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by Diane Langton   The Giaur Lancia Moretti, a rare Italian race car, was being built for Italian Formula One driver Felice Bonetto, who planned to race it in 1953 in the Mille Miglia (thousand mile) road race in Italy. But when Bonetto was killed in November 1953, in the Carrera Panamericana race in Silao, Mexico, work on the car stopped....

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By Tim Bojarski   Although it was Columbus Day atBatavia Downs, it was Groundhog Day for Rock Vinci. That is because Vinci won the special harness racing Italian-American drivers race (known as the Christopher Columbus Pace) for the second year in a row, in the identical time as last year and with another bombs-away payoff.   Vinci le...

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L'italoamericano Mario Andretti è una delle leggende del mondo dei motori. Ha vinto negli anni '70 il campionato mondiale di Formula 1 e un'infinità di altre gare. Non tutti sapevano però che la sua vita è legata a Lucca. Arrivato come esule istriano con la sua famiglia negli anni '40 trascorse la sua infanzia dentro le mura prima di emigrare in Am...

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  WTI Magazine #57    2015 April, 3Author : Simone Callisto Manca      Translation by:   The year in the engine competitions could not have started better for our colors: the green, the white but above all the Red. Indeed, a single triumphant Sunday has seen the comeback of two Italian legends: Ferrari, after almost two years, with his new drive...

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By Tony DiZinno The No. 22 STR Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 hasn't figured in too much to this year's Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo North America season, but has been on pace this weekend with arrival of young 22-year-old Edoardo Liberati alongside Fernando Barbachano this weekend.   Liberati, who replaces Max Biancardi, is the latest...

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Brescia's Mille Miglia Museum tells the story of the most beautiful race in the world, which was first held in May 1927 over a 1,628-kilometer itinerary from Brescia to Rome and back. Only 54 of the 77 participants reached the finish line in the inaugural edition. One of them was 35-year-old Tazio Nuvolari, who would go on to win the competiti...

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