{"id":493622,"date":"2014-02-01T00:03:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T08:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=13260"},"modified":"2024-01-08T15:04:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:04:37","slug":"europes-greatest-hillclimber-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/europes-greatest-hillclimber-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe\u2019s Greatest Hillclimber Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rn6-201402-p2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-523592 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rn6-201402-p2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rn6-201402-p2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rn6-201402-p2-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rn6-201402-p2-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rn6-201402-p2-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>The King of the Mountains is dead. Mauro Nesti, 78, winner of eight European Hill Climb Championships\u2014six of them in succession from 1983-1988\u2014and 17 Italian titles in the same branch of the sport, died at his home in Bardalone, Italy in November after a long illness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nesti won the same number of European hillclimb titles as his more famous predecessors Rudolf Caracciola, Hans Stuck, Lodovico Scarfiotti and Wolfgang von Trips put together. And he was the runner-up in 1973, 1974, 1978 and 1979. Almost all in a Lola T296 BMW and an Osella PA9 BMW.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ever-smiling Nesti had a well-developed sense of humor and once said, \u201cI took those three corners really well. It\u2019s a pity there was no bar around, otherwise I would have bought myself a drink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He started out in the \u201950s as a motorcycle racer and worked his way up to being a works MV Agusta rider. He moved to four wheels in 1963 by borrowing his cousin\u2019s Abarth 850 for hillclimbs and drove a Tecno in Formula 3 without much success.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mauro turned to hillclimbing in 1972 and, with the help of a local sponsor, bought a 2000-cc Chevron B21 with which he won the Cesana-Sestriere right away. He went on to win a total of 450 hillclimbs, including Italy\u2019s Rieti-Terminillo no fewer than 14 times and the Trento-Bondone nine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mauro once said, \u201cIf you ever read these words, it means I have lost the most demanding race of my life. I would like to say farewell to all my fans and friends, thanking them for the affection they have always shown me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The King of the Mountains is dead. Mauro Nesti, 78, winner of eight European Hill Climb Championships\u2014six of them in succession from 1983-1988\u2014and 17 Italian titles in the same branch of the sport, died at his home in Bardalone, Italy in November after a long illness. Nesti won the same number of European hillclimb titles as his more famous predecessors Rudolf Caracciola, Hans Stuck, Lodovico Scarfiotti and Wolfgang von Trips put together. 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