Romanian Costel Casuneanu driving a CCX 01 prototype, already protagonist several times at the Baja of the World Cup, determined to carve out a permanent space in the Italian tout terrain. Alfio Bordonaro and Andrea Alfano (also on Grand Vitara) are up for the third step of the absolute podium, but not even Elvis Borsoi, driver from Conegliano on a BMW motorized Toyota set up by the Collodel 4x4 of San Pietro di Feletto, is left out of the game. This morning at 9 am the official departure from Piazza Castello in Valvasone where tomorrow at 1 pm the arrival and award ceremony is scheduled.
Today's program foresees the start of the selective sector "Valvadrom" at 11 (one lap), at 13 and 15 (two consecutive laps). Tomorrow the reverse route with the selective “Mosole” sector and start at 9:30 (two laps) and 11:30 (one lap).
FUTURE PLANS. Tonight at 18:30, immediately after the conclusion of the stage, a meeting is scheduled with the pilots, the professionals and the top management of Acisport to discuss the programs of the 2017 sporting season. Spilimbergo, Pordenone and Valvasone will be the focus of the specialty with the 'unpublished Italian Baja di Primavera at the end of April, the world championship one in June and the encore of Autumn, combining sport and promotion of the territory with the magnificent suggestions of the “grave” of Meduna and Tagliamento.
Carlo Ragogna Italian Baja Press Office
