Humar won for the third time and consolidated the lead
The 29th Velenje Rally, with its short speed trials, took care of small differences between the racers, and we did not see a repeat of last year's showdown for victory this year. The overall victory was celebrated by the German Manuel Kossler, who justified the role of the favorite by driving at the border. His attacking performance cost him a good ranking on Saturnus, where he smashed his Subaru Impreza R4, and in Velenje he won at his expense with a nine and a half second advantage over another German, Hermann Gassner in a Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X R4, both fought in the Šaleška valley for points in the Mitropa Cup. Aleks Humar also drove offensively, and as a result he made some mistakes that would soon cost him the final rankings, but the Renault Clio R3 from Idrija always managed to save it from the worst. “Maybe I was a little pr