After saying farewell to one of our classmates yesterday evening, we lingered in the centre of town to catch sight of some of the historic cars arriving for the end of the third leg of the Mille Miglia.
The Mille Miglia (1000 miles) was started in 1927 as a race from Brescia to Rome, and back to Brescia. Stirling Moss, driving a Mercedes Benz 300 SLR, set a record for the fastest time (10 hours, 7 mins and 48 secs) to complete the circuit in 1955, a record that was not beaten before the race was abandoned a couple of years later after two fatal crashes.
The Mille Miglia Storica has run since 1977 as a four-day rally, using the same course as in 1957, and with only pre-1957 cars entitled to enter.
This year, incredibly, 430 cars entered. If you are lucky enough to own a car built before 1957, the entry fee is €9760 and includes hotel accommodation for 3 nights for 2 people, and also lunch and dinner.
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As last! Some cars! This goes some way to making up for missing out on Modena. Had a good meet/up with Rob both times we were in Dublin. And loved Ireland. But got annoyed with living out of 2 suitcases! Love Mick x
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I admit that I was thinking of you as I wrote this blog. There is a museum about the Mille Miglia in Brescia which we are planning to visit when we are staying on Lake Garda in July.
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