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    The Targa Florio was a public road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near the island's capital of Palermo. Founded in 1906, it...
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    The 1970 Targa Florio was an endurance race that took place on 3 May 1970. It was held on a 44.6 mi (71.8 km) anti-clockwise circuit made up entirely...
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    Circuito delle Madonie (category Targa Florio)
    which hosted the famous Targa Florio event, between 1906 and 1977. The original public roads are still used today for the Targa Florio Rally successor event...
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  • straight-four engines. The Jerboa SP made its racing debut at the Targa Florio in 1970, with Jack Wheeler selecting Martin Davidson as his co-driver, and...
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    achievements include having won the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the Targa Florio in 1965, 1971 and 1975, the latter year when it no longer was a World...
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    Porsche 917, but also the nimble Porsche 908/3 on twisty tracks like Targa Florio and 1000km Nürburgring. the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans During the 1970s...
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    Lancia Stratos (category Targa Florio)
    Rally Championship in 1974, 1975 and 1976; and race car winning 1974 Targa Florio, five times the Tour de France Automobile and three editions of Giro...
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    third. In May 1970, Abarth competed with the 3-liter car for the first time in a race of the brand world championship, the Targa Florio. However, Mario...
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    scored a total of 3 1⁄3 championship points. He participated in the Targa Florio race nineteen times, winning it three times, and the Mille Miglia ten...
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    Porsche 911 (redirect from Porche Targa)
    naturally aspirated 911 Carrera RSR won world championship races including Targa Florio and the 24 Hours of Daytona. The 911-derived 935 turbo also won the 24...
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    winning the 1928 Targa Florio, she acquired a new Type 35B to keep her competitive with the top male racers. Race organiser Conte Vincenzo Florio arranged for...
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    Porsche 917 (section 1970)
    1000 km and the Targa Florio. This car was raced at every event by JW Automotive and Porsche Salzburg in the 1970 season except the Targa Florio and the Nürburgring...
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    908/3 was introduced in 1970 to complement the heavy Porsche 917 on twisty tracks that favored nimble cars, like Targa Florio and Nürburgring. Sold off...
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  • Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 (category Targa Florio)
    after that the car was named "Daytona". The win was repeated at the Targa Florio, where Nanni Galli and Ignazio Giunti also took second place overall...
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  • (1970–2003) Rally di Sardegna (2004–2018) Sardegna Rally Race Imola Circuit San Marino Grand Prix San Remo Grand Prix Syracuse Grand Prix Targa Florio...
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    222.304 km/h - changes to the track reduced the average speed.) At the Targa Florio, he drove the fastest laps around the 72 km Sicilian mountain circuit...
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    would repeat in 1934. One of his big victories came at the prestigious Targa Florio where he upset the favored Louis Chiron. Following his win at the 1933...
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    Lion-Peugeot, Sizaire-Naudin and Delage. Both the major races in Europe, the Targa Florio and French Grand Prix, had precursor voiturette races, and along with...
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    racing in 1911, with drivers Franchini and Ronzoni competing in the Targa Florio with two 24 HP models. The marque's first success came in 1913 when Nino...
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    him a drive with the Ferrari sportscar team for 1970. In 1972, he won the Spa 1000 km, the Targa Florio and the Rand 9 Hour races and was also European...
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    was offered alongside from 1968). The name "Targa" – plate or plaque in Italian – came from the Targa Florio sports car road race in Sicily, in which Porsche...
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    ever overall win in a 24-hour race. Later that year, he also won the Targa Florio teamed with veteran Umberto Maglioli in a famous come-from-behind race...
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    they could drive the twisty, winding Targa Florio course in a 908/03. Ferrari only entered one car in the Targa Florio, driven by Giunti and Vaccarella,...
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    sixth overall at the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans. Brian Redman used a 914/6 to scout the course in practice runs for the 1970 Targa Florio. The Porsche 914 is...
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  • 1000 km Monza, Porsche 911 T, DNF 4 May 1969, Targa Florio, Porsche 911 T, 48th 4 May 1969, Targa Florio, Porsche 911 S, T-car 11 May 1969, 2 h Budapest...
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    four victories at Spa-Francorchamps, Brian has overall wins in the 1970 Targa Florio, the Watkins Glen 6 Hours, the 12 Hours of Sebring twice, the Nurburgring...
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    Governor's Trophy, Nassau. The following year the car was entered in the Targa Florio and finished seventh overall. Numerous replicas had been made of this...
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    action for this race. They had used the new 908/03's previously at the Targa Florio. In qualifying, pole position went to the Gulf-Porsche 917K of Pedro...
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    the season (in addition to this race, Daytona, Brands Hatch, Monza, Targa Florio, Spa, and Watkins Glen) and on top of that, the Porsche Salzburg prototypes...
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    championship despite few entries. In 1970 he teamed up with Brian Redman to drive a Porsche 908/3 to victory at the Targa Florio. That same year, Porsche bankrolled...
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