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Terre di Canossa Rally 2026

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Joe never tells a lie…but here is a very good story!
Photo courtesy terredicanossa

By Joe Hurwich
Photos by Joe Hurwich, Bob Golberg and Canossa staff

There are rallies that test you, rallies that impress you, and rallies that charm you. Then there is Terre di Canossa—the one that keeps pulling me back. This May, 7-10, marked my fourth time running in the event, and somewhere between the Ligurian coastline and the Apennine passes, I realized it has quietly become my favorite Italian motoring experience.

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Terre di Canossa Rally 2025

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Porto San Stefano, gelato break.

Story and photos courtesy Joe Hurwich and Friends

On May 6, 2025, Bob Goldberg and I met at the Rome airport for the beginning of the Terre di Canossa regularity rally of 600km on May 9. The rally started in Punta Ala, but we stayed overnight Tuesday about halfway in Porto Santo Stefano. By luck, this was a real find. Porto Santo Stefano is on a small island on the Mediterranean in a beautiful bay, and our hotel was right on the sea. Our rooms were less than 10’ from the ocean. I don’t know what they do when it is high tide. [Read more…] about Terre di Canossa Rally 2025

And How! CBS does the MM, Evan Wilson

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Making the Big Time…

Hot on the heels of Allen R. Kuhn’s announcement that he’ll be appearing on a California PBS special on Paramount Ranch comes a note from Joe Hurwich, who told us that he had just appeared on CBS Sunday Morning on February 2 in a segment about the Mille Miglia. [Read more…] about And How! CBS does the MM, Evan Wilson

Joe Hurwich on the 2014 Mille Miglia

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In Tuscany, Joe Hurwich and co-driver Mike Ingegno. Photo by @1000Miglia

Story by Joe Hurwich

From the Archives, July 2024

The Mille Miglia (1000 Miglia) is or should be a bucket list item for all car guys. I have been fortunate to participate 5 times now, including June 2024. This year the event was held from June 11 to June 15, and joining me as my co-driver was a good friend and avid Alfa Romeo driver, Mike Ingegno. We made a good team and switched often between driving and navigating. For those who don’t know, navigating is probably harder than driving. [Read more…] about Joe Hurwich on the 2014 Mille Miglia

And How! VeloceToday’s Most Valuable Assets

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In addition to our comments section below each article, VeloceToday often gets very nice compliments, sent via email or included in a note with a subscription check. These comments rarely get published, but are meant as recognition of the work done by our contributors, who create the content that makes VeloceToday what it is. Magazines are nothing without good content, and therefore contributors are our greatest and most valuable assets.

They are historians, authors, editors, photographers, columnists, journalists, judges, drivers, restorers, artisans, collectors and constructors. They hail from the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Germany, France, Belgium and Italy. Here are the names of thirty-three whose contributions made the year 2024 one to remember.

Jeff Allison, Gary Axon, Giles Chapman, Bob Cullinan, Rodney Diggens, Joseph Duray, Brandes Elitch, Graham Gauld, Greg Glassner, Bob Harrington, Joe Hurwich, Stefan Ivanov, Vince Johnson, Jackie Jouret, Allen R. Kuhn, Dale LaFollette, James Lanoway, Frederic Levaux, Bernard Linck, Roberto Motta, Herb Miska, Chris Nugent, Willem Oosthoek, Paul Sable, Charley Seavey, Jonathan Sharp, Jim Sitz, Roy Smith, Sean Smith, Pete Vack, Hugues Vanhoolandt, Paul Wilson, Robert Young

Five Times Lucky: Hurwich on the Mille Miglia

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In Tuscany, Joe Hurwich and co-driver Mike Ingegno. Photo by @1000Miglia

Story by Joe Hurwich

The Mille Miglia (1000 Miglia) is or should be a bucket list item for all car guys. I have been fortunate to participate 5 times now, including June 2024. This year the event was held from June 11 to June 15, and joining me as my co-driver was a good friend and avid Alfa Romeo driver, Mike Ingegno. We made a good team and switched often between driving and navigating. For those who don’t know, navigating is probably harder than driving. [Read more…] about Five Times Lucky: Hurwich on the Mille Miglia

Participating in the 2023 Mille Miglia

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Joe Hurwich with his 1931 Aston Martin Le Mans on his fourth Mille Miglia.

By Joe Hurwich
Photos by Fabian Gallucci

On June 13th Bob Goldberg (co driver) and I started the Mille Miglia in my 1931 Aston Martin Le Mans; it was my 4th time and his 1st. My 1st Mille was in 2018 in a 1938 MG SA, then in 2019 with an original Mille car-a 1957 Fiat 600 (1st car to start the race in 1957 – this car has finished 5 Mille’s since I bought it in 2017) and in 2021 with my Aston Martin which was covered in VeloceToday.

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An Alfa on the 1000 Miglia Warm Up

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Warming up for the 1000 Miglia.

Last time we heard from Joe Hurwich was when he returned from the 2021 Mille Miglia and the Gran Premio Nuvolari in Italy where he drove his superb Aston Martin. Last month, he caught the Mille Miglia event right here in the good ol’ U.S., where the organizers set up a Mille Miglia warm up event in Northern Virginia. They figure if you and your car can do 500 miles here, doing the 1000 miles in Italy is feasible. Joe took from his stable a more comfortable car this time, and Alfa to boot. -Ed.

By Joe Hurwich
Photos courtesy 1000 Miglia/@stefanoguindani@sgpitalia1000 Miglia
and Joe Hurwich

In October 2022, I shipped my 1954 Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS to my cousins’ house in Bethesda, Maryland and then drove the 50 miles to the start of the 1000 Miglia Warm Up in Middleburg, VA on October 18th.

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An Aston Martin on the Gran Premio Nuvolari

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Not Monterey. Joe Hurwich and Sterling Pratz in the Aston Martin on the shores of Lake Trasimeno, a lake in the province of Perugia, in the Umbria region of Italy on the border with Tuscany. GallucciPhoto

Story by Joe Hurwich
Photos by GallucciPhoto

In the November 8 edition of

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An Aston Martin on the Mille Miglia

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By Joe Hurwich
Color images by a variety of photographers. Thank you all!

It started in the summer of 2020. I found a car online that I thought would be great for the Mille Miglia – a 1931 Aston Martin. There were a couple of problems though. The car was in England and Covid 19 was rampant. I negotiated a bit, and we struck a deal, subject to an inspection. [Read more…] about An Aston Martin on the Mille Miglia

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