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From Brägger's rally diary of the seventies - the fast lady in the Coppa Liburna

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Created on October 8, 2012

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Bernhard Brägger

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Archiv Bernhard Brägger

Alpine-Renault A110 1600 (1974) - Hugo Müller and Louis Hafner on the "Marmorosa" special stage of the Coppa di Liburna

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BMW 2002 ti kk (1974) - Bodo Günther with Charlie Gozel on gravel roads

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Opel Ascona (1974) - Walter Röhrl and Jochen Berger win the 1974 Rallye di Lugano

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The heart of the rally: the Lugano special stages around the pilgrimage site of San Antonio

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The route of the Coppa Liburna with start and finish in Livorno

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Summary

In the 1970s, two rallies were very popular with Italian and Swiss rally drivers: the Rallye di Lugano and the Coppa Liburna. In his rally diary, Bernhard Brägger reports on events, opponents and vehicles from this hot rally era of the seventies in five episodes. The first episode focuses on the fast Anna Cambiaghi and a drive in the Alpine Berlinette that did not go perfectly.

This article contains the following chapters

Through a stream bed and agricultural path
The Swiss in Italy
The fast Anna Cambiaghi
Just in time for the wedding

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

In the 1970s, two rallies were very popular with Italian and Swiss rally drivers: the Rallye di Lugano and the Coppa Liburna. The Rallye di Lugano was started in Lugano or Melide, then led to the Italian border and there they were already grinning maliciously, the tough trails offered by the then Director di Corsa Giorgio Bobone around the small pilgrimage church of San Antonio in the 1200 m high mountain range between Luino and Laveno. Through a stream bed and agricultural path One of the most terrifying lanes, however, was the one from Luino via Ponna to Pigra. The "Ponna", as we called it, was a connection between Lago di Lugano and Lago di Como reserved for tractors and similar agricultural vehicles. The Rallye di Lugano counted towards the Swiss Championship and, on a few occasions, the European Championship. Coefficient 2 always attracted internationally renowned people to the south, to the upper Italian stream beds, to the orgies of bends in the chestnut forests.

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