Robert Newman examines the men and machines that made the Mille Miglia one of the world’s greatest races. The Mille Miglia was a manifestation of raw courage. The courage of the top drivers, whose lives hung in the balance for a day as they forced themselves to take appalling risks to finish the non-stop, flat-out 1000 mile marathon faster than anyone else. The courage of the organizers, who invented and ran such a hazardous race over the crude, insecure public…
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