The 43° Targa Florio was a motor race for sportscars held on 24 May 1959 on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, Sicily, Italy. It was the second round of the 1959 F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship and the 43rd running of the Targa Florio. Early that year, the event founder, Vincenzo Florio died and his nephew Vincent Paladion promised to keep alive Florio's Targa. “The Targa must continue... Promise me!..” [1]
The race was won by Edgar Barth and Wolfgang Seidel driving a Porsche 718 RSK entered by Porsche KG.
The 43° TargaFlorio was a motor race for sportscars held on 24 May 1959 on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, Sicily, Italy. It was the second round...
The TargaFlorio was a public road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near the island's capital of Palermo. Founded in 1906, it...
best known as the founder of the TargaFlorio. He was the son of the Senator of the Kingdom of Italy, Ignazio Florio Sr. and baroness Giovanna D'Ondes...
The 44° TargaFlorio took place on 8 May 1960, on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, (Sicily, Italy). It was the third round of the F.I.A. World Sports...
international races such as the 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 1959TargaFlorio. He also drove in the 1960 Formula One season, including an 8th-place...
being a TargaFlorio specialist. According to Vic Elford "he knew the roads on Sicily like the back of his hand". His first Targa was in 1959 in a privately...
naturally aspirated 911 Carrera RSR won world championship races including TargaFlorio and the 24 Hours of Daytona. The 911-derived 935 turbo also won the 24...
of which 47 were made from 1948 to 1953. Its early victories in the TargaFlorio and Mille Miglia and others in international competition made the manufacturer...
Times, 23 March 1959, Page 40. It Was Allison, The New York Times, 1 April 1959, Page 49. Crack-up Frightens Driver Out of TargaFlorio in Sicily, The...
championship comprised five qualifying rounds; the 12 Hours of Sebring, the TargaFlorio run over 1000 km, the Nürburgring 1000 km, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and...
accolades include the 1962 European Hill Climb Championship, two overall TargaFlorio victories, in 1961 and 1962, and "1962 Coupe des Sports" title. At first...
of Moss it was the fastest car in the race. This was followed at the TargaFlorio, with the new DBR1/3 also suffering a gearbox failure and not finishing...
Scarfiotti, he won the Le Mans 24 Hours race and placed second in the TargaFlorio that year, occasionally racing in Formula One for Scuderia Centro Sud...
motor racing, with drivers Franchini and Ronzoni competing in the 1911 TargaFlorio with two 24-hp models. In August 1915, the company came under the direction...
Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017. "43^ TARGAFLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017. "1959 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing...
Trophy 1953–64 12 Hours of Sebring 1953– Carrera Panamericana 1953–54 TargaFlorio 1955–73 1000 km Monza 1963–2008 1000 km Spa 1963– 12 Hours of Reims 1964–65...
four victories at Spa-Francorchamps, Brian has overall wins in the 1970 TargaFlorio, the Watkins Glen 6 Hours, the 12 Hours of Sebring twice, the Nurburgring...
33 years, including 12 Le Mans 24-hour races, 10 Mille Miglias and 4 TargaFlorios. He was a class winner in the Mille Miglia in 1949, 1952 and 1957, and...
also just achieved their first outright Championship victory in May's TargaFlorio, finishing 1-2-3-4. The two works cars were driven by regulars Hans Herrmann...
world championship rounds at the TargaFlorio from 1955, Nürburgring from 1956, Sebring from 1957, Le Mans from 1959, and Buenos Aires from 1960 (from...
one of the founders of Scuderia Ambrosiana in Milan. He won the TargaFlorio in 1959, the Coppa Inter-Europa in 1954, the Dolomites Gold Cup Race and...
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