Gadasin already signed the "Rauscedo" superspecial stage
The Italian Baja finally started today and the Russian Boris Gadasin with his Nissan Pick-up G force Proto already had the best time in the 6,56 km super special “Rauscedo” in 4’42’’7. As expected, the hardest racer to fight has been the Polish Krzysztof Holowczyc (Nissan) who came 19’’2 later. Third temporary place for the Hungarian Karoly Fazekas (Bmw) 38’’3 ahead of the Belgian Joost Van Cauwenberge for 39’’4. Time differences already enough defined for such a short prologue, but defining the value of the racers on the route, while some drivers came last because of various technical problems, as the Dutch Tonnie Van Dejine, at the last position with almost 16’ delete and a compromised race. Roberto Ciampolini (Mitsubishi Ralliart) also started quiet bad, with a delete of 5’55’’2. First among the Italian racer was Maurizio Traglio (Nissan Pathfinder) with the local navigator Erika Pajer, in 5th position in the general ranking with 5’25’’7 , followed by the Champion in charge Riccardo Colombo (Mitsubishi L200) in 17’’3. An unexpected joyful “Happy Hour Baja” at the Cantina Rauscedo, to celebrate the event and wide the doc image of the Friuli territory. Tomorrow’s first stage will be the 65,86 km special stage “Edi Orioli”, that cars must repeat three times, while bikes and quads are supposed to repeat it only twice. Starting from Zoppola for the Fia racing cars at 8:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., followed by bikes and quads (10:00 a-.- and 1:30 p.m.) and final line in Valvasone after passing through the country side along the Cimpello-Sequals and the rivers Cosa and Tagliamento. Surprising starting for bikes with the best time for Alberto Basso (Husquarna Te 510) in 4’39’’8 ahead of Sebastiano De Murtas (Honda Xr 400) with a gap of 24’’1 and Mauro Sant (Tm450) 33’7 later. Forth and fifth position for Alex Zanotti in 41’’00 and Lopez Chaleco in 43’’8 (both of them with Aprilia 450), while Nicola Dutto (Suzuki Rmz 450) catched the 11th position in the General Ranking in 1’30’’3. The fastest quad has been the Portuguese Rafael Acurcio De Sousa (Paoletti 450) in 5’11’’1 ahead of Denis Rossetto (Mgm) with a gap of only 1’’3 and the Czech Josef Machacek (Yamaha Raptor 700) 4’’ later.
