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TALBOT-LAGO T 26 GS BERLINETTE 1950

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In the afternoon of of Friday May 19, 2017, I was able to get myself a place in the little town of Furlo at the Furlo Pass to watch the Mille Miglia pass Furlo.

The Furlo Pass

The Furlo Pass (Italian: Gola del Furlo or Passo del Furlo) is a gorge on the ancient Roman road Via Flaminia in the Marche region of central Italy.

The Roman emperor Vespasian had a tunnel built here to facilitate passage on the Via Flaminia at the narrowest point of the gorge (hence the name, from the Latina forulum, meaning "small hole"). Next to it is a similar but smaller tunnel dating from Etruscan times. The tunnel has a length of 38.30 meters and a height of 5.95 meters.

In the 1930s, a profile of Benito Mussolini was sculpted on the slopes of Mount Pietralata in the neighborhood, which was destroyed by partisans during World War II. In the 1980s, traffic in the Furlo tunnel was bypassed by the construction of two highway tunnels.

First, during passing of the Ferrari's I had chosen a position opposite the terraces of Albergo and Restaurant Antico Furlo and Bar Furlo. The owner of the Albergo is a famous cook and specializes in Truffel dishes as Aqualanga the neighbor town is one of Italy's main truffle centers. Altough not a Mussulini fan, he maintains a room where Mussolini slept some time in 1938 in its original state which as an ex hotelier I can condone.
Later I crossed the street and took position at a terrace with a beer and a sandwich as it became scorching hot in the sun.

The pass had been closed for car traffic during restoration works in 2015 and 2016.

Usually it is part of the Mille Miglia Classic Car Race as now in 2017 again.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furlo_Pass

Ferrari Tribute to The Mille Miglia.

Before the oldies pass the place, the Ferrari Owners Club as a Tribute to the Mille Miglia organizes a mirror of the Mille Miglia for Modern built Ferrari's. It is a posh event like the Mille Miglia itself, as the Ferrari Owners pay a hefty fee to be able to compete and also to sleep in posh hotels and to attend several parties of the event

See also www.ferraritribute.1000miglia.it/index-en.php

Mille Miglia

The Mille Miglia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmille ˈmiʎʎa], Thousand Miles) was an open-road endurance race which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 (thirteen before the war, eleven from 1947).

In 1957 it was closed by the authorities because of severe accidents with several dead and wounded competitors and spectators.

Since 1977, the "Mille Miglia" has been reborn as a regularity race for classic and vintage cars. Participation is limited to cars, produced no later than 1957, which had attended (or were registered) to the original race. The route (Brescia-Rome round trip) is similar to that of the original race, maintaining the point of departure / arrival in Viale Venezia in Brescia.

It is a very expensive event and several captains of (car)industry, former race and rally drivers and other celebrities compete.

Source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mille_Miglia

See also: www.1000miglia.eu/MilleMiglia/

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139 BETTENS Stefaan B BETTENS Igor B
139 DB CITROEN 2000 SPORT 1945

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127 DRAIZIN Adam USA ELKON Eyal IL
127 MG SA 1938

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FRANCESCA BELOTTI I

2017 Mille Miglia was the first one I took photo's of in Furlo a place with a pass and a tunnel in the Roman via Flaminia . See: 2017 Mille Miglia, Furlo Pass, Italy. I was hooked.
2018 was my second just outside Pesaro . See 2018 Mille Miglia, Pesaro, Italy
2019 my third in Corinaldo, the most beutiful Borgo of The Marche, Italy: 2019 Mille Miglia Corinaldo, Italy
and now
2021 is my fourth. Third leg just Outside Arezzo and 4rth leg in Monza. See: 2021 1000 Mille Miglia Arezzo and Monza, Italy

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