Racing Royalty in Red
1929/30 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 SS roadster body by Carrozzeria Brianza, a Milan associate of Zagato. What a rush...at speed on Hiway 1 on a sunny day, in this gorgeous creature.
In 1929/30, the 6C 1750 was Alfa Romeo's most capable sports-racing car, winning races all over Europe. It was available in three versions, the naturally-aspirated Turismo, the twin-cam Super Sport available with or without a supercharger, and the supercharged Gran Sport. Both supercharged models had Alfa-built Roots-type blowers, although the Super Sport had a smaller, geared-up supercharger.
This 4th Series 6C 1750 Super Sport was ordered by Prince Alberto Manganelli of Sicily and is one of three short-chassis cars built for the 1930 Targa Florio and driven by Campari, Nuvolari and Maggi. It later competed in the XI Gran Premio d'Italia at Monza in September of 1933. While spending recent years in Australia it has taken part in several Mille Miglia retrospectives in Italy, and on this day it was in California!
The Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 impressed from the moment it was first released. It would win every major racing event it was entered in during 1929 including the Grand Prix of Belgium, Spain, Tunis and Monza as well as that year’s Mille Miglia in the hands of Giuseppe Campari and Giulio Ramponi. It would also take out the Brooklands Double Twelve and the Ulster TT that year while the following year would see it win the Spa 24-hours and other road races and hill climbs. It also repeated its win in the Mille Miglia, this time driven by the great Tazio Nuvolari, this event legendary for his duel with teammate Varzi over the last 600km. Nuvolari would overtake Varzi in the early morning with his headlights switched off eventually finishing seven minutes ahead.......sneaky but effective.
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Racing Royalty in Red
1929/30 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 SS roadster body by Carrozzeria Brianza, a Milan associate of Zagato. What a rush...at speed on Hiway 1 on a sunny day, in this gorgeous creature.
In 1929/30, the 6C 1750 was Alfa Romeo's most capable sports-racing car, winning races all over Europe. It was available in three versions, the naturally-aspirated Turismo, the twin-cam Super Sport available with or without a supercharger, and the supercharged Gran Sport. Both supercharged models had Alfa-built Roots-type blowers, although the Super Sport had a smaller, geared-up supercharger.
This 4th Series 6C 1750 Super Sport was ordered by Prince Alberto Manganelli of Sicily and is one of three short-chassis cars built for the 1930 Targa Florio and driven by Campari, Nuvolari and Maggi. It later competed in the XI Gran Premio d'Italia at Monza in September of 1933. While spending recent years in Australia it has taken part in several Mille Miglia retrospectives in Italy, and on this day it was in California!
The Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 impressed from the moment it was first released. It would win every major racing event it was entered in during 1929 including the Grand Prix of Belgium, Spain, Tunis and Monza as well as that year’s Mille Miglia in the hands of Giuseppe Campari and Giulio Ramponi. It would also take out the Brooklands Double Twelve and the Ulster TT that year while the following year would see it win the Spa 24-hours and other road races and hill climbs. It also repeated its win in the Mille Miglia, this time driven by the great Tazio Nuvolari, this event legendary for his duel with teammate Varzi over the last 600km. Nuvolari would overtake Varzi in the early morning with his headlights switched off eventually finishing seven minutes ahead.......sneaky but effective.
AS ALWAYS....COMMENTS & INVITATIONS with AWARD BANNERS will be respectfully DELETED!