Just came across this photo.
Caption said it happened on the Rally Valli Piacentine. Two dates shown 1976 and 1989. 76 car on 89 rally?
Anybody know any more?
Tom.
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Just came across this photo.
Caption said it happened on the Rally Valli Piacentine. Two dates shown 1976 and 1989. 76 car on 89 rally?
Anybody know any more?
Tom.
Probably back on the road again now.
Not heard about that one.
I have now <shiver>
Quote:
Pregliasco seems to take breath, before remembering the most tragic page his career:
"It is the first special test, the fourth bend: useless to look for the reasons... I am slightly on the outside, on the rim of the road a stone-made curbstone... For a mistake both reservoirs are full: we normally departed with twenty-five liters on one side and fifteen spare liters on the other, and instead they are both full... I hit the curbstone and the reservoir crushed as a tube of toothpaste: plug pops-out and from the filler the gasoline escapes. The Stratos sets on fire while we are still continuing our run crosswise... We plunge down a slope on a body side: my navigator, Angel Garzoglio, succeeds in jumping out of the cockpit, while I remain trapped inside because the door doesn't open: few instants later I faint. When Angel realizes that I am still to inside, it throws himself again inside the car and succeeds in lifting and pulling me out, saving my life. After a few days it is he, who dies as a consequence of the terrible burns he suffered: when in the hospital bed I regain consciousness, I have the impression of keeping rolling down the slope. It is a terrible memory".
Where did you find that text?
Tom.
http://www.stratosmania.com/Piloti/P...liasco_ING.aspQuote:
Originally Posted by tomsredstratos