Two Italian gentlemen wedged into a tiny race car, flying atop open roads across glorious countryside, through blistering sun and pounding rain…crowds lining the course dangerously close. From 1927 to 1957 this was the Mille Miglia. Can you possibly imagine a more enjoyable way to spend 20, or so, hours?
If you really wanted to prolong the experience racing through Italy, there was nothing better than a not-so-potent 0.75-liter car. Case in point; in the inaugural race Giuseppe Cazzulani and Ugo Monferroni piloted a Peugeot 5 HP Spider Tipo MM to a first in Class H (750-cc) finishing the 1,000-miler in a nifty 33 hours, 51 minutes and 33 seconds (equals 29.5 mph!).
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