{"id":47971,"date":"2017-05-22T14:13:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T13:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/?p=47971"},"modified":"2022-06-22T16:05:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T15:05:22","slug":"mille-miglia-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/culture\/mille-miglia-90\/","title":{"rendered":"Mille Miglia 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost 450 cars from 43 countries; 84 automotive brands, four days\u2019 driving from Brescia to Rome and back to Brescia through cities, small villages, coast, mountains and hills and even a Tornado base path. It’s 2017 Mille Miglia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I think about the most exciting days a classic car enthusiast should live once in life, I can only think at the Mille Miglia, an event I have been fortunate enough to follow every year since I was a child. The evocative smell of burned oil, clutch and overheated engines, sweat, and many virtually priceless cars that run in a tough race on the public roads of some of the most beautiful scenery in the world.<\/p>\n

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This year was an important anniversary for the Mille Miglia: the 90th from the first edition in 1927 and the 35th from its re-enactment. Until 1957 it was a speed race but is now a regularity race. It\u2019s a competition to find the most consistent car and team over the stages, rather than the fastest.<\/p>\n

Everything begins with the meeting at the fair in Brescia the day before the departure, in which the 440 cars taking part are inspected by commissioners who verify the actual overall originality, although carburettors, generators, lights, radiators can have upgrades.<\/p>\n\n\t\t