The Targa Florio was a public road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near the island's capital of Palermo. Founded in 1906, it...
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The 1906 Targa Florio was the inaugural running of the Targa Florio, an open road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near Palermo...
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best known as the founder of the Targa Florio. He was the son of the Senator of the Kingdom of Italy, Ignazio Florio Sr. and baroness Giovanna D'Ondes...
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but now defunct sports car races include the Italian classics, the Targa Florio (1906–1977) and Mille Miglia (1927–1957), and the Mexican Carrera Panamericana...
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Circuito delle Madonie (category Targa Florio)
which hosted the famous Targa Florio event, between 1906 and 1977. The original public roads are still used today for the Targa Florio Rally successor event...
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3 laps of the 92.473 mile circuit, totaling 277.42 miles. 1906 Targa Florio II Targa Florio <La Saga des Pilain Lyonnaises, Claude Rouxel, editions du...
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marked the advent of two iconic races: The French Grand Prix and the Targa Florio. Sources: The season started with the first ever motor-race in Cuba,...
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race, which was renamed Coppa Florio. He donated 50,000 lire and a cup for the winner. In 1906, he created the Targa Florio, one of the oldest endurance...
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The 1970 Targa Florio was an endurance race that took place on 3 May 1970. It was held on a 44.6 mi (71.8 km) anti-clockwise circuit made up entirely of...
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SCAT (automobile) (category Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1906)
from Turin, founded in 1906 by Giovanni Battista Ceirano. The company was active from 1906 to 1932 and achieved Targa Florio wins in 1911, 1912 and 1914...
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Columbia Targa Florio, in Sicily, Italy, 1906–1977 Targa Florio Rally, in Sicily, Italy, from 1978 Targa High Country, in Victoria, Australia Targa New Zealand...
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prominent Targa Florio sports car race that took place in the Madonie Mountains, with the start-finish line in Cerda. The event was started in 1906 by Sicilian...
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anybody stood on the running board. In 1907, two Ajax cars competed at the Targa Florio race. One car was crashed, the other failed. The company made an unsuccessful...
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Cyril Snipe (section Targa Florio)
Snipe (1888-1944) was a British motor racing driver who won the 1912 Targa Florio in Sicily driving an Italian SCAT motor car. Cyril Arthur Snipe was born...
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inter-city races. The popularity of the inaugural French Grand Prix and Targa Florio saw those events held again. The new Kaiserpreis was the first major...
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(Aspendale Speedway) near Melbourne (1906) was the world's first purpose-built motor racing circuit. "1^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April...
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of the Coppa Florio was co-organized with the Targa Florio near Palermo, Sicilia, running four or five laps, 108 km each. The Targa Florio was an open...
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Tyrrhenian Sea and is also on the Targa Florio racing circuit since its beginning (1906). The town owns the official Targa Florio Museum. The long history of...
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Agnelli's personal driver and works racing team driver. In 1906 he won the inaugural Targa Florio in Sicily after switching to the Itala team. Cagno co-founded...
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first Targa Florio, an open road endurance automobile race, starts in the mountains of Sicily near Palermo. The race was initiated by Vincenzo Florio and...
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achieved some success in the Targa Florio of 1907 and 1908. On 22 April 1907 Vittorio Gremo finished 16th at the second Targa Florio. Driving a Junior 28/40...
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S.P.A. (automobile) (category Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1906)
in the Targa Florio driving a four-cylinder, 7,785cc, S.P.A. 28/40 HP. In 1909 an S.P.A. racer driven by Francesco Ciuppa won the Targa Florio race. Completing...
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(Fabrica Anonima Torinese Automobili -F.A.T.A.) and two-time winner of the Targa Florio. The Ceirano brothers, Giovanni Battista, Giovanni, Ernesto and Matteo...
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1931 Grand Prix season (section Targa Florio)
History – history of the Targa Florio race. Retrieved 26 Nov 2020 La Targa Florio – race report and pictures of the Targa Florio. Retrieved 26 Nov 2020...
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Grand Prix motor racing (section 1906–1914)
tracks. This was true of the Le Mans circuit of the 1906 Grand Prix, as well as the Targa Florio (run on 93 miles (150 km) of Sicilian roads), the 75...
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includes one of the oldest rallies in the world, the Rally Targa Florio, which was first run in 1906. Any cars can be entered, except those that are used in...
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Merosi, which became commercially successful and participated in the 1911 Targa Florio endurance race. In August 1915, ALFA was acquired by Neapolitan entrepreneur...
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Fiat 28-40 HP, also known as the Fiat Targa Florio Corsa, is a Grand Prix racing car manufactured by Fiat in 1906 and 1907. From 1907 through 1910, the...
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marque in competition from 1904 (Mont Ventoux race, France) until 1906 with the Targa Florio and the Tourist Trophy, and one more time in 1908 with a victory...
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won at Sitges. The veteran Alessandro Cagno, winner of the first Targa Florio in 1906, won the Gran Premio della Vetturette at Monza in his last victory...
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