"To me the Mille Miglia was certainly the finest road race of them all, but although I loved it, I was always afraid of taking part.. In 1955 when I won in the Mercedes with "Jenks" we were travelling at up to 180 mph on open roads. Although the brakes were very good - there was a constant nagging fear that if anything went wrong there was nothing we could have done about it. We had a fabulous drive and it was nice to make a bit of Mille Miglia history together, as my time of 10 hours 7 minutes 48 seconds at an average speed of 98.53 mph for the 1,000 miles was never beaten" - Stirling Moss The experience lives on. The tradition continues -
Brescia was considered by its inhabitants the birthplace of Italian motorsport and they were shocked when the 1922 Italian Grand Prix was moved to Monza. A few friends met to discuss the ‘theft’ and the Mille Miglia was born. Fast cars, driven at speed along country roads and through small towns and villages, to the delight of all those who came to watch, even though the first Mille Miglia race, in 1927, was run in torrential rain. Entry still privileges those cars within the date range 1927 to 1957 and which have entered or completed registration for at least one of the original Mille Miglia races.
In the post war decade from 1947 to 1957 the Mille Miglia event was rapidly re-established as a world leading motor sporting competition. Major sports car manufacturers would enter works cars employing some of the top drivers to win the 1000 Miglia race for them. Enzo Ferrari stated "The Mille Miglia created our cars and the Italian Automobile industry."
In 1977, twenty years after the race was abandoned on grounds of safety, the Mille Miglia was revived as a regular rally and it has now become a pinnacle of its type for serious collectors to participate in. Only the very finest cars in the world of the types, or actual cars, that took part in period are selected from a heavily oversubscribed list.
Our Mille Miglia 2011 tour is taken at a relaxed pace, taking three nights to travel through France and Switzerland. Cars should be of a type capable of maintaining speeds that will allow up to 300 miles in a day, but we will do rather less on most days. All those who wish to travel in convoy together can do so.
Mille Miglia 2012 details coming soon
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