Mille Miglia
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Nearly 75 years ago a legendary road race, the Mille Miglia (mee-lay meel-yah) was run for the first time in Brescia, Italy. Italian for one thousand miles, the Mille Miglia covered a 1,009-mile loop through the middle of Italy’s "boot" with average speeds of just 48 mph. By 1957 speeds reached almost 98 mph and Stirling Moss drove the winning Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR to victory. Deemed too dangerous for Italy’s open roads, the Mille Miglia was discontinued after its 1957 running. Today, though, the race lives on in a more reserved fashion. Collector’s cars run much the same route and follow the same historical Red Arrow that marked the first road course in an annual event that brings millions of spectators to Italy’s roadsides. |
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