I love sports car history… ferreting out those weird and odd cars, events, drivers, incidents. I spotted a long time ago a picture of a Shelby Cobra raced in the mid 60s that had letters under the number. Interesting back story behind NYFAIM. There are many accounts of how it happened but this is the one most reported by the
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Part 1 – The Mille Miglia In the year 1927, two citizens of Brescia, Italy were drinking wine and soaking their sorrows, embarrassed that the driver from their fair town had lost the Italian Grand Prix race to a driver from Monza. These two came up with a crazy idea and sketched it out on a napkin : a race
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Part 2. Darlington 500 – Labor Day 1950 The First running of the Darlington 500 If you are not a big fan of NASCAR, you might still find this interesting because of the strategy involved by the winner. Last year, I met a 72 year old CEO and Chairman of a company in Greenville who attended that race in 1950.
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