As “Historic Racing Magazine of the Mille Miglia”, VRJ begins its coverage of the May 2000 event with a look at the history and genesis of one of the world’s most famous races. Italy was still firmly entrenched in the 19th Century in 1926, when four men from Brescia put their heads together and invented the Mille Miglia. It was an agricultural and craft-oriented society dominated by a monarchy and a network of wealthy aristocrats. It was a land of…

Baconin Borzacchini guns his Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 over the 3,200 ft Raticosa Pass on his way down to Rome in 1932, the year he won the Mille Miglia.
Photo: Alfa Romeo