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1. Trofeo Scuderia Citta’ Dei Mille

Autodromo Santa Monica, Misano Adriatico, Italy

Date: 23/9/1973
Track length: 3.488 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 7 (C); 10 (D);
Finishers:

Pole position:
Fastest lap: Nucci in 1.56,3 (A); Biselli in 38.47,6 (B); Galmozzi in 1.38,4 (C); Turizio in 1.34,3 (D); Colzani in 1.31,4 (E); Pozzo in 1.34,1 (F); Casoni in 1.30,4 (G)

Distance: 22 laps (Group 2 and GT under 1600); 14 (GT over 1600, due to darkness)
Average speed: 105,696 kmh (A); 118,786 kmh (B); 124,313 kmh (C); 130,800 kmh (D); 133,712 kmh (E); 131,723 kmh (F); 137,662 kmh (G)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/70 and 4/71
Car info: 1973 Cars

 

First on track were the 500’s, led by Nucci, and he seemed to walk away with the race given the early retirement of Ciardi, but after only 4 laps his engine gave up and first place was taken by "Giorda"; but he ran into trouble as well, so Lavazza took over and won.

Next race (600, 700 and 850) was led by Valerio, followed by Biselli and Bernero, while "York" was able as usual to enjoy himself in the middle of the bigger cars. "Gin Tonic" was in command of the 600s, ahead of Martino. But Valerio was unlucky again, having to retire with a broken injection pump; he was relieved by Bernero, and that was about it; Bernero, “York” and “Gin Tonic” won their classes.

Santucci led the 1000 and 1150 away with his Giannini 128, followed by Galmozzi but on the straight Amighini powered his Abarth 1000 past. Six laps from the end, Santucci had to retire while Galmozzi took the lead and won.

The most controversial race was the 1300 class; Turizio had been fastest but was 4 kg underweight and had to leave from the last row, together with Galbiati who had been a whopping 21 kg underweight. Bigliazzi and Galimberti took command, but Galimberti’s joy was short-lived when his engine seized. Pozzo had his problems with the former Filipinetti 128 and retired with a broken driveshaft. If this hadn’t been enough, Gagliardi was sandwiched between Turizio and “Tango” with disastrous results, especially for Gagliardi but “Tango” spun as well. The latter dropped back until is was due to be lapped by Turizio, who in the mean time had taken the lead unchallenged. With a few bangs “Tango” removed Turizio from the race in a spectacular series of rolls and jumps. Turizio was furious, of course.

In the next race, it was Colzani who was dominant especially after Ruoso had to retire. “Tatog” and had a little fight with “Alval” for overall placement, while Ricci dominated the 1600 class as usual.

After a failed attempt and a resulting loss of time, Pozzo led Rossi in the GT race under 1600 cc. Fusar Bassini joined the field from the pits after repairs, ignoring the red light. He was duly blackflagged, and the race ended with Pozzo, Artina and “Poker” winning their classes.

It was pretty dark at 19:10 hour. Parkes had to be replaced by Gagliardi, since he was not allowed to start with an English license. Casoni and Gagliardi were leading from the start, followed by Gottifredi, while “Tambauto” had a spectacular spin on the straight. All cars had their headlamps on, and it was really getting dark now - in fact, the surprised competitors were shown the checkered flag after 14 laps (enough to declare the race valid for the Italian championship), with Casoni winning, ahead of the other two Panteras of Gagliardi and Gottifredi.


A: Group 2 under 500 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1    
Fiat Giannini 500 TV Montecarlo
Piero Lavazza, I
499 L2 Group 2 500 22 laps, 43.33,6        
2 2    
Fiat 500
Franco Squarise, I
499 L2 Group 2 500 22 laps, 43.35,5        
3 3    
Fiat Giannini 500 TV Montecarlo
Benito Battilani, I
499 L2 Group 2 500 22 laps, 43.52,7        
4 4    
Fiat Giannini 500 TV Montecarlo
"Giorda", I
499 L2 Group 2 500 21        
5 5    
Fiat Giannini 500 TV Montecarlo
Reale, I
499 L2 Group 2 500 21        
6 6    
Fiat Giannini 500 TV Montecarlo
Piazza, I
499 L2 Group 2 500 21        
7 7    
Fiat Giannini 500 TV Montecarlo
"Sassa Rollbar", I
499 L2 Group 2 500 21        
DNF      
Fiat Giannini 500 TV Montecarlo
Giancarlo Nucci, I
499 L2 Group 2 500       1.56,3 Engine
DNF      
Fiat 500
Rolando Ciardi, I
499 L2 Group 2 500 0?        

B: Group 2 500-850 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1    
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Vittorio Bernero, I
847 L4 Group 2 850 22 laps, 38.45,6        
2 2    
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Pietro Biselli, I
847 L4 Group 2 850 22 laps, 38.47,6     1.44,2  
3 3    
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Folin, I
847 L4 Group 2 850 22 laps, 39.39,1        
4 1   Brescia Corse
Fiat Giannini 650 NP Modena
"York", I
652 L2 Group 2 700 22 laps, 39.46,2     1.46,4  
5 2    
Fiat Abarth 695 SS
Vincenzo Gattafoni, I
695 L2 Group 2 700 22 laps, 40.39,1        
  3    
Fiat Abarth 695 SS
Pietrino Tali, I
695 L2 Group 2 700 21        
  1    
Fiat Giannini 590 GT Vallelunga
"Gin Tonic", I
586 L2 Group 2 600 21 laps, 40.23,1     1.52,0  
8 4    
Fiat Giannini 650 NP Modena
Carlo Betti, I
652 L2 Group 2 700 19        
9 5    
Fiat Giannini 650 NP Modena
Marco Fasolino, I
652 L2 Group 2 700 19        
10 2    
Fiat Abarth 595 SS
Berti, I
594 L2 Group 2 600 18        
11 3    
Fiat Giannini 590 GT Vallelunga
Dermetrio Martino, I
586 L2 Group 2 600 14       Puncture
DNF      
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Samuele Valerio, I
847 L4 Group 2 850 5?       Injection pump
DNF      
Fiat Giannini 650 NP Modena
Renato Mazzeschi, I
652 L2 Group 2 700         Ignition

C: Group 2 850-1150 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1    
Fiat Giannini 128 NP
Romeo Galmozzi, I
1148 L4 Group 2 1150 22 laps, 37.02,2     1.38,4  
2 1   Brescia Corse
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR
Rino Amighini, I
982 L4 Group 2 1000 22 laps, 37.35,7     1.39,9  
3 2    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR
Luigi Piacentini, I
982 L4 Group 2 1000 21        
4 2    
Fiat 128
Pierluigi Foglieni ("Gilena"), I
1148 L4 Group 2 1150 20        
5 3    
Fiat Giannini 128 NP
Enzo Santucci, I
1148 L4 Group 2 1150 17       Engine
6 3    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR
Gianfilippo Del Bono, I
982 L4 Group 2 1000 14        

D: Group 2 1150-1300 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Amerigo "Joe" Bigliazzi, I
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 22 laps, 35.12,0        
2 2    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Duilio Ghislotti, I
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 22 laps, 35.15,0        
3 3    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
"Machenna", I
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 22 laps, 35.25,9        
4 4    
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Mario Grilli, I
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 22 laps, 36.43,8        
5 5   Trivellato Racing
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Cosimo Turizio, I
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 15     1.34,3 Started from last row; car underweight in practice; accident
6 6    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Abele Tanghetti ("Tango"), I
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 15       Accident
DNF     Scuderia Città dei Mille
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Giancarlo Gagliardi, I
1290 L4 Group 2 1300         Accident
DNF      
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Francesco Galbiati, I
1290 L4 Group 2 1300         Started from last row; car underweight in practice
DNF     Scuderia Città dei Mille
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Luigi Pozzo, I
1290 L4 Group 2 1300         Driveshaft

E: Group 2 over 1300 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1   Jolly Club
Ford Escort RS 1600
Luigi Colzani, I
1996 L4 Group 2 2000 22 laps, 34.26,0     1.31,4  
2 2    
Ford Escort RS 1600
Aldo Valtellina ("Alval"), I
  L4 Group 2 2000 22 laps, 35.50,2        
  1   Firenze Corse Biondetti
BMW 1602
Ricciardo Ricci, I
1573 L4 Group 2 1600 21 laps, 34.55,9     1.38,0  
  2    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV
Angelo Chiapparini, I
1570 L4 Group 2 1600 21 laps, 35.29,2        
  3    
Ford Escort TC
Lanfranco Pasini, I
1594 L4 Group 2 1600 21 laps, 35.42,5        
  3    
BMW 2002
Federico Cipriani, I
1990 L4 Group 2 2000 21        
  1    
Opel Commodore GS 2800
Guido Gatto ("Tatog"), I
2998 L6 Group 2 3000 21 laps, 35.34,9     1.33,5  
8 4    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV
Giulio Rossi, I
1570 L4 Group 2 1600 19        

F: Group 4 under 1600 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Luigi Pozzo, I
1570 L4 Group 4 1600 22 laps, 34.57,2     1.34,1  
2 2    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Giulio Rossi, I
1570 L4 Group 4 1600 22 laps, 35.00,1        
  3    
Alpine A 110 1600S
Giorgio Schön, I
1565 L4 Group 4 1600 22 laps, 36.08,0        
  4    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Gilberto Balocca, I
1570 L4 Group 4 1600 22 laps, 36.31,2        
  5    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Pietro Bonfanti, I
1570 L4 Group 4 1600 ?        
  1    
Alpine A 110 1300S
Silvio Artina, I
1289 L4 Group 4 1300 ? laps, 35.13,9        
  2    
Alpine A 110 1300S
Sergio Rombolotti, I
1289 L4 Group 4 1300 ? laps, 35.37,1        
  1    
Fiat Abarth 1000 OTS
Domenico Cedrati ("Poker"), I
982 L4 Group 4 1000 ? laps, 36.53,3        
  6    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Chiapparini, I
1570 L4 Group 4 1600 16        
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Gian Pietro Fusar Bassini, I
1570 L4 Group 4 1600         Blackflagged for ignoring the red light at the pit exit.

G: Group 4 over 1600 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1    
De Tomaso Pantera
Mario Casoni, I
5763 V8 Group 4 +2000 14 laps, 21.17,0     1.30,4  
2 2    
De Tomaso Pantera
Giancarlo Gagliardi, I
5763 V8 Group 4 +2000 14 laps, 21.33,7        
3 3    
De Tomaso Pantera
Gabriele Gottifredi, I
5763 V8 Group 4 +2000 14 laps, 21.37,6        
4 4    
Porsche Carrera RSR
Giovanni Borri, I
  B6 Group 4 +2000 14 laps, 21.53,3        
5 5    
Porsche
Giuseppe Tambone ("Tambauto"), I
  B6 Group 4 +2000 14 laps, 21.54,1        
  6    
De Tomaso Pantera
Aldo Valtellina ("Alval"), I
5763 V8 Group 4 +2000 13        
  1    
Alpine A 110
Paolo Monti, I
1800 L4 Group 4 2000 ? laps, 22.37,2        
  2    
VW-Porsche 914/6
Carlo Fabbri ("Cam"), I
1991 B6 Group 4 2000 ? laps, 22.37,6        
  3    
Porsche 911
Silvano Frisori, I
1991 B6 Group 4 2000 -1 lap        
  4    
Porsche 911
Maione, I
1991 B6 Group 4 2000 -1 lap