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Mike Sparken Part 2 by Graham Gauld

June 20, 2022 By pete

Mike Sparken would end up with this 1938 Alfa Berlinetta, but he would not have it for long…

By Graham Gauld
Photos by Graham Gauld unless otherwise noted

First published by VeloceToday in 2012. We have learned how Mike Sparken came into motor racing, his exploits with his very special Aston Martin DB3 and his Ferrari Monza, and how he had retired from racing after the British Grand Prix of 1955, where he drove a Gordini into seventh place. But what he did after he retired from racing would make him famous throughout the world…

Throughout his racing career, and later into his time with the Grand Prix Drivers Club, he met up with another well-known private entrant of the time who was born and spent his early life in Brazil and then moved to Paris; Hernano da Silva Ramos. [Read more…] about Mike Sparken Part 2 by Graham Gauld

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Mike Sparken Part 2: The Alfa 2.9 Berlinetta

October 3, 2012 By pete

Alfa 2.9 Berlinetta

Mike Sparken would end up with this 1938 Alfa Berlinetta, but he would not have it for long...

By Graham Gauld
Photos by Graham Gauld unless otherwise noted

Last week we learned how Mike Sparken came into motor racing, his exploits with his very special Aston Martin DB3 and his Ferrari Monza, and how he had retired from racing after the British Grand Prix of 1955, where he drove a Gordini into seventh place. But what he did after he retired from racing would make him famous throughout the world…

Throughout his racing career, and later into his time with the Grand Prix Drivers Club, he met up with another well-known private entrant of the time who was born and spent his early life in Brazil and then moved to Paris; Hernano da Silva Ramos.

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