Back to NewsThe Adriatic Adventure Rally was tougher than expected on the crews and the cars. Tuthill competitors shrugged off the terrain, with two of our crews coming home on the podium.
Leaving Trieste in northern Italy, the route immediately headed up into the mountains, following the gravel tracks and hand-cut tunnels of the old Liege-Sofia-Liege Rally as it made its way into Slovenia. After an overnight stop in Ljubljana, the caravan again encountered rock-strewn gravel roads on their way through Slovenia en route to Maribor, along the twisty mountain passes of the Steiner Alps.
Dusty hairpins and a handling test on a go-kart circuit made for a hair-raising race to Zagreb. Days four and five took the competitors to Sarajevo via Banja Vrucica. Subsequent overnight stops included Split, Dubrovnik, Zadar and Opatija.
The complete twelve-day route covered 3,000 kilometres. Anthony and Fiona Galliers-Pratt scored a class win in their beautiful 911 road rally car, while David and Susan Danglard came home on the Class 5 podium and immediately headed for Carrera Iberia, giving us just 24 hours to re-prep the car between events.
The Tuthill 911s of Edmund Peel and Sherif Hwaidak also both finished the event in fine style. Many thanks to Francesco Rastrelli at Blue Passion Photo for allowing us to share these superb pictures!
