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    The Mille Miglia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmille ˈmiʎʎa], Thousand Miles) was an open-road, motorsport endurance race established in 1927 by the young...
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    events. Driving an Alfa Romeo 8C 2900b, Clemente Biondetti won the 1938 Mille Miglia for sports cars and at the Coppa Ciano finished second in the voiturette...
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    BMW 328 (category Mille Miglia)
    driving a 328. In 1938, BMW 328 became a class winner in Mille Miglia. In 1940, the Mille Miglia Touring Coupe won the Mille Miglia with an average speed...
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  • (Caproni-Fuscaldo) in the Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 with "Ala spessa" body in 1940 Mille Miglia. The engine had six electrically operated injectors, fed by a semi-high...
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    Alfa Romeo 8C (category Mille Miglia)
    the 1935 3.8-litre Monoposto 8C 35 Type C, and the Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Mille Miglia Roadster. It also powered top-of-the-range coach-built production models...
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    these BMWs were capable of. 1938 Alfa Romeo 2900B carrozzeria touring Le Mans 1940 BMW 328 coupé carrozzeria touring Mille Miglia 1948 Ferrari 166 S No. 003S...
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    C Mille Miglia was a 2-door, 2-seat berlinetta sports car based on the 508 C chassis and engine, produced in 1938 and 1939. At the 1938 Mille Miglia race...
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  • Enrico Adanti (category Mille Miglia drivers)
    entered 22 races between 1938 and 1940, and between 1946 and 1953, mainly driving a Fiat or Lancia. He started the Mille Miglia 9 times. Racing Sports Cars...
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  • Giovanni Battaglia (category Mille Miglia drivers)
    driver. He drove 12 races between 1931 and 1938, all in an Alfa Romeo, including five times the Mille Miglia. racingsportscars.com Giovanni Battaglia career...
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    with another Jewish friend, Orlando Piperno, Vittorio took part in the Mille Miglia car race, finishing tenth. Mussolini worked with many of Italy's best...
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  • was commentator for the Mille Miglia historic rally. Kidston is an avid car collector, with his collection including a 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Cabriolet...
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  • championship events see related season articles. List of 1938 motorsport champions "Mille Miglia - 1938". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017. "29^...
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    Alfa Romeo 6C (category Mille Miglia)
    Spyder 1938 6C 2300 B Mille Miglia Spyder 1938 6C 2300 B Touring Superleggera Berlinetta 1935 6C 2300 Sport Touring Superleggera Pescara Spyder. Mille Miglia...
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  • Grand tourer cars, and racing on road courses of the Targa Florio, the Mille Miglia, and the Carrera Panamericana. The team is also known for its passionate...
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    and light body for the car, which scored a 2nd place OA at the 1927 Mille Miglia and won the 1928 edition. The 6C 1500 technical qualities were also improved...
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    Adolf Brudes (category Mille Miglia drivers)
    Retrieved 18 May 2016. "Spa 24 Hours 1938 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. "Mille Miglia - 1940". www.grandprixhistory.org...
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  • made for the Alfa Romes 8C 2900 and the BMW 328 chassis. 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 Mille Miglia from the Ralph Lauren collection Touring-bodied Alfa Romeo...
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    Europe's most important races, as neither the 24 Hours of Le Mans nor the Mille Miglia had been established yet. Grand Prix races were still isolated events...
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    George Abecassis (category Mille Miglia drivers)
    successfully contested many national British races until 1956. In 1955 Mille Miglia he drove a red Austin Healey 100S (AHS3804) very fast in the last "Rome...
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    Juan Manuel Fangio (category Mille Miglia drivers)
    competed in one of the most dangerous and prestigious races in Europe: the Mille Miglia, a 1,000 miles (1,600 km) race on open public roads covering nearly all...
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    prepare two racing cars for him and Alberto Ascari to drive in the 1940 Mille Miglia. The race, which was officially named the Grand Prix of Brescia, was...
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    ought to have." Cars that have had a Kammback include: 1940 BMW 328 "Mille Miglia" Kamm coupé 1952 Cunningham C-4RK + 1958-1963 Lotus Elite 1961 Ferrari...
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    Rudolf Caracciola (category Mille Miglia drivers)
    Czechoslovakian Grand Prix (1): 1937 Coppa Acerbo (1): 1938 Other notable Events: Tourist Trophy: (1): 1929 Mille Miglia: (1): 1931 Bolsinger and Becker (2002), p...
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    Giuseppe Farina (category Mille Miglia drivers)
    Alfa Romeos. It was in an Alfa Romeo 8C that he finished second in the Mille Miglia, after driving through the night without lights. Farina also raced in...
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    Tazio Nuvolari (category Mille Miglia drivers)
    major races, 150 in all—included 24 Grands Prix, five Coppa Cianos, two Mille Miglias, two Targa Florios, two RAC Tourist Trophies, a Le Mans 24-hour race...
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    Luigi Soffietti (category Mille Miglia drivers)
    and Grands Prix between 1932 and 1938 (48 started) in Alfa Romeos and Maseratis. Notable entries include the Mille Miglia and Targa Florio, but also the...
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  • Angelo Guatta (category Mille Miglia drivers)
    and the Circuito del Sud in 1930, Guatta entered the Mille Miglia seven times between 1928 and 1938. In all his races he used an Alfa Romeo 6C or 8C. "Angelo...
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    Franco Cortese (category Mille Miglia drivers)
    Formula 2 Grands Prix. Cortese holds the record of most finishes in a Mille Miglia race: fourteen. Besides having entered many races in an Alfa Romeo, Cortese...
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    Walter Bäumer, won the Mille Miglia in a BMW 328 coupe. He was one of the only three non-Italians to have won the Mille Miglia, along with fellow German...
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    frame. The steel-bodied, Frua-designed 1952 "Mille Miles" (celebrating class victories at the Mille Miglia) was a mini-GT with a 65 hp Panhard two-cylinder...
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