Tazio nuvolari biography graphic organizer

  • It did take place in 1933
  • Tazio Nuvolari 1933 Tourist Trophy

    • For our fifth visit to this years Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion I’ll be looking at some of the ALFA Romeo cars present snapped by kindly snapped for us by Karl Krause.

    From 1932 the battle worn 8 cylinder ALFA Romeo Monza, of the type that won the 10 hour 1931 Italian Grand Prix driven by Giuseppe Campari and Tazio Nuvolari, the #31 seen here is owned and driven by Peter Giddings.

    Seven years later ALFA Romeo built the 120 hp 6C 2500 Super Sport owned and driven by Conrad Stevenson, the development and production of the 6C 2500 continued after the 1939-’45 hostilities until 1952.

    ALFA Romeo introduced the Giulia Spyder alongside the Giulia Saloons / Sedans in 1962 although they were actually more closely related to the Giulietta’s that remained in production from 1954 to 1965, the 1963 Giulia Spyder above is owned and driven by Peter Inshaw.

    In 1963 ALFA Romeo launched the Giulia TZ also known as the TZ1 to replace the Giulietta SZ, unlike the Giullia Spyder the Giulia TZ was based on the chassis pan and running gear of the Giulia Saloons / Sedans, pay attention at the back I shall be asking questions later ! The #3 ’63 Giulia TZ is owned and driven by Joe Colasacco.

    The sinuous curves and dihedral opening butterfly doors all made the 1968 ALFA Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale one of the worlds most expensive cars in 1968, which maybe why the one seen above is one of only 18 built.

    Jon Norman started racing ALFA’s in 1968 and in 1971 started racing this 1971 ALFA Romeo GTV in the Trans Am series 44 years later he is still racing it in historic events.

    My thanks to Geoffrey Horton for organising these photographs for me and to Karl Krause for their execution.

    Thanks for joining me on this “Monterey ALFAs” edition of “Gettin’ a li’l psycho on tyres” I hope you will join me again tomorrow when I’ll be looking at a turbocharged Formula One Lola. Don’t forget to come ba

  • Tazio set up his own

    • Setting The Record Straight: The Corsa dei Milioni, the 1933 Gran Premio di Tripoli - the Race that was Rigged?


    As is often the case, legend - or myth - often makes for a better story than the plain ol' truth. In his book "Speed was my Life", Alfred Neubauer, the team manager of the Mercedes-Benz teams of the 1930's and the 1950's, wrote a chapter entitled, "The Race that was Rigged." Our good friend Dennis David has graciously consented to make that chapter available for you to read before we get started, should you want to read the full version - which is actually very entertaining and reads very quickly.

    However, for the sake of those who are too lazy to read the entire chapter (shame on you!), here's a Readers Digest version of Neubauer's account:

    Marshal Italo Balbo, governor of Tripoli, opens a new racing circuit. To spark interest in the race, a lottery is organized. The 11 lira tickets are very popular and sell well throughout Italy. Drawing of the tickets takes place three days before the event for the holders of the 30 lucky tickets, one of each starter in the race. Winning ticket is worth 7,500,000 lire.

    On the eve of the race, Enrico Rivio, timber merchant from Pisa, calls on Achille Varzi in his hotel room (Varzi is wearing blue smoking jacket and white scarf with genuine pearl scarf-pin and is in the company of a certain "Sophia"). Rivio has the lottery ticket for Varzi and offers half of the winning, if Varzi wins. Varzi says he will see what he can do. Varzi calls Tazio Nuvolari.

    Ticket-holders are in a special box at the circuit - they include a butcher from Milan, a pathetic old lady from Florence, a post office sorter, a salesman, a student, and a down-at-the heels baron attached to a rich widow.

    At the start it is Nuvolari, Borzacchini and Campari at the front. They are followed by Chiron, Fagioli and Birkin, with Varzi in mid-pack. Lap five it is Campari, Nuvolari, Birkin and Varzi 57 seconds behind. On lap 12, Campari is 12

    Targa Florio

    Open road endurance automobile race

    CategoryEndurance
    CountryTour of Island of Sicily, Italy
    Inaugural season1906
    Folded1977
    Last Drivers' champion Raffaele Restivo,
     Alfonso Merendino
    Last Constructors' champion  Chevron B36 BMW
    Official websitewww.targa-florio.it

    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 was the oldest sports car racing event, part of the World Sportscar Championship between 1955 and 1973. While the first races consisted of a whole tour of the island, the track length in the race's last decades was limited to the 72 km (45 mi) of the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, which was lapped 11 times.

    After 1973, it was a national sports car event until it was discontinued in 1977 due to safety concerns. It has since been run as Targa Florio Rally, a rallying event, and is part of the Italian Rally Championship.

    History

    The race was created in 1906 by the wealthy pioneer race driver and automobile enthusiast, Vincenzo Florio, who had started the Coppa Florio race in Brescia, Lombardy in 1900. The Targa also claimed to be a world event not to be missed. Renowned artists, such as Alexandre Charpentier and Leonardo Bistolfi, were commissioned to design medals. A magazine was initiated, Rapiditas, which aimed to enhance, with graphic and photographic reproductions of the race, the myth of the car and the typical character of modern life, speed.

    One of the toughest competitions in Europe, the first Targa Florio covered 3 laps of a 92 mile (148 km) circuit, totaling 276 miles (444 km), traversing through winding bends and multiple hairpin curves on treacherous mountain roads, with around 2,000 corners per lap and over 3,600 feet (1,100 m) of elevation change, at heights where severe changes in

    .