MILLE MIGLIA REDUX 2023

Posted on October 10, 2022 by MartynL

Now extended to five full days of events, the MILLE MIGLIA REDUX 2023, (1000 Miglia), will involve 405 vintage cars touring Italy for five full days. The 1000 Miglia Race will run on June 13-17, 2023, between Brescia, Rome, and back along a route of more than 2,000 km. After departing from Viale Venezia and coasting Lake Garda, passing through Verona, Ferrara, Lugo, and Imola, the convoy will end the first leg in Cervia-Milano Marittima; the second day will feature a passage through San Marino,...

KIM McCULLOUGH: A DRIVE OF A LIFETIME!

Posted on May 11, 2015May 15, 2017 by MartynL

No driving event in the classic car community can compete with the historic Mille Miglia. This weekend, Kim McCullough, Vice President, Marketing, Jaguar Land Rover North America, along with her husband Mitch, will be tackling the grueling 1,000-mile Mille Miglia classic car rally through Italy. They’ll be driving their ‘54 Jaguar XK120 roadster.    Here Kim tells us why she’s so thrilled, and honored, to be competing in this legendary event: http://interactivejaguar.com/blog.do?id=...

JESSE ALEXANDER: CAR GUY OF THE YEAR!

Posted on September 25, 2014May 15, 2017 by MartynL

The Car Guy Chronicles celebrates legendary photographer Jesse Alexander, named ‘Car Guy of the Year.’ International motorsports photographer and celebrated car culture veteran Jesse Alexander has been named the 2014 “Car Guy of the Year” by a select group of automotive professionals, motorsports and collector-car enthusiasts. The announcement was made as part of Alexander’s overall recognition as this year’s honoree during the annual Montecito Motor Classic Gala and charity dinner held at t...

FERRARI CELEBRATES MILLE MIGLIA: 65 PRANCING HORSES!

Posted on May 16, 2014May 15, 2017 by MartynL

A tribute to ‘the world’s most beautiful road race.’ The streets of Desenzano provided the venue for the start of both the Mille Miglia and Ferrari’s tribute to “the world’s most beautiful road race,” as Enzo Ferrari liked to call it. A total of 20 historic Ferraris lined out for the former with 45 contemporary Ferraris fielded for the latter. Two rare LaFerraris competing also attracted the many enthusiasts gathering for the historic event. After parading through the center of Brescia o...

BENTLEY ‘BLOWERS’ ROAD TRIP: MILLE MIGLIA CHALLENGE!

Posted on May 9, 2014May 15, 2017 by MartynL

Bentley Motors is competing in the Mille Miglia next week with two of the company’s famous 4.5-Litre supercharged Blowers. The 1930 Le Mans Team Car once owned by Sir Henry ‘Tim’ Birkin, one of the most celebrated members of a group of British gentlemen racers known as the Bentley Boys, will be joined by a former company demonstrator Blower with its original Vanden Plas Open, Sports Four Seater body for this renowned event. Even after nine decades on the road, this second Blower continues to de...

JAGUAR AT MILLE MIGLIA: CATS ON THE PROWL!

Posted on April 28, 2014May 15, 2017 by MartynL

Jaguar Heritage Racing to field ten of the marque’s most celebrated 1950s models in the 2014 Mille Miglia, including XKs, C-Types and one D-Type. Jaguar Heritage Racing will be tackling the legendary Mille Miglia classic car endurance event, from May 15-18, with a lineup of top-name drivers in ten of the most revered and sought-after historic Jaguars ever produced. The route covers over 1,000 grueling miles from Brescia to Rome to Brescia. Household names from stage and screen, plus f...

FERRARI SUPERAMERICA: JACKIE COOPER’S PRANCING HORSE!

Posted on March 7, 2014May 15, 2017 by MartynL

Film and TV star Jackie Cooper's 1956 Pininfarina-bodied Ferrari 410 Superamerica will anchor the "Ferrari Production 1950-1964" class at the 19th annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance this weekend. The year 1956 was a good one for Ferrari, on and off the track. The Modenese firm won both the Formula 1 and the World Sportscar Championships in 1956. As a bonus, the marque won Enzo Ferrari's favorite race, the open road Mille Miglia, a brutal 1,000-mile high-speed lap of the Italian penin...