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The 45° Targa Florio took place on 30 April 1961, on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, (Sicily, Italy). It was the second round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship, and third round of the FIA GT Cup.

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1961 Targa Florio

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The 45° Targa Florio took place on 30 April 1961, on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, (Sicily, Italy). It was the second round of the F.I.A. World Sports...

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Targa Florio

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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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1962 Targa Florio

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The 46° Targa Florio was a motor race which took place on 6 May 1962, on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, Sicily, Italy. Ferraris placed first and second...

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1963 Targa Florio

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The 47° Targa Florio took place on 5 May 1963, on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, Sicily (Italy). Porsche took the overall victory, marking the beginning...

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Ferrari SP

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include the 1962 European Hill Climb Championship, two overall Targa Florio victories, in 1961 and 1962, and "1962 Coupe des Sports" title. At first the SP-series...

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Targa top

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name "Targa" from the Targa Florio, the road race in Sicily where Porsche was very successful. Targa means "plate" (or placard) in Italian. Targa and T-top...

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Porsche 718

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1960. In 1961 Masten Gregory and Bob Holbert piloted a 718/4 RS Spyder to a class win at Le Mans. In 1963, Porsche got another Targa Florio victory, with...

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Nino Vaccarella

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achievements include having won the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the Targa Florio in 1965, 1971 and 1975, the latter year when it no longer was a World...

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Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa

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24 Hours of Le Mans in 1958, 1960, and 1961, the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1958, 1959 and 1961, the Targa Florio in 1958, the 1000 Km Buenos Aires in 1958...

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Vic Elford

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ever overall win in a 24-hour race. Later that year, he also won the Targa Florio teamed with veteran Umberto Maglioli in a famous come-from-behind race...

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Scuderia Ferrari

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Hour, races for Grand tourer cars, and racing on road courses of the Targa Florio, the Mille Miglia, and the Carrera Panamericana. The team is also known...

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World Sportscar Championship

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Trophy 1953–64 12 Hours of Sebring 1953– Carrera Panamericana 1953–54 Targa Florio 1955–73 1000 km Monza 1963–2008 1000 km Spa 1963– 12 Hours of Reims 1964–65...

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Lorenzo Bandini

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Scarfiotti, he won the Le Mans 24 Hours race and placed second in the Targa Florio that year, occasionally racing in Formula One for Scuderia Centro Sud...

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Cliff Allison

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course. In May 1960 Allison skidded off the road during practice for the Targa Florio in Palermo, Sicily. His Ferrari had reached a speed of 100 miles per...

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Olivier Gendebien

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Hours : 1957, 1958 Targa Florio : 1958, 1961, 1962 12 Hours of Sebring : 1959, 1960, 1961 24 hours of Le Mans : 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962 1000km Nürburgring :...

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Aston Martin DBR1

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of Moss it was the fastest car in the race. This was followed at the Targa Florio, with the new DBR1/3 also suffering a gearbox failure and not finishing...

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Mille Miglia

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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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Gerhard Mitter

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Ferrari, the 1966 24 Hours of Daytona (Porsche 907, in class) and the 1969 Targa Florio (Porsche 908) as his final major win. Due to the long Nürburgring track...

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Lucien Bianchi

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1st: 1962 12 Hours of Reims, 1st: 1965 (in class P1.3) overall 7th Targa Florio, 1st: 1965 (in class GT1.6) overall 7th 6 Hours of Nürburgring, 1st:...

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1955 World Sportscar Championship

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with an event new to the championship, the legendary road race, the Targa Florio. As a result of the Le Mans disaster, both the 1000 km Nürburgring and...

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Alfa Romeo

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motor racing, with drivers Franchini and Ronzoni competing in the 1911 Targa Florio with two 24-hp models. In August 1915, the company came under the direction...

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Grand tourer

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winner was WWII fighter ace Franco Bordoni's Maserati A6 1500. The annual Targa Florio in Sicily was held the first weekend of April, and featured a Gran Turismo...

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Giorgio Scarlatti

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problem. In 1958 he finished second at the Targa Florio together with Jean Behra on a Porsche 718. In 1961 Scarlatti and Lorenzo Bandini won the 4 Hours...

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Enzo Ferrari

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4-cylinder C.M.N. 15/20. On 23 November of the same year, he took part in the Targa Florio but had to retire after his car's fuel tank developed a leak. Due to...

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Maserati in motorsport

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Alfieri Maserati with Guerino Bertocchi acting as riding mechanic won the Targa Florio 1,500 cc class in 1926, finishing in ninth place in overall. Maserati...

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