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1955 Targa Florio, the Glossary

The 39a Targa Florio took place on 16 October, around the Circuito delle Madonie, Sicily, Italy.^[1]

73 relations: Alfa Romeo 1900, Alfa Romeo Giulietta, Alfonso Thiele, Alfred Neubauer, Antonio Pucci (racing driver), Aston Martin, Automobili Stanguellini, Benoît Musy, Bruno Gavazzoli, Carrera Panamericana, Carroll Shelby, Circuito delle Madonie, Cisitalia, Desmond Titterington, Elio Zagato, Enrico Anselmi, Eugenio Castellotti, Ferrari Monza, Fiat 8V, Franco Bordoni, Franco Cortese, Gaetano Starrabba, Geoff Richardson (racing driver), Giannini Automobili, Gino Munaron, Giorgio Scarlatti, Giovanni Bracco, Giulio Cabianca, Giuseppe Musso, Gordini, Guerci, Jaguar Cars, Jaguar XK120, John Fitch (racing driver), Juan Manuel Fangio, Karl Kling, Kieft Cars, Lancia Aurelia, Lotus Mark VIII, Luigi Musso, Luigi Piotti, Luigi Villoresi, Maria Teresa de Filippis, Maserati, Maserati 150S, Maserati 200S, Maserati 300S, Maserati A6, Maserati in motorsport, Mercedes-Benz, ... Expand index (23 more) »
1955 World Sportscar Championship season
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Targa Florio

Alfa Romeo 1900

The Alfa Romeo 1900 is an automobile produced by Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo from 1950 until 1959.

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Alfa Romeo Giulietta

Alfa Romeo Giulietta is the name of three different automobiles made by Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo.

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Alfonso Thiele

Alfonso Thiele (5 April 1920 – 15 July 1986) was a racing driver who held dual citizenship of the United States and Italy, though he spent most of his life in Italy.

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Alfred Neubauer

Alfred Neubauer (29 March 1891 in Neutitschein – 22 August 1980 in Stuttgart) was the racing manager of the Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix team from 1926 to 1955.

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Antonio Pucci (racing driver)

Antonio Pucci (1923, Petralia Sottana – 15 July 2009) was an Italian racing driver of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Aston Martin

Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers.

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Automobili Stanguellini

Automobili Stanguellini was an Italian sport cars manufacturer based in Modena.

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Benoît Musy

Benoît Nicolas Musy (13 December 1917 – 7 October 1956) was a Swiss Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Maserati race car driver.

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Bruno Gavazzoli

Bruno "Madero" Gavazzoli is a former Italian racing driver.

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Carrera Panamericana

The Carrera Panamericana was a border-to-border sedan (stock and touring and sports car) rally racing event on open roads in Mexico similar to the Mille Miglia and Targa Florio in Italy.

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Carroll Shelby

Carroll Hall Shelby (January 11, 1923 – May 10, 2012) was an American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur.

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The Circuito delle Madonie was a road racing course made up of public roads, situated on the Italian island of Sicily, near the capital of Palermo, which hosted the famous Targa Florio event, between 1906 and 1977. 1955 Targa Florio and Circuito delle Madonie are Targa Florio.

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Cisitalia

Cisitalia was an Italian sports and racing car brand named after "Compagnia Industriale Sportiva Italia", a business conglomerate founded in Turin in 1946 by industrialist and sportsman Piero Dusio.

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Desmond Titterington

James Desmond Titterington (1 May 1928 – 13 April 2002) was a British racing driver from Northern Ireland.

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Elio Zagato

Elio Zagato (27 February 192114 September 2009) was an Italian automobile designer.

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Enrico Anselmi

Enrico Anselmi was an Italian racing driver, who made a name for himself racing Lancias in the early 1950s.

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Eugenio Castellotti

Eugenio Castellotti (10 October 1930 – 14 March 1957) was a racing driver from Italy.

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Ferrari Monza

The Ferrari Monza is one of a series of cars built by Ferrari.

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Fiat 8V

The Fiat 8V (or "Otto Vu") is a V8-engined sports car produced by the Italian car manufacturer Fiat from 1952 to 1954.

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Franco Bordoni

Franco Bordoni-Bisleri (10 January 1913 – 15 September 1975) was an Italian aviator and racing car driver.

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Franco Cortese

Franco Cortese (10 February 1903 in Oggebbio, Piedmont – 13 November 1986 in Milan) was an Italian racing driver.

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Gaetano Starrabba

Prince Gaetano Starrabba di Giardinelli (born 3 December 1932) is an Italian former racing driver.

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Geoff Richardson (racing driver)

Geoff Richardson (26 August 1924 – 20 August 2007) was a British racing driver.

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Giannini Automobili

Giannini Automobili S.p.A. is an Italian tuning company and a former producer of cars.

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Gino Munaron

Gino Munaron (born 2 April 1928 – died 22 November 2009) was a racing driver from Italy.

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Giorgio Scarlatti

Giorgio Scarlatti (2 October 1921 – 26 July 1990) was a racing driver from Italy.

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Giovanni Bracco

Giovanni Bracco (6 June 1908 at Biella – 7 August 1968 at Biella) was an Italian racing car driver.

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Giulio Cabianca

Giulio Cabianca (19 February 1923 – 15 June 1961) was a Formula One driver from Italy.

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Giuseppe Musso

Giuseppe Domenico Musso (1878-1940?) was an Italian Lawyer who operated in Beijing and Shanghai between the late 19th and the early 20th century and a confidant of Benito Mussolini.

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Gordini

Gordini is a division of Renault Sport Technologies (Renault Sport).

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Guerci

Guerci is an Italian surname.

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Jaguar Cars

Jaguar is the sports car and luxury vehicle brand of Jaguar Land Rover, a British multinational car manufacturer with its headquarters in Whitley, Coventry, England.

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Jaguar XK120

The Jaguar XK120 is a sports car manufactured by Jaguar between 1948 and 1954.

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John Fitch (racing driver)

John Cooper Fitch (August 4, 1917 in Indianapolis, Indiana – October 31, 2012) was an American racing driver and inventor.

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Juan Manuel Fangio

Juan Manuel Fangio (24 June 1911 – 17 July 1995), was an Argentine racing driver.

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Karl Kling

Karl Kling (16 September 1910 – 18 March 2003) was a motor racing driver and manager from Germany.

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Kieft Cars

Kieft Cars, founded by Cyril Kieft, was a British car company that built Formula Three racing cars and some road going sports cars in a factory in Derry St, Wolverhampton.

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Lancia Aurelia

The Lancia Aurelia is a car produced by Italian manufacturer Lancia from 1950 to the summer of 1958.

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Lotus Mark VIII

The Lotus Mark VIII car was Colin Chapman’s first fully enclosed aerodynamic design.

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Luigi Musso

Luigi Musso (28 July 1924 – 6 July 1958) was an Italian racing driver.

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Luigi Piotti

Luigi Piotti (October 27, 1913 in Milan – April 19, 1971 in Godiasco) was a racing driver from Italy.

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Luigi Villoresi

Luigi Villoresi (16 May 1909 – 24 August 1997) was an Italian racing driver.

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Maria Teresa de Filippis

Maria Teresa de Filippis (11 November 1926 – 8 January 2016) was an Italian racing driver, and the first woman to race in Formula One.

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Maserati

Maserati S.p.A. is an Italian luxury vehicle manufacturer.

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Maserati 150S

Maserati 150S is a racing car made by Maserati of Italy alongside the Maserati 200S, to take over for the aging Maserati A6GCS racing variants.

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Maserati 200S

The Maserati 200S (Tipo 52) is a racing car made by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati as a successor to the Maserati A6GCS.

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Maserati 300S

The Maserati 300S was a racing car produced by Maserati of Italy between 1955 and 1958 to compete in the FIA's World Sportscar Championship.

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Maserati A6

Maserati A6 were a series of grand tourers, racing sports cars and single seaters made by Maserati of Italy between 1947 and 1956.

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Maserati in motorsport

Throughout its history, the Italian auto manufacturer Maserati has participated in various forms of motorsport including Formula One, sportscar racing and touring car racing, both as a works team and through private entrants.

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Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz, commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926.

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Mercedes-Benz 300 SL

The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (chassis code W 198) is a two-seat sports car that was produced by Mercedes-Benz from 1954 to 1957 as a gullwinged coupé and from 1957 to 1963 as a roadster.

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Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR

The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR (W 196 S) is a two-seat sports racing car that took part in the 1955 World Sportscar Championship before a catastrophic crash and fire at Le Mans later that year ended its domination prematurely.

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Mercedes-Benz Group

The Mercedes-Benz Group AG (previously named Daimler-Benz, DaimlerChrysler and Daimler) is a German multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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O.S.C.A.

O.S.C.A. (Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili—Fratelli Maserati S.p.A.) was an Italian manufacturer of racing and sports cars established 1947 in San Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna, by the Maserati brothers, and closed down in 1967.

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Peter Collins (racing driver)

Peter John Collins (6 November 1931 – 3 August 1958) was a British racing driver.

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Peugeot 403

The Peugeot 403 is a mid-size car manufactured and marketed by Peugeot between May 1955 and October 1966.

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Piero Carini

Piero Carini (March 6, 1921 – May 30, 1957) was a racing driver from Italy.

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Piero Scotti

Piero Scotti (November 11, 1909 – February 14, 1976) was a racing driver from Italy.

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Porsche 550

The Porsche 550 is a racing sports car produced by Porsche from 1953 until 1956.

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Renault 4CV

The Renault 4CV (quatre chevaux, as if spelled quat'chevaux) is a car produced by the French company Renault from August 1947 through July 1961.

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Robert Manzon

Robert Jean Joseph Manzon (12 April 1917 – 19 January 2015) was a French racing driver.

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Scuderia Ferrari

Scuderia Ferrari is the racing division of luxury Italian auto manufacturer Ferrari and the racing team that competes in Formula One racing.

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Sergio Sighinolfi

Sergio Sighinolfi (April 25, 1925 in Modena – September 7 1956 in San Venanzio) was an Italian racing driver.

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Siata

Siata (Società Italiana Auto Trasformazioni Accessori in English Italian Car Transformation Accessories Company) was an Italian car tuning shop and manufacturer founded in 1926 by amateur race car driver Giorgio Ambrosini.

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Stirling Moss

Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss (17 September 1929 – 12 April 2020) was a British Formula One driver.

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Strait of Messina

The Strait of Messina (Stretto di Messina; Strittu di Missina) is a narrow strait between the eastern tip of Sicily (Punta del Faro) and the western tip of Calabria (Punta Pezzo) in Southern Italy.

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Talbot

Talbot is a dormant automobile marque introduced in 1902 by British-French company Clément-Talbot.

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Targa Florio

The Targa Florio was a public road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near the island's capital of Palermo.

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Umberto Maglioli

Umberto Maglioli (5 June 1928 – 7 February 1999) was a racing driver from Italy.

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Vittorio Colocci

Vittorio Colocci was an Italian racing driver.

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1955 RAC Tourist Trophy

The 1955 RAC Tourist Trophy took place on 17 September, on the roads around Dundrod, (County Antrim, Northern Ireland). 1955 Targa Florio and 1955 RAC Tourist Trophy are 1955 World Sportscar Championship season.

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1955 World Sportscar Championship

The 1955 World Sportscar Championship season was the third season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. 1955 Targa Florio and 1955 World Sportscar Championship are 1955 World Sportscar Championship season.

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1956 1000 km Buenos Aires

The 1956 1000 km Buenos Aires took place on 29 January, on the Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz, (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

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1955 World Sportscar Championship season

1955 in Italian motorsport

Targa Florio

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