prenosim sa motorsportforuma sazetak 1973 godine na losem engleskom ali dovoljno dobrom da shvatite o kojem nivou amaterizma se radilo medju vecim dijelom posada
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7th YU Rally (Yugoslavia) 1973.
-Most people said that was the hardest rally in Europe, because of very bad roads and traffic mess.
-Simo Lampinen was reported, but he didn't start.
-First part 1268 km with 6 SS, pointed for Yugoslavian Championship.
-Yugoslavian car Zastava 101, was not pointed for European Championship, because they have not yet been homologated.
-72 crews on start, in organization of Belgrades club "Akademac".
-First etape from Porec to Rijeka was on gravel road. First SS rise, was on mountain Ucka.
-Whole route of rally was traced with most difficulties gravel road. Specialy was difficult, routh from Bosnia without SS: Karlovac (Croatia)- Bosanska Krupa- Sanski Most- Banja Luka. On this phase, retirement 20 crews.
-Also Pinto destroyed suspension on his Fiat. In 7th etape, he was late 14 minutes, because of repairing of his car. First part of rally, he finished on 11th place.
-On that night, retired 28 crews. On 2nd SS Tara, was starting only 44 crews. On that SS Jovica Palikovic (YUG) also destroyed suspension on his Renault 12 Gordini. He was driving with punctured tire on "cube" road. Till then he has four punctured tires!
-The firs part of rally in Belgrade, finished 34 crews.
-Favorites who retirements was: Ilia Tchoubrikov (BG) Renault Alpine 110 1600, Peter Homel (DDR) Wartburg 353 and Franz Gale (DDR) Trabant 601.
-On second part of rally, started 16 crews, only two from Yugoslavia (Serbia). Petar Kolic was driving 1251 km mostly on third gear due to gear-box failure. Ivan Matosevic finished with borrowed money for gas. His VW Beatle was from regular production (not prepared) car, from rent-a-car office. The car has only rool-cage and two additional lights.
-Pinto was in hurry to compensate the difference of 626 points, because of the delay for Donatela Tominz. Never the less, on break-neck cop gravel of mountain Kopaonik (SS12 Brzece), engine of Fiat didn't make it.
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