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Date Posted: 09:44:01 02/03/08 Sun
Author: No name
Subject: Re: stelvio pass?
In reply to: spike 's message, "Re: stelvio pass?" on 01:45:32 02/03/08 Sun

>Gordon, if Peter isn't including the Gavia, it must
>still be brilliant! anyway, .....where's the Gava? I
>need more empty tarmac! x

Spike, your confidence will be rewarded with some mind blowing roads come September.

My experience of the Gavia (Passo di Gavia) in the Italian Alps, was on the Pirelli Classic Marathon of 1988. I had entered my Ginetta G4 (bought in 1966) with navigator Duncan McNiven. The stage started just out of Cortina d’ Ampezzo. It was day four, and of the 90 cars taking part we were lying in second place, 3 seconds behind the 4.7 AC Cobra of John Atkins. Duncan had got hold of a ramblers map of the climb to the summit at 8600 ft. He would be using it as pace notes, calling the bends as we ascended. We were confident that we could close in on the Atkins lead by the end of this 5 mile stage. At three quarters of the way up and still pulling peak revs in every gear I heard “easy right”. Easy being flat out. Unfortunately the ramblers map wasn’t so accurate. The bend we were approaching at some considerable velocity, was in fact was a hairpin right. To the dismay of the photographers my foot was still fully planted on the accelerator as we went over the edge. The G4 was quite stable whilst airborne plunging down the mountain side. When we landed it was in a river bed rather close to some huge boulders. I remember looking at Duncan wondering what on earth was he doing leaning on the navigators horn button and yelling back up to where we had left the road. When the photographers heads peered over the edge Duncan was screaming at them for assistance. With considerable (much appreciated) man power the Ginetta was hauled back up and onto the tarmac. We continued on the stage at an unabated pace but by the Control we were 3 minutes adrift. Although we held on to our Alpine Cup we were no longer in the running.

Peter

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