Notable Mille Miglia Drivers – The History In our ongoing series on the History of the Mille Miglia, we take...
Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR – Car Profiles While know as the Mercedes-Benz 300SLR the car was based neither on the famous...
Ferdinando Minoia Biography Ferdinando Minoia was born in Milan on June 2, 1884. Known by his friends as Nando, he started racing in 1904 and his first major race was the 1907 Targa Florio. That year he won the Coppa Florio held near Brescia in Italy in an Isotta-Fraschini. In...
Ferrari 290 MM – Car Profiles Introduction Designed for the 1956 Mille Miglia and as a replacement for the 860...
Luigi Villoresi Biography Luigi Villoresi was born in Milan, Italy on May 16th, 1909. Nicknamed “Gigi” he came from a...
Mercedes-Benz SSKL – Car Profiles The early twenties was a period of consolidation in the German Automobile manufacturing community. Daimler and Benz, rival firms that could rightly claim the invention of the motor car chose to merge after having cooperated on a number of projects. The former Daimler factories at...
Ferrari 166 Uovo – Car Profiles Horribly Beautiful – the Ferrari 166/212 Uovo At the Mille Miglia The story of...
Giannino Marzotto Biography He was born at Valdagno on 13 April 1928, the son of the king of the Italian...
Lancia D24 – Car Profiles In 1937 Vincenzo Lancia passed away leaving his widow and teenage son Gianni Lancia to run the firm. The Second World War intervened with the ambitious young Lancia’s plans, but as soon as the hostilities ceased the work continued to greatly expand Lancia and to...
Formula 1 vs NASCAR – Which is the Superior Motorsport? Motorsports have become an integral part of sports worldwide, with...
Piero Taruffi Biography Piero Taruffi was born in Rome, Italy on October 10th, 1906. Like many of his peers Taruffi...
Ferrari 612 Can-Am Chris Amon never felt that the Ferrari 612 Can-Am ever reached its full potential. he always felt there was a lot left in the car but the project always had a low priority at the factory and its results reflected that. Enzo Ferrari never really appreciated how...
Carlo Pintacuda Biography Born in September 18, 1900, Florence, Italy Pintacuda held a steering wheel for the first time at...
Eugenio Castellotti Biography Eugenio Castellotti was born in Milan but grew up in Lodi. When he was still only 20...
Giuseppe Campari Biography Born Cavaliere Giuseppe Campari near the city of Lodi southwest of Milan, as a teenager he went to work for the Alfa automobile company. Campari’s job eventually involved test driving factory cars and his skills and interest led to his participation in competitive hillclimbing events. In 1914...
Antonio Brivio Biography Born in Biella, Italy to an aristocratic family on the 27th of December 1905 the Marchese “Tonino”...
OM Tipo 665 – Car Profiles The origins of Officine Meccaniche can be found along the shores of Lake Maggiore,...
Giannino Marzotto Biography He was born at Valdagno on 13 April 1928, the son of the king of the Italian wool industry, Count Gaetano Marzotto. Soon after his 20th birthday he entered his father’s Lancia Aprilia in the Giro di Sicilia and came in second in his class. In 1950...
Baconin Borzacchini Biography Baconin Francesco Domenico Borzacchini, born in Terni, Italy on September 29, 1898 was named by his parents...
Bruce McLaren Biography Bruce McLaren was born to Les (Pop) & Ruth on 30th August 1937 at Auckland, New Zealand,...
Rob Walker Biography On his passport, under occupation, it read simply Gentleman, a description, a description to his many friends, one never more fitting. Someone once described him as “self-unemployed.” but never idle. Robert Ramsay Campbell Walker was born on August 14 1917. His father Campbell Walker was an heir to...
Clemente Biondetti Biography Born in Buddusò, Sardinia, into a working class family with Tuscan father and Venetian mother who found...
Silver Arrows Grand Prix Drivers The Silver Arrows of Mercedes and Auto Union were formidable to say the least. The...
The 1957 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1957 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: May 12-13, 1957 / Winner: Taruffi / Winning Speed: 95.39 mph / Starters: 298 / Finishers: 163 The limit on the number of starters was further reduced to 350 and the organizers again took steps to try to...
The 1956 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1956 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: April 29-30 1956 / Winner: Castellotti / Winning...
The 1955 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1955 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: May 1-2, 1955 / Winner: Moss – Jenkinson...
The 1954 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1954 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: May 1-2, 1954 / Winner: Ascari / Winning Speed: 87.27 mph / Starters: 374 / Finishers: 275 Lancia was back again with four D24 cars for Taruffi, Ascari, Castellotti and Gino Valenzano. Vittorio Jano had created a completely...
The 1953 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1953 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: April 25-26, 1953 / Winner: Marzotto G. –...
The 1952 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1952 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: May 4-5, 1952 / Winner: Bracco – Rolfo...
The 1951 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1951 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: April 28-29, 1951 / Winner: Villoresi – Cassani / Winning Speed: 76.13 mph / Starters: 325 / Finishers: 175 Ferrari produced four new cars for this years race, the 340 America. Three were Touring barchettas for Ascari, Serafiini...
