Mille Miglia

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Mille Miglia is a historic Italian open-road endurance race, now run as a classic car rally, renowned for its challenging route and celebration of vintage automobiles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf classic car rally ⓘ
endurance race ⓘ
motor race ⓘ
associatedManufacturer Alfa Romeo ⓘ
Ferrari ⓘ
Mercedes-Benz ⓘ
Porsche ⓘ
averageSpeedRecord Stirling Moss 1955 record average speed over 157 km/h ⓘ
cancellationCause fatal crash involving spectators in 1957 ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
culturalSignificance major event in classic car culture ⓘ
symbol of Italian automotive heritage ⓘ
eligibility cars produced between 1927 and 1957 ⓘ
classic cars ⓘ
endPoint Brescia ⓘ
famousFor celebration of vintage automobiles ⓘ
challenging Italian road conditions ⓘ
high average speeds on public roads ⓘ
historic victories by major manufacturers ⓘ
firstEditionYear 1927 ⓘ
founder Aymo Maggi ⓘ
Franco Mazzotti ⓘ
Giuseppe Morandi ⓘ
Renzo Castagneto ⓘ
inception 1927 ⓘ
lastOriginalEditionYear 1957 ⓘ
location Brescia ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
mediaCoverage covered by international automotive press ⓘ
motorsportDiscipline road racing ⓘ
notableEvent 1955 victory of Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson in Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR ⓘ
notableFeature looped route from Brescia to Rome and back ⓘ
night-time driving sections ⓘ
passes through many Italian towns and cities ⓘ
public roads closed for racing ⓘ
notableWinner Rudolf Caracciola ⓘ
Stirling Moss ⓘ
linked to: Sir Stirling Moss

Tazio Nuvolari ⓘ
officialNameVariant 1000 Miglia ⓘ
linked to: Mille Miglia
organizer Automobile Club di Brescia ⓘ
raceDistance approximately 1000 miles ⓘ
approximately 1600 kilometers ⓘ
reasonForOriginalEnd safety concerns after fatal accidents ⓘ
resumedAs historic regularity rally ⓘ
resumptionYear 1977 ⓘ
routeType open-road course ⓘ
safetyIssue 1957 Guidizzolo accident ⓘ
startPoint Brescia ⓘ
tourismImpact attracts international participants and spectators ⓘ

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Chopard → notableSeries → Mille Miglia ⓘ
Chopard → associatedWithEvent → Mille Miglia classic car race ⓘ
linked to: Mille Miglia
Chopard → sponsors → Mille Miglia classic car race ⓘ
linked to: Mille Miglia
Rudolf Caracciola → participatedIn → Mille Miglia endurance race ⓘ
linked to: Mille Miglia
Mercedes-Benz W194 → debutRace → 1952 Mille Miglia ⓘ
linked to: Mille Miglia
Mille Miglia → officialNameVariant → 1000 Miglia ⓘ
linked to: Mille Miglia
Stirling Moss → participantIn → Mille Miglia ⓘ
subject linked to: Stirling
Mercedes-Benz SSK → notableRaceWin → 1929 Mille Miglia (class and overall, with SSK variant) ⓘ
linked to: Mille Miglia
Tazio Nuvolari → participantIn → Mille Miglia ⓘ
Achille Varzi → participantIn → Mille Miglia ⓘ
Carlo Felice Trossi → participantIn → Mille Miglia ⓘ
subject linked to: Count Carlo Felice Trossi