The driver Eric Barber returns with a new car to compete in a test of the Spanish Championship. Specifically, in the last of this season to be held in La Nucía from 8 to 9 in November. This test is the one of the silver weddings and the objective that has been marked Barber is none other than to finish the 9 sections of which it consists.
With a new mount for him, a Nissan owned by Sergio Fluxà, and with a new co-driver such as Ehinner Avellá, the race is a challenge for an Eric who had been away from speed tests for many years. He was doing some National Regularity test with classic cars to take off the bug, but now he returns with the same illusion of the first day.
At Restaurant Bona Platja The presentation of the car took place. An act that was attended by a good number of friends, all of them fans of motor racing, national commissioners, the president of the Automobile Club Association Interclubes of Alicante (AIA), Vicente Cabanes, the president of the Automobile Federation of the Valencian Community , Nacho Avignon, and the mayor of Pego. The dianenses leaders could not be present by coincidence of agenda, but also support the pair of competitors.
The president of the AIA, Vicente Cabanes, explained some details of the test. In this edition, of the 9 sections of the test, 3 are held on roads in the region of La Marina Alta. Section 4 between Famorca and Castells de Castells, the section from Petracos to Pego is recovered and the traditional section of Coll de Rates will be carried out again, from Parcent to the upper part.
"Our goal is to finish all the sections, have fun and that is why we will go on a conservative plan. This test should serve as a reference for the future," said Eric Barber.