1000 Miglia 2004

About the Event

The Mille Miglia Storica becomes more unbelievable as each year passes. To begin with, its patrons now include the President of Italy, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. But the greatest phenomenon of all for the 2005 event was the hordes of Italians and foreign visitors who packed all the cities, towns, villages, highways and even remote mountain roadsides to cheer and applaud the historic caravan. Towns that hosted many of the timed tests reported not just double or triple, but quadruple the number of spectators that watched last year’s Mille Miglia.

The event certainly played with the emotions as the 373 cars from 35 different countries put a little pep into their stride and gave the millions the show of their lives. Competitors took just over two days to travel from Brescia to Ferrara on the first night, Ferrara to Rome on the first full day and back to Brescia on Day 3. The winner was Luciano Viaro of Italy in a 1928 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 SS, with 12,801 points. He saved the day for his country’s adored Mille Miglia by ensuring victory did not leave the Italian shores. But he only just made it: Sieleki-Hervas, from Argentina, was a constant threat in its sprightly Bugatti T23 Brescia and ended up just 61 points behind the winner, in 2nd place. In fact, Argentineans also took 3rd, with Sanchez-Zinny in an Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS, and 4th with Scalese-Scalese in a similar car.

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