100 years old together
Comeback! Solberg called Ilka
The Ferlach co-driver competes in the Norwegian rally championship with the brother of a former world champion. Together they are 100 years old. And there are 36 Carinthians at the start of the Lavanttal Rally.
At their last appearance in Austria at the January rally, co-driver Ilka Minor and Johannes Keferböck (Upper Austria) literally went for a swim - the two of them sank their car in a fire pond. "I was already knocking on heaven's door. It could have turned out differently," says Minor.
Will that stop her from continuing? Not at all. Because immediately after the crash, the Norwegian Henning Solberg (brother of former rally world champion Petter Solberg) tried to contact the Ferlach woman. "But my cell phone was broken after the accident. So I couldn't call him back until four days later. We then goofed around a bit," laughs Minor. And made comeback plans!
By then I was already knocking on heaven's door. It could have turned out differently.
Ilka Minor
Because Solberg and Minor had already worked as a team from 2010 to 2018. And after six years, they were back in the same cockpit at the Sigdal Rally on January 20, just two weeks after Minor's horror crash. They were highly successful, finishing third in the first round of the Norwegian championship.
100 years old together
They even won the Hadeland Rally near Oslo - and because they finished third again in the Numedalsrally, they are in the lead at the halfway point of the Norwegian championship. "Henning is also a bit older, he's 51. I'm 49, together we're a hundred years old. It's a lot of fun to push our younger colleagues," smiles Minor. It doesn't continue until the end of May.
36 Carinthians at the Lavanttal Rally
Minor will not be at the start of the 46th Lavanttal Rally, which begins on Friday. But even without her presence, there will be plenty of "Carinthian power". There are 36 local heroes from Carinthia among the 83 teams - 20 drivers and 16 co-drivers. And of all the entries, 52 come from Austria. With twelve teams, Germany is number one among the foreign representatives.
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