More history of racing stuff. The mille miglia sounds like it was a lot of fun. A 1000 mile race over open roads.

In my opinion, the Mille Miglia was an epoch-making event, which told a wonderful story. The Mille Miglia created our cars and the Italian automobile industry. The Mille Miglia permitted the birth of GT, or grand touring cars, which are now sold all over the world. The Mille Miglia proved that by racing over open roads for 1,000 miles, there were great technical lessons to be learned by the petrol and oil companies and by brake, clutch, transmission, electrical and lighting component manufacturers, fully justifying the old adage that motor racing improves the breed.

COMMENDATORE ENZO FERRARI

For more info on the race, go to: http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/miglia.htm

[Edited by lvs2k on 06-06-2001 at 12:12 PM]

 

I think it was 1957 Sterling Moss finished the race in record time; TEN HOURS!!!. One Thousand Miles in Ten Hours, including pit stops, in a Mercedes SLR.

Wow.