Qagela ukuthi ubani obuyile… Inganekwane ye-Audi Sport Quattro S1, kwabaningi, imoto yomhlangano engcono kakhulu! (Okungenani kimi, ku...)
Imodeli yokushayela edonsa ngawo wonke amasondo eyaba ngundabamlonyeni kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1980 ibuyela kuPikes Peak Ramp, e-US, eminyakeni engu-25 ngemva kokuba uWalter Röhrl eqophe irekhodi elisekhona nanamuhla. Nakuba zonke izimoto eziseqoqweni B ziye zavinjelwa emhlanganweni ngemva kwezingozi eziningi ezimbi, u-Röhrl kanye nomshini, i-Sport quattro S1, babuyela, ngomhla ka-8 kuJulayi, eSifundazweni SaseColorado ukuzokhumbula lezo zikhathi zokukhumbula ekhaya.
Impela, abanye benu kungenzeka abawazi umzila we-Pikes Peak, kodwa qaphela ukuthi imayelana ne-20 km yomzamo omsulwa. Ngaphezu kwesici somoya sale ntaba edumile, umgomo ungaphezu kwamamitha angu-4,000 ukuphakama, okwenza yonke into ibe nzima kakhulu kubagibeli. Kufanele ubuyele emuva ku-1987 ukuze ukhumbule irekhodi elabekwa u-Walter Röhrl kulowo mshini we-600 hp ekukhuphukeni kwemizuzu eyi-10 namasekhondi angu-48 kuphela. Bekuwumkhosi wangempela wothuli nemizwa enamandla:
Lesi sikhathi sihlala siyirekhodi emlandweni wale rempu, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi ezinye izikhathi ezisheshayo sezivele zirekhodiwe, kodwa lokhu kwenzeka kuphela ngemva kokuba i-Pikes Peak ithole ukhaphethi omusha onezindawo ezinetiyela.
Ngenhlanhla, sizoba nethuba lokubona u-Walter Röhrl kanye ne-S1 bekhuphuka okwesibili umjikelezo we-Pikes Peak omazombezombe, okuthi, noma kunezinguquko ezethuliwe, ezihlala zinzima kakhulu emhlabeni wonke kuwo wonke amajika ayo angu-150. Sibheke phambili...
Umbhalo: Tiago Luís