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Corsa del 1972

tarGa FLorio: oN May 6tH participated in this race over the years
1906 tHe LeGeNdary Car has always boasted and presented as a
raCe oF tHe MoSt aNCieNt kind of merit the performance obtained
iN tHe worLd waS BorN iN on this prestigious circuit. Not everyo-
PaLerMo ne, in fact, managed to complete it, so
reaching the end was already conside-
red an enterprise to be proud of, beyond
questa gara ha sempre vantato rom a wealthy family, entrepreneur the positioning obtained. The reasons
e presentato come una sorta di Fand motoring enthusiast, it is to for such an excellent reputation are
valore al merito le prestazioni him that motorsport lovers owe the cre- certainly to be seen also in relation to
ottenute su questo prestigioso ation of the oldest Italian motor compe- the technical aspect of the route: seven-
circuito. Non tutti, infatti, riusci- tition. We are talking about Vincenzo ty-two kilometers distributed through
vano a completarlo, sicché giun- Florio (born in 1883 and died in 1959), the passage of over a thousand curves,
in a route set up inside the Madonie, the
gere al termine era considerato to whom we must recognize the gre- mountain ridge located along the nor-
at merit of having conceived his race,
già di per sé un’impresa di cui from the beginning, as an international thern coast to east of Palermo, in Sicily.
andar fieri, al di là del posizio- event. The excellent organization, the A race, therefore, of enormous difficul-
namento ottenuto. Le ragioni di beauty of the landscape crossed by the ty inherent in the hardness of the track
una tale eccellente reputazione cars, the fame that immediately seized that from the mountain goes down to
sono certamente da inquadrarsi the event itself, then did the rest to give the sea and then goes up towards the
anche relativamente all’aspetto that aura of legend that is still felt today heights. A truly unique circuit that
combines the charm of a sports enter-
when we talk about “Targa Florio “.
tecnico del tracciato: settantadue After all, every manufacturer that has prise with that of scenic beauty, with
chilometri distribuiti attraverso

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