SANT’ANGELO DI BROLO – The 24th Nebrodi Rally does not disappoint expectations, offering a show of the highest level. Triumphing at the arrival of the Messina race, organized by Cst Sport, was Prizzi’s Marco Pollara from Palermo and Maurizio Messina from Pelori who celebrated on the podium together with the runners-up, Filippo Ferraro and Cono Bruno from Sant’Angelo, and the Pattesi brothers Nunzio and Roberto Longo, all on Skoda Fabia. Welcoming the winners in the square of Sant’Angelo was the mayor Francesco Paolo Cortolillo who thanked Cst Sport for the excellent organization of the race. Also present was the Mayor of Nico Salvo, Provincial delegate who brought the greetings of the Delegate/ Aci Sport Regional Trustee Daniele Settimo thanked in turn all the federal collaborators from the Officials to the Commissioners.
The turning point that outlined the top ranking came during the 5th Special Stage “Piraino 2” when the winners of the 2023 edition, Alessandro Casella and Isabella Gualtieri, were forced to raise the white flag due to a mechanical problem.
The statements of the protagonists
“It’s nice for us to be back on the top step of the podium in this race – he declared Pollara – splendidly organized by my team, obviously it is a shame not to have been able to continue the challenge with Alessandro, we would certainly have arrived within a few seconds of each other regardless of the position”. Same concept with different words to testify happiness and regret on the part of his navigator Maurice Messina: “This is racing, we will definitely compete again”
The runners-up were very happy with Ferrara who declared: “This podium after 5 years of inactivity and on a car that is completely new to me fills me with pride, I am grateful for the push that the public at my Sant’Angelo gave me”. Recriminate Roberto Longo for a spin during the first special test: “It’s really a shame we could have taken second place, we got within three and a half seconds, but we lost many more.”
Overall ranking
Fourth place for the crew from Palermo, Placido Palazzo da Corleone and Pierfrancesco Rappa, expert navigator of the capital. The bearers of the famous Scuderia Ateneo really impressed with the first of the Peugeot 207 Super 2000s. Fifth again was a driver from Sant’Angiole Carmelo Galipò, driven by the expert from Palermo Davis on a Skoda Fabia, while sixth were Andrea Nastasi and Giuseppe Stassi with the second of the Peugeots 207 Super 2000. Comeback in seventh place was Maurizio Rizzo and Massimo D’Angelo on the beautiful Citroen Ds3 and eighth and winners of the RC4n Group and the Rally 4 Class on the Peugeot 208 Gt Line, the son of Giuseppe Oieni and Fulvio Lombardo. Closing out the Top ten are Salvatore Di Benedetto from Nisse and Giuseppe Barbaro from Messina on a Skoda Fabia and Rosario Cannino and Giuseppe Buscemi on a Peugeot 208 VTI, winners of the Rally4 R2B class.
1. Pollara-Messina (Skoda Fabia Evo) In 37’21.7; 2. Ferraro-Bruno (Skoda Fabia Evo) A 1’29.9; 3. Longo-Longo (Skoda Fabia Evo) A 1’33.4; 4. Palazzo-Rappa (Peugeot 207) A 2’04.8; 5. Galipo’-“Davis” (Skoda Fabia Evo) A 2’09.6; 6. Nastasi-Stassi (Peugeot 207) A 2’55.4; 7. Rizzo-D’angelo (Citroen Ds3) A 3’03.5; 8. Oieni-Lombardo (Peugeot 208 Gt Line) A 3’07.4; 9. Di Benedetto-Barbaro (Skoda Fabia Evo) A 3’07.9; 10. Cannino-Buscemi (Peugeot 208 Vti) A 3’08.0;
