In the early going of the 1934 Coppa Acerbo, in Pescara, Italy, Hans Stuck’s Auto Union Type A led Achille Varzi’s Alfa Romeo P3, but in the end the race produced victory for the Mercedes-Benz, driven by Luigi Fagioli. The Enzo Ferrari-run Alfa Romeos, hitherto almost invincible, met with a run of disastrous bad luck. First, Louis Chiron’s car caught fire at the pits and was completely destroyed, then Guy Moll had a terrible crash that took his life. Internationally…
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