The Pititsa hill climb is an automobile hillclimbing competition which occurs in the village of Pititsa, about 15 km northeast of Patras in Achaea regional unit, Greece.
It began in 1973 with the champion named Leonidas who drove a Porsche Carrera RSR; the length was then 3.8 km. The Pititsa hill climb is a competition of the Greek Hill Climb Championship; it is the oldest and the most historic event along with the Ritsona hill climb in Ritsona. For many years two championship events were held in the track near Pititsa. In 1998 there were some problems with the road, so the hill climb moved to Omplos until 2007, when it returned again to Pititsa.
Winners (best time) YearDriverCar 1973 Leonidas Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 1974 Scirocco Renault 1975 Giorgos Moschous Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 1975 Iaveris Alfa Romeo 2000 1976 Giorgos Moschous Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 1977 M. Saliaris Lola 1977 M. Saliaris Lola 1978 Melas Chevron 1979 M. Saliaris Ford 1979 M. Saliaris Ford 1980 J. Ragusa Chevron 1980 M. Saliaris Ford 1981 Nino Lola 1982 M. Saliaris ΑΒΜ 001 1982 M. Saliaris ΑΒΜ 1983 M. Saliaris ΑΒΜ 001 1983 M. Saliaris ΑΒΜ 001 1984 Nino Lola Super 1984 M. Saliaris ΑΒΜ 001 1985 M. Saliaris ΑΒΜ 001 1985 M. Saliaris ΑΒΜ 001 1986 M. Saliaris ΑΒΜ 001 1987 James ΑΒΜ 1988 M. Saliaris ΑΒΜ 1989 Nino Ralt-Alfa Romeo 1990 Nino Ralt-Alfa Romeo 1991 Leonidas Kyrkos Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 1992 Leonidas Kyrkos Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 1993 Leonidas Kyrkos Ford Cosworth 1994 Nikos Aggloupas Ford Escort RS Cosworth 1995 Leonidas Kyrkos Ford Escort RS Cosworth 1996 Leonidas Kyrkos Ford Escort RS Cosworth 1997 Leonidas Kyrkos Ford Escort WRC 1998 Leonidas Kyrkos Ford Escort WRC 2007 (abandoned)It was the first event of the year in the Greek championships, scheduled for Sunday April 1 after the cancellation of the first leg. According to the ETHEA the cancellation was due to the unsportsmanlike behaviour of Alexandros Roustemis (Ford Sierra RS500, team number 130) in which he stopped his car perpendicular to the road, and closed the access to the function of the trail - 2008 Lambros Kyrkos Ford Escort WRC 2009 Marios Iliopoulos Ford Escort WRC 2010 Anthony Chatzivasileiou Seat Cordoba WRC 2011 2012 Michalis Efthymiou Ford Escort WRC
Sources The first version of this article has been based in the text of :el:Ανάβαση Πιτίτσας of the Greek Wikipedia published under GFDL.
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