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Day 7: Verona to Rimini, 9 October 2021
Bertie and Charlotte van Houtte’s 1938 Frazer Nash-BMW 328
Head of the queue are Stanley Gold and Brant Parsons, Porsche 911
The Porsche Carrera RS of John Fraser and Peter Jenkins (GB)
shamelessly screaming their way through the Ferrari
heartlands. And, in the land of the Cavallino Rampante,
three American Mustangs also challenged for equine
supremacy. Manuel Dubs whipped his V8 up through the
final furlong into the stop box where the multi skilled Rally
Director, Fred Gallagher, was on stop / go lollipop duty.
The competition was definitely friendly, but certainly
fierce, and clearly reputations were at stake. No-one wanted
to be that crew who messed up a track Test, although the
Mille Miglia duo of Graham and Marina Goodwin did manage
to collect a penalty after misjudging their approach. Graham
decided to run over the cone and complete his second lap
with it still wedged under his Bentley rather than miss the
box completely and take an even bigger penalty.
Once the street furniture had been removed, and the
smell of burning plastic had faded, the nearby Time
Control in the Panini Museum was our next stop. The rally
was lucky to be allowed to view this famed collection of
exotic and rare cars, bicycles and tractors. One or two of
the competitors were heard to mutter that it was a pity
none were for sale!
Bertie and Charlotte van Houtte couldn’t spend too much
time window shopping though, their Frazer Nash had begun
the day with some mysterious electrical issues and at one
point refused to start. Yet a little further down the road it
refused to stop. It behaved itself for the duration of the
track session however, but once it reached the sanctuary
of the museum car park crew and sweeps set about getting
it sorted.
With the track adrenaline fading away, we set out for the
two Regularities at Vegatello and Lodole, getting stuck into
the miles of twisting roads so common around here and
keeping a date with the Passage Control in Raticosa. The
subsequent midday Time Control was found atop the Passo
Futa where a phenomenal buffet lunch of prodotti tipici
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