On a torrid summer Sunday, between the blue of the sky and the sea separated by the line of the “Panoramica” that goes from Monopoli towards Alberobello, the driver from Sorrento, Salvatore Venanzio, on Radical SR4 Suzuki, wins, dominating, the Slalom dei Trulli 2024. The champion from Campania climbs onto the highest step of the podium with the time set at the end of the third heat, his best on a day that always saw him first in front of everyone, closed in 2’30” and 14 hundredths. A result that allows Salvatore Venanzio to write, for the second time in his career, his name in the roll of honor of the competition and to win fifteen points in the championship that are worth the return to the top of the Italian rankings.
“I am very happy with this victory – said the winner -. Today everything ran at its best despite the difficulties dictated by the truly challenging weather conditions due to the extreme heat.” Second place for the Sicilian Emanuele Schillace (Venanzio’s teammate), also at the start of the 3,500 meter race course on Radical SR4, with the time of the first heat ending with a time worth 151.53 points. In third place is the fellow regional champion, the reigning Italian champion, Michele Puglisi who, again on the Radical SR4 Suzuki, paid dearly for a pin he missed on his trajectory in both the first and third heats.
For the first time in Puglia, the Sicilian Salvatore Arresta, on Formula Gloria B5 Evo Suzuki, obtained fourth place overall and the record among the cars of the E2 SS Group. Behind him, fifth position for Luigi Vinaccia from Sorrento, the winner of the last edition, at the wheel of his Osella PA 6/8 Honda.
