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Roberto Rossellini, driving a 2,000 cc Ferrari ; he coasted slowly down the incline so that his personal cameraman could take pictures of his take-off (he dropped out of the race in Rome, the halfway point...
...news of the race, as it filtered back by radio to the Brescia crowd, was of records being smashed again & again at every checkpoint. Ferrari Driver Gianni Marzotto, the 1950 winner, reached Verona at an average clip of 106 m.p.h. Minutes later, Verona clocked Argentina's Juan Fangio, in an Alfa Romeo, at 106.6. Former World Champion Nino Farina, of Turin, also in a Ferrari, raised it to 109.7. The crowd gasped when it heard about Italy's Consalvo Sanesi and his Alfa Romeo. His speed: 112.8 m.p.h...
...Rome, Producer Roberto Rossellini announced that, with the permission of his wife Ingrid Bergman, he was going to drive his twelve-cylinder Ferrari in Italy's famed Mille Miglia (1,000-mile) auto race this month. Said Ingrid, with the voice of experience: "Forbidden things are always so desirable. I thought if I said yes he wouldn't enter the race. Now I'm surprised...
...start of the main 200-mile race, the roar of the Bergstrom crowd was quickly drowned by the louder roar of the 19 entries-Allards, Ferraris, Jaguars, etc. The president of the Sports Car Club, Driver Fred Wacker Jr. of Chicago went out early with engine trouble. After the first few laps over the tortuous 4.48-mile course (including turns of 110° and 135°) the race settled down to a neck & neck duel between Chicago Manufacturer Jim Kimberly, 45, in a Ferrari, and California's Phill Hill, driving a Jaguar C. The Jag was quicker...
...final day was a Mercédès parade. Veteran Kling drove his lightweight (under 2,000 Ibs.) aluminum-bodied racer at a 160-m.p.h. clip over stretches of the final lap. Kling's overall average: 102 m.p.h., shattering the 1951 Ferrari record of 88.09 m.p.h. Hermann Lang, Le Mans winner, brought his Mercédès in second, followed by Luigi Chinetti in a Ferrari. The stock-car race was even more of a runaway for the 1953 Lincolns (see BUSINESS). The 205-h.p. Lincolns, mounting four-barrel carburetors and heavy-duty shock absorbers, were...