BMW has a long and distinguished history at the Mille Miglia, culminating in 1940 when Fritz Huschke von Hanstein and Walter Bäumer drove to a historic victory in their BMW 328 Mille Miglia Coupé with a Touring body. Driving at an average speed of 166.7 km/h, they set a record that would remain unbeaten. The second-placed car, an Alfa Romeo, did not cross the finish line until a quarter of an hour after the … [Read more...]
Mille Miglia Winning Alfa Romeo 2900A – Car Profile
1936 Alfa Romeo 2900A – Supreme Road Racer Story by Ed McDonough Views differ as to the meaning of the phrase...’the good old days’. In this story, it means when you could buy a new car from your local dealer and later discover it had won the Mille Miglia! In April 1936 there were three works Alfa Romeos entered in the Mille Miglia. The three team cars were very basic with functional spider bodywork and … [Read more...]
2009 Mille Miglia Storica – Rome to Brescia Photo Gallery
In 1977, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Mille Miglia Cup, the Brescia Automobile Club decided to organize the Mille Miglia Rally on local roads, as a regularity event with competitive speed trials – a format already adopted for the last three Mille Miglia races organized from 1958 - 1960, which were classified … [Read more...]
2009 Mille Miglia Storica Results
The Mille Miglia Storica returned to the roads of Italy on May 13-17, 2009 for another 1,000 mile road rally from Brescia to Rome and back to Brescia. "The legend has won. After last year's enormous success, the world's greatest road race has surpassed itself to become even greater," said Alessandro Casali, President of the Organizing Committee of the Mille Miglia, at the Awards Ceremony which took place at the … [Read more...]
BMW 328 Touring Coupe to Participate in Mille Miglia
BMW and the Mille Miglia are united by a shared history that goes back a long way. The triumphs of the BMW 328 are as inseparably linked with this 1,000-mile race as the winning appearance of the BMW 507 in the late 1950s. BMW Classic is writing a further chapter of this historic narrative at the 2009 Mille Miglia. An icon of BMW racing history, normally only on view at the BMW Museum, has been rendered raceworthy … [Read more...]
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