| BRANE KÜZMIC - FIRST WINNER |
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It was
back
in
1976
when
Brane
Küzmic
achieved
his
first
great
results
in
rally.
In his
first
season,
he
competed
with
BMW
1600TI,
group
1.
Despite
some
great
drivers
compete
in
this
group
he
started
to
prove
that
he is
a
great
and
talented
driver.
In
this
group
legendary
drivers
were
competing
as
Pušnik,
Brišnik,
Horvat,
Vidic,
Zonta
in
Kern.
He
drove
with
BMW
for
the
next 4
seasons,
and in
1978
he
also
become
a
winner
of the
first
Rally
Saturnus
with
his
BMW
2002
TII.
First
rally
Saturnus
was
take
place
from
14th
to 15th
of
October,
and it
was
run in
the
night
time.
Crews
have
to
drive
571
km,
and 88
km was
on
gravel.
Rally
consist
of 7
road
sections,
and
there
was 6
special
stages
in
length
of 42
km (4
x
Planina,
2 x
Krim).
And
what
are
Branes'
memories
to
this
rally?
"Well
it was
a long
time
ago,
so I
don't
remember
everything.
But I
remember
well,
that
in the
first
special
stage
I
catch
one
spectator
driving
on
this
road
with
his
private
car.
He
didn’t
gave
me any
space
to
overtake
him,
and in
one
left
corner
I hit
him
from
the
back.
Then I
was
able
to
overtake
him,
but
when
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