1972 Giannini Gruppo 2 Corse The story of Giannini is the tale of the Italian car tuners, the specialists who took many of the big manufacturers’ road-going products and changed them, modified them, raced them, sold them, and supplied accessories for them. Abarth was one of the great “tuners,” however Giannini, for a long period in Italian racing, was just as competitive. For many, the Giannini story may come as a surprise, in part, because it was founded as early…

At Brooklands, the author got a feel for how the Giannini might have handled on the famed Monza banking in the ’60s.
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