On this day in 1912, a Brit became the first foreign driver to win the Targa Florio
The Targa Florio was always a huge challenge, and especially with the crude cars of the very early days.
We said of the 1912 edition: “The race started at midnight on Saturday, and consisted of an entire circuit of Sicily as near the coast as the road permitted. The total distance was approximately 656 miles, the same ground not being covered twice. In addition to the award to the first to finish, prizes were given to the first car passing through each village and city en route.”
We were delighted to announce that the winner of the 1912 edition was British, albeit in an Italian car. Cyril Snipe “received the whole of his motor education in the garage of Newton and Barnet Ltd, Manchester, the English concessionaire for Scat cars”, and presumably came to the manufacturer’s attention as a driver when visiting its factory in Turin in 1909 to sample the latest chassis.
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