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Le Mitiche Sport a Bassano 2011

July 13, 2011 By pete

By Chuck Schoendorf and Dino Brunori
Photos by Dino Brunori

If you own an open sports car from the golden era of the great Italian road races like the Mille Miglia, Targa Florio or Coppa d’Oro, you must attend Le Mitiche Sport a Bassano. Come once and you will become a Mitiche addict, and both a certified sports car driver and a certified nut ! A certified driver because of the gruelling, non-stop challenging mountain roads, a certified nut because all the cars are barchettas, meaning open cockpit, and it always rains in the mountains!
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Le Mitiche Sport a Bassano 2010

June 30, 2010 By pete

For our readers: This is a review of last year’s Le Mitiche Sport a Bassano.

For information about the 2011 event which will take place from 16 to 19 June and is open to 100 sport cars:

Click here for the Bassano website.

Click here for direct contact withe the organizers.

For information about renting a classic sportscar for the 2011 event, please contact the editor at pete@velocetoday.com.

A wonderland of Italian toys surrounds the Nardi of Dino Brunori, number 72.

Le Mitiche Sport a Bassano 2010, 17 – 20 June
By Dino Brunori and Chuck Schoendorf
Photo by Brunori unless otherwise noted.

When Italian journalist and race driver Count Giovanni Lurani coined the nickname “barchetta” after seeing the new Touring-bodied 166 Ferrari Spider, I’m sure he didn’t have in mind Bassano 2010.
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