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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Label Occurrences
Mille Miglia canonical 3
Mille Miglia classic car race 2
1000 Miglia 1

Statements (49)

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 NERFINISHED
Franco Mazzotti NERFINISHED
Giuseppe Morandi NERFINISHED
Renzo Castagneto NERFINISHED
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
Sir Stirling Moss
surface form: Stirling Moss

Tazio Nuvolari
officialNameVariant Mille Miglia self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1000 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
this entity surface form: Mille Miglia classic car race
Chopard sponsors Mille Miglia
this entity surface form: Mille Miglia classic car race
Rudolf Caracciola participatedIn Mille Miglia
this entity surface form: Mille Miglia endurance race
Mercedes-Benz W194 debutRace Mille Miglia
this entity surface form: 1952 Mille Miglia
Mille Miglia officialNameVariant Mille Miglia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 1000 Miglia