Road Races

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

FIFRTH OVERALL, SECOND IN CLASS - A super 250 GT SWB passes the baying hillside crowd at the 1962 Targa Florio.

SCUDERIA FILIPINETTI - Third in class and tenth overall at the 1964 Targa Florio.

BLUE AND YELLOW FOR SWEDEN - This 250 GTO finished ninth overall and first in class at the Targa of '64.

SHELBY AMERICAN INC. - Carroll Shelby surveys the broilling Cobra from the pit wall.

CARABINIERI ONLOOKERS - The local Police commandeer the best possible view of the 250 GT Lusso.

A LOCAL SHEPHERD, BOYS ON THE BALCONY AND WOMEN ON THE ROOFTOP - A 250 GT speeds through the narrow streets in Sicily.

POWERING THROUGH A HILLTOP VILLAGE - Guichet had a great year in 1964 winning Le Mans, but retiring from this 'classic'.

THIRD AT THE END OF A GRUELLING RACE - The orange coloured 718 GTR of Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia.

SPRINTERS! Rolt makes a decent attempt at a sprint, but nothing compared to the 'hare' Moss.

PIT STOP ACTION - Griffith sits in the car whilst Peter Collins crouches on the pit counter. They won comfortably.

DUNDROD - Rolt awaits the drop of the flag, whilst Stirling Moss (next in line) looks all the more up for it!

CHARGING THROUGH VIA ROMA - Attwood screams through Cerda on his way to fifth overall, with co-driver Waldegaard.

VICTORY - 'Dick' Seaman drove his Delage Straight Eight to victory in the 1500cc International Light Car race over the undulating Isle of Man course.

CLASSIC ROAD RACING - Siffert passes under the start/finish line on his way to victory with Brian Redman in the 1970 edition.

BARKING INSTRUCTIONS - Team Manager John Wyer barks his orders through a megaphone, before Griffith accelerates out of the pits.

TARGA FLORIO - A super evocative paddock scene taken by Edward Eves before the start of the great road race in 1962.

RETROSPECTIVE - Moss and co-driver Wooldridge roll back the years as they blast through Italy in the original 1955 winning SLR. Magic!

WINNING CAR - The Ferrari Dino 246 SP of race winners, Mairesse and Rodriguez during the 1962 Targa Florio.

VANWALLS - A line-up of Vanwalls to the rear, whilst in the foreground is a solitary Cooper for Roy Salvadori.

TAKING THE CHEQUER - Mairesse crosses the finish line in first place in a Ferrari shared with Mexican, Ricardo Rodriguez.

TOTAL CONCENTRATION - Moss wields the beautiful D-type through the country lanes in Dundrod, Northern Ireland.

'THE LAST GREAT ROAD RACE' - You can just spot Jean Behra standing besides his 250F, number 4.

RACE WINNING ASTON MARTIN - Collins powers away from the start of the Tourist Trophy at Dundrod in 1953.

MOSS CROSSES THE LINE - Stirling wins 'The Last Great Road Race' at Pescara in 1957, a triangular circuit on the Italian coast.

ASTON MARTIN DB3 - A curvaceous DB3 is fettled and re-fuelled during the Tourist Trophy of 1953, held in Northern Ireland.

VINTAGE TARGA FLORIO - Elford and local favourite finished second to the sister car of Mitter and Schutz at the 1969 Targa Florio.

MILLE MIGLIA - Oh to have witnessed a Mille Miglia first hand. Note the Lambretta truck in the background.

RENOWNED FOR HIS STARTS - Moss is already underway at the start of the 1953 Tourist Trophy at Dundrod, before anyone else.