In the sign of Nicola Barcella the City of Lumezzane.

In the sign of Nicola Barcella the Città of Lumezzane

The XXIII edition of the Città di Lumezzane, ninth round of the season of the Italian Championship Regolarità Auto Storiche staged this weekend in the Brescia area, è again in the sign of Barcella. After the victory in 2023 of Guido Barcella and Ombretta Ghidotti, to inscribe his name in the roll of honor of the event targata Lumeventi and held this weekend in the Brescian è Nicola Barcella, who navigated by Simone Rossoni, won in Lumezzane on Fiat 508C made in Franciacorta Motori with only 215.28 penalties.

The young son of art, usually competing in the more recent A112, confirms that he is the rising star of regularity, having fought on a par with the championship bigwigs in a car finally on par in terms of coefficient. Second were the Brescians Andrea and Roberto Vesco, father and son on a Fiat 508S, while completing the podium were the Barcella seniors, namely Guido and Ombretta Ghidotti again on a Fiat 508S of Franciacorta Motori. 

The Sicilians Maurizio and Pietro Indelicato on the mostù recent Autobianchi A112 of the Rovigo Corse come close to the podium by taking the fourth place overall and the first place in RC4 and also taking the satisfaction of putting behind them crews of the caliber of the Argentines Juan Tonconogy and Barbara Ruffini who fought with the knife between their teeth to maintain top positions with a car certainly moreù cumbersome on the ups and downs of Brescia and less fresh on the climbs of the revised, technical and rhythmic course that è was uniquely appreciated by the 102 crews at the start. Sixth place for the unusual and profitable crew composed of Alberto Riboldi and Vito Cartafalsa who played their cards well, especially in the first part of the day, on the precious 1933 Fiat 508 Sport Barchetta. Seventh were Brescia specialists Ezio Sala and Gianluca Cioffi in the '37 Lancia Aprilia of Emmebi 70. Completing the overall top ten were Andrea Belometti and Cristian Ricca in Fiat 508 Ss Spider Sport of '32 of Brescia Corse (eighth), Fabio Salvinelli and Anna Frassine on Fiat 508C of Scuderia Nettuno (ninth) and the Brescians Alberto and Giuseppe Aliverti on A112, second in RC4, ahead of Roberto and Tommaso Crugnola who, on Lancia Fulvia, take the third step of the Regrouping podium and a respectable 14th position in the overall standings. 

First place in RC1 for the couple from Brescia, Carlo Beccalossi and Marzia Marchioni, who enchanted the audience on the 1928 Lancia Spider Casaro of Brescia Corse, while conquering the top of RC3 the multi-champion Grandi Eventi Mario Passanante as usual in duo with the host, president of Scuderia Franciacorta Motori Alessandro Molgora, on the Fiat 1100/103 now perfectly tuned. Among the newer RC5 cars, the always concentrated Serravalle couple Andrea Malucelli and Monica Bernuzzi on the ubiquitous Fiat Duna 70 are doing well, preceding in the same Grouping the Sicilians Alfonso and Rocco Angelo Tumbarello on A112 of Franciacorta Motori and the bearers of the Polesine Rovigo Corse team Isaia Zanotti and Roberto Gasperoni on Fiat Ritmo Abarth 130 Tc. Among the Ladies, first place for Federica Bignetti Bignetti and Luisa Ciatti on a 1939 Mg TB on which they also achieved an excellent 22nd overall position. 

Among the lucky owners of the modern supercars, the Lucchese couple Fabio Vergamini and Anna Maria Fabrizi on Ferrari 488 Gtb, won with only 6 penaltiesà advantage over the brothers from Lake Iseo Oreste and Celestino Sangiovanni on Ferrari Roma, podium all Franciacorta Motori completed by Francesco Paolo Romano and Sabrina Caruso on BMW M6 Cabrio. 

The competition saw massive public involvement thanks to the rich program of side events centered mostly on the culture of team sports and solidarity. The calendar of the CIREAS says Sicily from October 4 to 6 on the occasion of the Trofeo Cave di Cusa 2024 that will constituteà certainly also a very useful test bench in optics Targa Florio Classica for the crews that will take part in the Italian Championship Great Events in addition to assign obviously valuable points for the CIREAS.