PRESS INFORMATION

FLASH 8A

SS 8 Troják (29,01 km)
Saturday, 28 August 2004, 1.15 p.m.

Polish Kuzaj went out of the track and retired from the rally!


The Polish crew Leszek Kuzaj and Maciej Szczepaniak with Subaru Impreza Sti (Subaru Poland Rally Team) finished in this year´s Barum Rally after the accident in SS 8 Troják. Polish champion didn´t manage the mesh of the difficult track in 8 km of the SS and after hitting the tree he finished out of the track. The crew stayed unhurt, but they don´t continue in the Rally. Kuzaj retired from the third position of the overall classification, when he was loosing 1:03,6 minute to the leading French Jean-Joseph.

Another FIA B priority driver, Italian Marco Cavigioli, with Renault is also out of the game, because he had an accident without injuries in SS Troják too.