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• THE 2008 EXHIBITION •

 
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ALFA ROMEO

SPEED, STYLE AND BEAUTY FROM THE RALPH LAUREN COLLECTION. THE 1938 ALFA ROMEO 8C 2900 MILLE MIGLIA

Four 8C-2900 team cars were built by Alfa Romeo and Carrozzeria Touring for the 1938 Mille Miglia. Alfa dominated the race, and this car driven by Carlo Pintacuda led for most of the thousand-mile contest. At the last checkpoint, a brake problem sidelined it for 14 minutes, causing it to finish second by a mere....

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DELAGE

EXTROVERT FRENCH MOTOR MANUFACTURER LOUIS DELAGE REVELED IN STYLE YET DELIVERED SUBSTANCE, TOO.

Never was this more amply demonstrated than by his fabulously costly factory team of exquisitely engineered, very fast and hugely successful 1.5-liter grand prix cars of 1926-1927. Driven most notably by Robert Benoist, future Second World War resistance hero, they became the effective world...

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FERRARI

OF THE MANY DRIVERS WHO EXPERIENCED THE FERRARI ENDURANCE CARS, MARIO ANDRETTI TOOK VICTORY IN FOUR OUT OF FIVE RACES WITH THE 312PB.

In 1971, a new chassis was built for the Sebring 12 Hour race. Smaller than its predecessor the 512S, the little Ferrari was the car best suited for the Sebring circuit. Andretti loved the new car. “I was so impressed with everything. It seemed aerodynamically right. It had all the characteristics...

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KURTIS

BOWES SEAL FAST COMPANY - A RACING HISTORY

The Bowes Seal Fast Company of Indianapolis is very possibly the longest running and most successful car-owner/sponsor in the history of the Indianapolis 500-mile race and American Championship racing. Charles and Robert Bowes became avid racing fans before World War I, but it was in 1930, along...

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LOTUS

MARIO ANDRETTI DROVE WITH A PASSION AND JOY THAT FEW HAVE EQUALED -
AND HE WON!

Not many have driven a race car better than Mario Andretti. He could make a bad car competitive and a competitive car victorious. He won the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona Formula One World Championship and the Pikes Peak Hillclimb. He won the Champ Car National Championship four times and was a...

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MERCEDES

MERCEDES AND BENZ HAD THE WINNERS' ROSTRUM ALL TO THEMSELVES AT THE
1908 FRENCH GRAND PRIX.

Christian Lautenschlager, the 1908 Grand Prix winner, was a Mercedes factory mechanic and not a professional race driver. Obviously, he must have had a lot of natural talent in order to win two of the most famous Grand Prix races of the time for Mercedes, in 1908 and 1914. The car you see here...

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