1927 B.N.C. Type 527 Sport Monza

September 21, 2014

A tribute to the memory of the "Grande Nivola”

The death of Tazio Nuvolari, on 11 August 1953, touched all the World. Particularly it moved Renzo Castagneto, Aymo Maggi and Giovanni Canestrini, the men of the "Mille Miglia", who planned "the most beautiful race in the world" with Franco Mazzotti, dead during the 2nd World War. Castagneto, "deus ex machina" of the Mille Miglia and his friends, were very attached to the Mantuan pilot.They were [...]

April 16, 2015

Rare cars at Franciacorta Historic & Gran Premio Terre di Canossa 2015

Friday, April 10 at Franciacorta Historic 2015 there were many rare cars. Among others, a car is already counted in AUTOMOTIVE MASTERPIECES exhibitions lab: ♦️ 1927 B.N.C. Type 527 Sport Monza sn: 27082Rare BNC 527 Monza is one of the four cars bodied by Duval in Sports conformation. It has a small but agile Ruby 1075 four-speed motor. Owned by a French diplomat, the car was exported to [...]

May 3, 2015

Mille Miglia 2015: the legend is back

“Mille Miglia is so much more than race cars, drivers, winners, and losers. Mille Miglia is a part of Italian life, and its effects extend the length and breadth of Italy, all the way down to Sicily.” Denis Jenkinson Although written seventy years ago, this sentence by English journalist Denis Jenkinson, winner of the 1955 Mille Miglia alongside Stirling Moss, is still current, because [...]

May 17, 2015

Mille Miglia: the most beautiful race in the world

Passion, tension, excitement. Brescia is an international stage in great turmoil and the world of motorsport look with keen interest in the Mille Miglia 2015. The legend is back on the streets of the historic route through the half of Italy, from Brescia to Rome and then back to Brescia. The 2015 edition is the thirty-third reenactment, 88 years after the first edition of what will become " the [...]

September 21, 2015

A tribute to the memory of the "Grande Nivola"

They were linked by a close bond of affection and they felt deep consideration and admiration toward this great "man-champion". They also were grateful to him because he contributed a lot to the unrestrainable growing of their "creature". To honor his memory, the traditional itinerary of the Mille Miglia was changed in order to get it pass through Mantova. Since then the Gran Premio Nuvolari was [...]

April 11, 2016

Bellini/Tiberti won the 9th Franciacorta Historic on a 1938 Fiat 508 C

Edoardo Bellini and Roberto Tiberti(born respectively in 1994 and 1981) have deserved the victory, taking the lead from the first PCs in Castrezzato and increasing PC after PC their advantage over rivals that have quickly surrended to the FM Franciacorta duo, able to close the race at 213 total penalties and under 3 cents average, exploit hardly succeeded in the past in a race - according to most [...]

May 23, 2016

23 cars already counted among the AUTOMOTIVE MASTERPIECES ran the Mille Miglia 2016

Andrea Vesco and Andrea Guerini with 51,542 points, driving an Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS Zagato of 1931, are the winners of the Mille Miglia 2016. After 1800 km of road, Vesco and Guerini are imposed in this revival of the Freccia Rossa, ahead in the ranking Luca Patron and Elena Scaramuzzi, came in second place, on an OM 665 Superba Sports 2000 cc of 1926, with 50,088 points, and Giordano Mozzi and [...]

September 19, 2016

A tribute to the memory of the "Grande Nivola"

They were linked by a close bond of affection and they felt deep consideration and admiration toward this great "man-champion". They also were grateful to him because he contributed a lot to the unrestrainable growing of their "creature". To honor his memory, the traditional itinerary of the Mille Miglia was changed in order to get it pass through Mantova. Since then the Gran Premio Nuvolari was [...]

September 26, 2016

After 80 years since its first edition was organized the Revival of the "Circuito di Milano"

After 80 years since its first edition was organized the Revival of the "Circuito di Milano", an event revived by the Sports Commission of the Automobile Club di Milano. It was June 28, 1936 when the streets of the city of Milano, precisely the adjacent streets and inside the Parco Sempione, passing from the Arch of Peace, from the Arena and the Sforzesco Castle, were the scene of two exciting [...]

May 22, 2017

3rd place at the 2017 Mille Miglia for the AUTOMOTIVE MASTERPIECE Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 GS Zagato

Andrea Vesco and Andrea Guerini with 71,272 points, driving an Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS Zagato of 1931 (n. 74), are the winners of the Mille Miglia 2017. After 1800 km of road, Vesco and Guerini are imposed in this revival of the Freccia Rossa, ahead in the ranking Luca Patron and Elena Scaramuzzi, came in second place, on an OM 665 Superba Sports 2000 cc of 1926 (n. 5), with 70,102 points, and [...]

September 24, 2024

VESCO-VESCO TRIUMPH AGAIN AT THE GRAN PREMIO NUVOLARI

The legend of the “Mantovano Volante” comes alive once more at the Gran Premio Nuvolari. This beautiful event, conceived and organized since 1991 by Mantova Corse in tribute to the great driver, took place again this year from September 19 to 22, covering a route of approximately 1,100 km through central and northern Italy’s scenic landscapes.Now in its 34th edition, the Gran Premio [...]