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29 Sept to 13 Oct 2024
Day 5
Mostar to Sarajevo (258 km)
4 October 2024
Text & photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
after a very wet and stormy night,
today’s 258km was supposed to take
us from one theatre of the 1990s wars
to another via three Regularities and a
Test, along with a visit to a car museum.
Design: K-Design
We were heading north to Sarajevo, the capital
of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the Miljacka
River surrounded by the Dinaric alps. The city
has a fascinating history, as the scene of the
assassination of archduke franz ferdinand
leading to the first World War, and as host of
the 1984 Winter Olympics.
after the first Regularity from velež, which
climbed to give us some worthwhile views over
the city, it became clear to the Organisers that
the shape of the day was about to change.
Meanwhile, we’d topped out at 800m in a
thick bank of fog and dropped towards the
Test at the Mostar Stara Pista. Jim Smith and
Worth Birkill had swept away the deposits left
by a local fly-tipper and marked out a hybrid
drag strip/slalom course with a couple of
doughnuts thrown in for good measure. The
slick old airstrip offered little grip, but plenty
of entertainment, as the rain slashed across
the valley.
Clint Smith and Martin Jones, 1965 Porsche 911
www.rallytheglobe.com
