Road Races

Road Races

From the hills of Sicily, to the seaside straights at Pescara & back to the roads of Brescia & Rome.

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FIFRTH OVERALL, SECOND IN CLASS - A super 250 GT SWB passes the baying hillside crowd at the 1962 Targa Florio.
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SCUDERIA FILIPINETTI - Third in class and tenth overall at the 1964 Targa Florio.
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BLUE AND YELLOW FOR SWEDEN - This 250 GTO finished ninth overall and first in class at the Targa of '64.
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SHELBY AMERICAN INC. - Carroll Shelby surveys the broilling Cobra from the pit wall.
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CARABINIERI ONLOOKERS - The local Police commandeer the best possible view of the 250 GT Lusso.
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A LOCAL SHEPHERD, BOYS ON THE BALCONY AND WOMEN ON THE ROOFTOP - A 250 GT speeds through the narrow streets in Sicily.
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POWERING THROUGH A HILLTOP VILLAGE - Guichet had a great year in 1964 winning Le Mans, but retiring from this 'classic'.
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THIRD AT THE END OF A GRUELLING RACE - The orange coloured 718 GTR of Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia.
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SPRINTERS! Rolt makes a decent attempt at a sprint, but nothing compared to the 'hare' Moss.
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PIT STOP ACTION - Griffith sits in the car whilst Peter Collins crouches on the pit counter. They won comfortably.
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DUNDROD - Rolt awaits the drop of the flag, whilst Stirling Moss (next in line) looks all the more up for it!
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CHARGING THROUGH VIA ROMA - Attwood screams through Cerda on his way to fifth overall, with co-driver Waldegaard.
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VICTORY - 'Dick' Seaman drove his Delage Straight Eight to victory in the 1500cc International Light Car race over the undulating Isle of Man course.
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CLASSIC ROAD RACING - Siffert passes under the start/finish line on his way to victory with Brian Redman in the 1970 edition.
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BARKING INSTRUCTIONS - Team Manager John Wyer barks his orders through a megaphone, before Griffith accelerates out of the pits.
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TARGA FLORIO - A super evocative paddock scene taken by Edward Eves before the start of the great road race in 1962.
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RETROSPECTIVE - Moss and co-driver Wooldridge roll back the years as they blast through Italy in the original 1955 winning SLR. Magic!
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WINNING CAR - The Ferrari Dino 246 SP of race winners, Mairesse and Rodriguez during the 1962 Targa Florio.
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VANWALLS - A line-up of Vanwalls to the rear, whilst in the foreground is a solitary Cooper for Roy Salvadori.
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TAKING THE CHEQUER - Mairesse crosses the finish line in first place in a Ferrari shared with Mexican, Ricardo Rodriguez.
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TOTAL CONCENTRATION - Moss wields the beautiful D-type through the country lanes in Dundrod, Northern Ireland.
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'THE LAST GREAT ROAD RACE' - You can just spot Jean Behra standing besides his 250F, number 4.
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RACE WINNING ASTON MARTIN - Collins powers away from the start of the Tourist Trophy at Dundrod in 1953.
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MOSS CROSSES THE LINE - Stirling wins 'The Last Great Road Race' at Pescara in 1957, a triangular circuit on the Italian coast.
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ASTON MARTIN DB3 - A curvaceous DB3 is fettled and re-fuelled during the Tourist Trophy of 1953, held in Northern Ireland.
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VINTAGE TARGA FLORIO - Elford and local favourite finished second to the sister car of Mitter and Schutz at the 1969 Targa Florio.
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MILLE MIGLIA - Oh to have witnessed a Mille Miglia first hand. Note the Lambretta truck in the background.
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RENOWNED FOR HIS STARTS - Moss is already underway at the start of the 1953 Tourist Trophy at Dundrod, before anyone else.