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    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 1927 Targa Florio was a Grand Prix motor race held on the 108km Medio Circuito Madonie in Sicily, Italy on the 24th of April 1927. There were two separate...
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    winning the 1928 Targa Florio, she acquired a new Type 35B to keep her competitive with the top male racers. Race organiser Conte Vincenzo Florio arranged...
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    Umberto Maglioli (category 1928 births)
    scored a total of 3 1⁄3 championship points. He participated in the Targa Florio race nineteen times, winning it three times, and the Mille Miglia ten...
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    its height the Type 35 averaged 14 race wins per week. Bugatti won the Targa Florio for five consecutive years, from 1925 through 1929, with the Type 35...
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    Battista Ceirano. The company was active from 1906 to 1932 and achieved Targa Florio wins in 1911, 1912 and 1914. The first produced models were the 12 HP...
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  • articles. List of 1928 motorsport champions "Mille Miglia - 1928". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017. "19^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info...
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    Persiceto-Bologna. After 1914, most of the Coppa Florio races were co-organized with the Targa Florio at the Circuito delle Madonie circuit outside Palermo...
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    sheets, therefore the exterior was covered in artificial leather. The Targa Florio version was quite different from the serial production models. The engine...
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    vehicles back to race. This also left the Targa Florio as the blue riband event for the European racers. The Targa Florio organisers extended the classes back...
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    would repeat in 1934. One of his big victories came at the prestigious Targa Florio where he upset the favored Louis Chiron. Following his win at the 1933...
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    21-year-old rookie showed his abilities with a fourth-place finish at the Targa Florio. His career was just getting going when World War I broke out and European...
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    Pietro Bordino (category 1928 deaths)
    Bennett Cup, finishing second, and they were second to Nazzaro in the 1907 Targa Florio. In 1908, he again accompanied Lancia in the FIAT works team at the French...
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    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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    The next year, he drove a Bugatti Type 35 to victories in the 1928 and 1929 Targa Florio. Albert Divo was a founding member of the Club International des...
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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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    cemetery in his native Terni. Camaiore Circuit 1926 Targa Florio (Junior class, 1100cc) 1926, 1927 Etna Cup 1928 Tripoli Grand Prix 1930 Coppa Principe di Piemonte...
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    Emilio Materassi (category 1928 deaths)
    Grand Prix of Mugello : 1925, 1926, 1928 Coppa Montenero : 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928 Tripoli Grand Prix : 1927 Targa Florio : 1927 Bologna Grand Prix : 1927...
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    (13 times before World War II, and 11 times from 1947). Like the older Targa Florio and later the Carrera Panamericana in Mexico, the MM made grand tourers...
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    a maximum displacement of 1.5 litres. At its debut race in the 1927 Targa Florio the Maserati Tipo 26B driven by Alfieri Maserati finished third overall...
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    she competed in numerous events throughout her career, including the Targa Florio and the Mille Miglia. In 1921, she famously drove a twelve-cylinder Packard...
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    only extend for one more year, to be replaced in 1928 by an open engine regulation. With the Targa Florio, the organisers reduced the classes to just three...
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    Alfa Romeo P2 (category Targa Florio)
    the P2 was victorious in 14 Grands Prix and major events including the Targa Florio. It was one of the iconic Grand Prix cars of the 1920s, along with the...
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    (3M26) – 719 Super, Column Auto V8, (3C44) – 1928 Super, T-Bar Auto V8, (3A44) – 2256 (including 488 Targa Florio model) Super, 4 Speed Manual V8, (3M44) –...
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    and 1926. He had victories in the 1920 Grand Prix season, winning the Targa Florio 1920 in a 4441 cm³ Nazzaro GP. Driving a Diatto alongside Alfieri Maserati...
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    relationship with. He won a 5km race in Verona in 1907 and competed in the 1911 Targa Florio, where he came in third. During the race, he came down with a serious...
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    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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    dominant through the year, also winning the non-Championship Monaco GP and Targa Florio. His German team-mate Rudolf Caracciola won the other championship race...
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    all—included 24 Grands Prix, five Coppa Cianos, two Mille Miglias, two Targa Florios, two RAC Tourist Trophies, a Le Mans 24-hour race, and a European Championship...
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    Hans Herrmann (category 1928 births)
    Le Mans. He took part in now legendary road races like Mille Miglia, Targa Florio and Carrera Panamericana and is one of the few remaining witnesses of...
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