Slalom City of Loceri, Salvatore Venanzio wins the 7th edition of the Ogliastra Slalom

Slalom City of Loceri, Salvatore Venanzio wins the 7th edition of the Ogliastra Slalom

Slalom City of Loceri, Salvatore Venanzio wins the 7th edition of the Ogliastra Slalom, second place for Salvatore Arresta, third place for Luigi Vinaccia. Public success along the way.

Loceri 28 April 2024 – First championship victory for Salvatore Venanzio which won the seventh edition of the Loceri Slalom. On a sunny day the driver from Campania overcame the 3900 meter obstacle course with 13 pins and the guarantee of entertainment and safety for the drivers and success for the spectators.

The podium in a matter of seconds: Salvatore Venanzioon Radical SR4 Suzukiconfirmed last year’s victory: the last heat was decisive, with 173.31 lowering the time recorded in the second climb by 9 tenths Salvatore Arresta, second overall with 174.21. The day of Venantius it hadn’t started in the best way given the technical problem with her Radical Sr4 Suzuki which had slowed him down in the first heat of the race. In the second the driver from Campania had risen to second place behind Stop with the decisive push in the last climb of the race. However, the place is good Stop he also ran into some technical problems with his Glory Formula which prevented him from starting in the first heat in which the best time was set by Luigi Vinaccia. The expert driver from Campania occupied the last step of the podium with a time of 175.70 achieved in the first of the three timed sessions.

“I’m very happy because fortunately I managed to do a third run without errors – he says Salvatore Venanzio – I have to say that this is also the first time in Sardinia under the sun after years competing in bad weather. We did a reconnaissance to study the route well because in dry conditions we knew it would be different from the past. During the first heat we had problems with the differential which we immediately fixed and this allowed us to do a second heat to get points and then the third in which I gave the best I could.”

“Today the day didn’t start in the best way – declares the second place Salvatore Arresta– already in the first heat we broke the chain at the start, in the second I was first overall and in the last we made a change which unfortunately put us not on the right track. But if we look at the Italian Championship as the first race, second place overall is an excellent result.”

“All in all it’s a good result – Luigi Vinaccia on the third step of the podium – in the reconnaissance we set the best time which then increased in the first heat, in the second and third we used new tires which however did not give the feedback I should have had to lower the time I had recorded with the old tires. We didn’t understand the reason for this difference, perhaps we made some wrong maneuvers. However, all in all I am happy, it is a very fast and very demanding route, which required a good performance.”

Slightly more detached from the three protagonists of the Italian championshipthe first of the Sardinian pilots: Lussorio Niolu (Radical Suzuki)who won the island derby with Andrea Acquas him up too Radical for just 9 hundredths of a second. Sixth position for Roberto Idili, (IR1400 Kawasaki) followed by the Buddusò driver Francesco Marrone on Osella PA9. They close the top ten Paolo Piras on Elia Avrio, Quirico Beccu on Glory Formula And Daniele Vacca on M02 Yamaha.

Among covered wheel cars good 11th place Diego Pala winner of the special group on Fiat X1/9while the crowded E1 Italia group was won by Giovanni Coghe on Citroen Saxo. Among those registered in the Italian Championship, 18th Leo Dei Ceci which the E2SH group won.

Female victory for Cristina Ruggiero on Citroen C1Cup and among the historic and successful for the Peugeot 205 Of Matteo Priola.

The organizers of the event are satisfiedOgliastra Racing: “the excellent success of the competition organized in collaboration with the Sardinia Region, the Municipality of Loceri and the Union of Municipalities of Ogliastra And Arbus ProMotors fills us with joy – he comments Fabrizio Seoni president of the team – there was a lot of anticipation in this area and this aspect was confirmed with the great participation of the public present along the entire race route. The town’s welcoming spirit was also successful, born from the shared desire with the population of Loceri who hosted us, to organize a party for the public. Attention towards competitors and enthusiasts are the prerogatives of this Ogliastra reality of ours, we are an island that is geographically distant but which wants to be close to everyone in the way they see motor sport”.