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1947 AMP Special

Chassis no. 51509750
Engine no. 824046
Coachbuilder Prete
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1939
Chassis no. 1566
Manufacturer: OFFICINE ALFIERI MASERATI SPA (IT)
1947
Manufacturing
From 1947
to 1950
Owner: Placido Prete (IT)
Famous owner: Builder
1947
Engine no. 824046
Manufacturer: ALFA ROMEO (IT)
Note: competition Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B MM, overbored to 2442 cc
1947
Body
Coachbuilder: Prete
Type: Sport and Barchetta
Colour: Red
1947
Chassis update no. 51509750
Note: tubular frame of unknown origin, using Maserati parts
From 17th July 1948
to 1st September 1999
Plate: ROMA-113511
Country: IT
15th August 1948
Event: Gran Premio di Pescara
Locality: Pescara (IT)
Driver: Giovanni Rocco (IT)
Results / Prizes: OA / 8th OA
Time: 3.48'28''3/5
Note: 44 cars started the race.
12th September 1948
Event: Chilometro lanciato di Castelfusano
Locality: Lido di Ostia (IT)
Class: Oltre 1500 cc
Driver: Placido Prete (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd CL
Time: 20'' 5
Note: III Chilometro lanciato di Ostia. Average 179,609 Km/h
14th November 1948
Event: XVII Criterium di Roma - XV Coppa Gallenga
Locality: Rocca di Papa (IT)
Class: Oltre 1100 cc.
Driver: Giovanni Rocco (IT)
Results / Prizes: 4th CL
Time: 8'40''2/10
From 19th March 1949
to 20th March 1949
Event: XXXIII Targa Florio - IX Giro Automobilistico della Sicilia
Circuit: Giro di Sicilia
Locality: Palermo (IT)
Race number: #330
Class: Oltre 1100 cc.
Driver: Giovanni Rocco (IT)
Co-Driver: Placido Prete (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd OA / 3rd CL
Time: 13:33'10.0"
Route: Km 1080,00.
Note: Average km/h 79,688. Auto Repair (shop sponsors in Napoli)
24th April 1949
Event: XVI Mille Miglia - Coppa Franco Mazzotti
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #614
Category / Group: Sport
Class: Oltre 1.100 cm3
Driver: Giovanni Rocco (IT)
Co-Driver: Vincenzo Sorrentino (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Time: Start: 6.14'00"- Brescia-Roma: 5.32'31"- Brescia-Roma-Brescia: ritirati
31st July 1949
Event: I Coppa della Toscana
Locality: Firenze (IT)
Race number: #1238
Driver: Giovanni Rocco (IT)
Co-Driver: Placido Prete (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
From 1950
to 1996
Owner: Francesco Santovetti (IT)
Famous owner: Driver
22nd July 1950
Event: Gran Premio di Napoli-Circuito di Posillipo
Locality: Napoli (IT)
Race number: #18
Category / Group: Corsa handicap per vetture Sport Internazionale
Driver: Giovanni Rocco (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
22nd October 1950
Event: Vermicino - Rocca di Papa | Coppa Gallenga
Locality: Roma (IT)
Class: Oltre 1100cc
Driver: Giovanni Rocco (IT)
Results / Prizes: 6th CL
10th March 1951
Event: Coppa d'Oro Sicilia
Locality: Siracusa (IT)
Driver: Giovanni Rocco (IT)
Co-Driver: Sorrentino (IT)
Results / Prizes: OT
Note: Contemporanea al Gran Premio di Siracusa
From 1st April 1951
to 2nd April 1951
Event: XI Giro Automobilistico di Sicilia
Locality: Palermo (IT)
Race number: #433
Category / Group: Sport Internazionale
Class: oltre 2000 cc
Driver: Giovanni Rocco (IT)
Co-Driver: Sorrentino (IT)
Results / Prizes: OT
Time: 15.09'31''
9th September 1951
Event: XXXV Targa Florio
Circuit: Piccolo Circuito Madonie
Locality: Palermo (IT)
Race number: #40
Category / Group: Sport Internazionale
Driver: Giovanni Rocco (IT)
Co-Driver: Guido Nardelli (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
10th February 1952
Event: Coppa dei due laghi
Locality: Roma (IT)
Race number: #212
Category / Group: Sport
Class: oltre 1100 cc
Driver: Giovanni Rocco (IT)
Co-Driver: Guido Nardelli (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA / 1st CL
19th October 1952
Event: Vermicino - Rocca di Papa | Coppa Gallenga
Locality: Vermicino (IT)
Race number: #204
Driver: Francesco Santovetti (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd OA
Time: 8'06"4
1953
Event: Coppa dei due laghi
Locality: Unknown city (IT)
Driver: Scarlatti (IT)
Results / Prizes: 2nd OA
1st November 1953
Event: Firenze - Siena
Locality: Firenze (IT)
Category / Group: Sport Internazionale
Class: Oltre 2000 cc
Driver: Placido Prete (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd CL
4th November 1953
Event: Criterium del Chilometro Lanciato - Trofeo Franco Venturi
Locality: Roma (IT)
Category / Group: Sport
Class: oltre 2000 cc
Driver: Placido Prete (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd CL
15th November 1953
Press review: Unknown author, "Km Lanciato A Castelfusano", L'Automobile , no. 11, 11-1953, pp. 7
21st November 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Echi Della Siena-firenze", L'Auto Italiana , no. 44, 11-1953, pp. 40
15th September 1985
Event: Raduno Mugello
Circuit: Mugello
Locality: Unknown city (IT)
13th July 1986
Event: Rally Monte Bianco Auto Storiche
Locality: Aosta (IT)
From 10th October 1986
to 12th October 1986
Event: Targa Florio storica
Locality: Palermo (IT)
Race number: #113
From 21st May 1987
to 24th May 1987
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #113
Driver: Braccaioli (IT)
Co-Driver: Celli (IT)
Results / Prizes: 9th OA
Note: Points 1328
1988
Event: Targa Florio Rievocazione
Locality: Palermo (IT)
Race number: #150
From 16th April 1988
to 17th April 1988
Event: Coppa degli Appennini
Locality: Arezzo (IT)
Race number: #141
Driver: Braccaioli (IT)
Co-Driver: Colli (IT)
Results / Prizes: OA / 1st OA
From 5th May 1988
to 8th May 1988
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #119
Driver: Braccaioli (IT)
Co-Driver: Colli (IT)
Results / Prizes: 4th OA
Note: Points 2076
From 1st July 1988
to 3rd July 1988
Event: Stella Alpina
Locality: Trento (IT)
Driver: Braccaioli (IT)
Co-Driver: Colli (IT)
From 28th April 1989
to 1st May 1989
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #112
Driver: Braccaioli (IT)
Co-Driver: Colli (IT)
Results / Prizes: 25th OA
From 17th June 1989
to 18th June 1989
Event: Trieste - Opicina
Locality: Trieste (IT)
Race number: #97
Driver: Braccaioli (IT)
Co-Driver: Colli (IT)
Results / Prizes: OA / 2nd OA
From 17th May 1990
to 20th May 1990
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #145
Driver: Braccaioli (IT)
Co-Driver: Colli (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd OA
October 1990
Bibliography: Orsini Luigi, Mille Miglia Una Corsa Italiana , Abiemme, n.p. 1990
From 2nd May 1991
to 5th May 1991
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #127
Driver: Braccaioli (IT)
Co-Driver: Bonini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 45th OA
1993
Identification document: ASI
2nd June 1994
Identification document: FIA
From 1996
to 1st July 1999
Owner: Pietro Tassi (IT)
From 9th May 1996
to 12th May 1996
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #259
From 1st September 1999
to 5th March 2012
Owner: Mario Tomasoni (IT)
1st September 1999
Plate: CO-D56486
Country: IT
From 25th May 2000
to 27th May 2000
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #207
Driver: Mario Tomasoni (IT)
Co-Driver: Giambarda (IT)
Results / Prizes: RET
Note: Points 320
From 15th September 2000
to 17th September 2000
Event: Gran Premio Nuvolari
Locality: Mantova (IT)
Race number: #33
Driver: Mario Tomasoni (IT)
Co-Driver: Vittoria Tomasoni (IT)
Results / Prizes: OA / 55th OA
Note: Penality 2637
From 17th May 2001
to 19th May 2001
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #290
Driver: Mario Tomasoni (IT)
Co-Driver: Giambarda (IT)
Results / Prizes: 75th OA
From 22nd September 2001
to 23rd September 2001
Event: Trofeo Aido Monica Giovanelli
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #48
Driver: Mario Tomasoni (IT)
Co-Driver: S. Becchetti (IT)
November 2001
Bibliography: Ruoteclassiche , no. 155, 11-2001
November 2001
Press review: Derosa Gaetano, "Bastarda Dentro", Ruoteclassiche , no. 155, 11-2001, pp. 66
From 2nd May 2002
to 5th May 2002
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #279
Driver: Mario Tomasoni (IT)
Co-Driver: Giambarda (IT)
Results / Prizes: 73rd OA
Note: Points 2679
14th September 2002
Event: Gran Premio Nuvolari
Locality: Mantova (IT)
Race number: #38
Driver: Mario Tomasoni (IT)
Co-Driver: Giambarda (IT)
Results / Prizes: OA / 30th OA
Note: Penality 552
From September 2003
to September 2003
Event: Trofeo Aido Monica Giovanelli - Gran Premio Annalisa Gnutti
Locality: Gardone Val Trompia (IT)
Race number: #56
Driver: Mario Tomasoni (IT)
Co-Driver: Vittoria Tomasoni (IT)
Results / Prizes: 32nd OA
2004
Generic fact: Other photos
From 6th May 2004
to 9th May 2004
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #207
Driver: Marco Tomasoni (IT)
Co-Driver: S. Becchetti (IT)
Results / Prizes: 46th OA
Note: Points 5109
21st July 2004
Identification document: FIVA Identity Card no.: 21473 - Categorized: A3 - ASN that issued the certificate: ASI - Owner's country: Italy
From 25th September 2004
to 26th September 2004
Event: Trofeo Aido Monica Giovanelli
Locality: Gardone Val Trompia (IT)
Race number: #23
Driver: Mario Tomasoni (IT)
Co-Driver: Vittoria Tomasoni (IT)
Results / Prizes: OA / 36th OA
From 24th September 2005
to 25th September 2005
Event: Trofeo Aido Monica Giovanelli
Locality: Gardone Val Trompia (IT)
Race number: #27
Driver: Mario Tomasoni (IT)
Co-Driver: Marco Morandi (IT)
Results / Prizes: OA / 54th OA
From 11th May 2006
to 14th May 2006
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #250
Driver: Marco Tomasoni (IT)
Co-Driver: A. Morandi (IT)
Results / Prizes: OA / 92nd OA
Note: Points 15420
14th June 2006
Event: Le mitiche sport a Bassano
Locality: Bassano del Grappa (IT)
Race number: #52
2008
Generic fact: Other photos
From 13th May 2009
to 17th May 2009
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #108
Driver: Mario Tomasoni (IT)
Co-Driver: Vittoria Tomasoni (IT)
Results / Prizes: 39th OA
20th September 2009
Event: Castione Baratti - Neviano degli Arduini
Locality: Traversetolo (IT)
Race number: #36
Driver: Mario Tomasoni (IT)
From 1st May 2010
to 2nd May 2010
Event: DIVA
Locality: Brescia (IT)
From 25th September 2010
to 26th September 2010
Event: Trofeo Aido Monica Giovanelli
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #35
Driver: Mario Tomasoni (IT)
Co-Driver: L. Berther
Results / Prizes: OA / 54th OA
Note: Gran Premio "Annalisa Gnutti" Pen. 1263
From 15th September 2012
to 16th September 2012
Event: Trofeo Aido Monica Giovanelli
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #12
Driver: Mario Tomasoni (IT)
Co-Driver: Annamaria Morandi (IT)
Results / Prizes: OA / 60th OA
From 27th September 2014
to 28th September 2014
Event: Trofeo Aido Monica Giovanelli
Locality: Gardone Val Trompia (IT)
Race number: #12
Driver: Mario Tomasoni (IT)
Co-Driver: Annamaria Morandi (IT)
Results / Prizes: OA / 45th OA
From 9th May 2015
to 10th May 2015
Event: Circuito Automobilistico di Piacenza
Locality: Piacenza (IT)
Race number: #32
Driver: Mario Tomasoni (IT)
From 2017
to 4th June 2019
Owner: L'IMMOBILIARE SRL (IT)
April 2017
Record: Photo Museo Mille Miglia
From 5th May 2017
to 7th January 2018
Event: 90 anni, 1000 Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
April 2018
Generic fact: Studio Photos
14th May 2018
Event: 1000 Finarte
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Note: Museo Mille Miglia. Car auction Lot 116 - Estimate 1.200.000-1.700.000 Euro
14th May 2018
Bibliography: Unknown author, 1000 Finarte , Finarte Auctions S.r.l., n.p. 2018
From 16th May 2018
to 19th May 2018
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #150
Results / Prizes: DNF
From 16th May 2018
to 19th May 2018
Accident: Accident Mille Miglia 2018
20th May 2018
Record: Photos in the workshop after the accident at the Mille Miglia
November 2018
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2018
December 2018
Bibliography: Dolcini Carlo, Orizzonte Perduto Mille Miglia 1947-1956 , Ela, n.p. 2018
2019
Bibliography: Nobile Massimo, Corse Sotto Il Vesuvio : Le Macchine, I Piloti , I Tracciati Nell'archivio Fotografico Riccardo Carbone , Minerva Soluzioni Editoriali, n.p. 2019
From 15th May 2019
to 18th May 2019
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #150
Category / Group: 3
Driver: Mario Tomasoni (IT)
Co-Driver: Stefano Melis (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Note: Coeff 1.75
From 4th June 2019
to currently
Owner: Private collection
November 2020
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume Ii , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2020
June 2023
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume Iii , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2023
2025
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Targa Florio's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces S.r.l., Genova 2024
2026
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Giro Di Sicilia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2026