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Targa Florio

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The Targa Florio was an open road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near the island's capital of Palermo. [1]

176 relations: Abarth, Achille Varzi, Albert Divo, Alessandro Cagno, Alexandre Charpentier, Alfa Romeo, Alfa Romeo 6C, Alfa Romeo 8C, Alfa Romeo P2, Alfa Romeo P3, Alfa Romeo RL, Alfa Romeo Tipo 33, André Boillot, Antonio Brivio, Antonio Pucci (racing driver), Aquila Italiana, Arturo Merzario, Aston Martin, Ballot (automobile), Bartolomeo Costantini, Berliet, Brescia, Brian Redman, Buenos Aires, Bugatti, Bugatti Type 35, Caltavuturo, Campofelice di Roccella, Carlo Maria Abate, Carrera Panamericana, Cerda, Chevron Cars Ltd, Christian Werner, Circuit de la Sarthe, Cisitalia, Clemente Biondetti, Colin Davis (racing driver), Collesano, Coppa Florio, Cyril Snipe, Darracq and Company London, Diatto, Dino (automobile), Dundrod Circuit, Edgar Barth, Eliška Junková, Emilio Materassi, Endurance, Evan Green (journalist), Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, ..., Felice Bonetto, Felice Nazzaro, Ferrari, Ferrari 166 S, Ferrari 250, Ferrari 312 PB, Ferrari 512, Fiat 600, Fiat Automobiles, Franco Cortese, Frazer Nash, Fritz Huschke von Hanstein, Gérard Larrousse, Gerhard Mitter, Gijs van Lennep, Giovanni "Ernesto" Ceirano, Giulio Masetti, Grand Prix motor racing, Guido Meregalli, Hans Herrmann, Helmut Marko, Herbert Müller (racing driver), Igor Troubetzkoy, Isle of Man TT, Isotta Fraschini, Itala, Italian Rally Championship, Jacky Ickx, Jaguar Cars, Jean Porporato, Jo Bonnier, Jo Siffert, Juan Manuel Fangio, Karl Benz, Karl Kling, Lancia, Lancia Augusta, Lancia Aurelia, Lancia D24, Lancia Fulvia, Lancia Stratos, Le Mans, Leo Kinnunen, Leonardo Bistolfi, Leyland P76, List of automobile races in Italy, Lola Cars, Lombardy, Lorenzo Bandini, Luigi Musso, Luigi Villoresi, Madonie, Maserati, Maserati 4CL and 4CLT, Maserati 6CM, Mercedes (marque), Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, Mille Miglia, Mulsanne Straight, Nino Vaccarella, O.S.C.A., Olivier Gendebien, Osella, Palermo, Paul Hawkins (racing driver), Peter Collins (racing driver), Peugeot, Piero Taruffi, Podium, Polizzi Generosa, Porsche, Porsche 550, Porsche 718, Porsche 904, Porsche 906, Porsche 907, Porsche 908, Porsche 910, Porsche 911, Porsche 917, RAC Tourist Trophy, Rallying, Regularity rally, Ricardo Rodríguez (racing driver), Rolf Stommelen, Rudolf Caracciola, S.P.A. (automobile), Sandro Munari, SCAT (automobile), Scuderia Ferrari, Sea level, Sicily, Sports car racing, Steyr-Daimler-Puch, Stirling Moss, Targa Florio Rally, Targa New Zealand, Targa Newfoundland, Targa Tasmania, Targa top, Tazio Nuvolari, Toine Hezemans, Udo Schütz, Ugo Sivocci, Umberto Maglioli, Vic Elford, Vincenzo Florio, Vincenzo Trucco, Willy Mairesse, Wolfgang Seidel, Wolfgang von Trips, World Sportscar Championship, 12 Hours of Sebring, 1906 Targa Florio, 1907 Targa Florio, 1930 Targa Florio, 1955 Le Mans disaster, 1955 Targa Florio, 1958 Targa Florio, 1959 Targa Florio, 1960 Targa Florio, 1962 Targa Florio, 1970 Targa Florio, 1974 London–Sahara–Munich World Cup Rally, 24 Hours of Le Mans. Expand index (126 more) »

Abarth

Abarth & C. S.p.A. is an Italian racing car and road car maker founded by Italo-Austrian Carlo Abarth in 1949.

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Achille Varzi

Achille Varzi (8 August 1904 – 1 July 1948) was an Italian Grand Prix driver.

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Albert Divo

Albert Divo (24 January 1895, Paris – 19 September 1966, Morsang-sur-Orge, Essonne, France) was a Grand Prix motor racing driver.

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Alessandro Cagno

Alessandro Umberto Cagno, Umberto Cagno, nicknamed Sandrin (2 May 1883 – 23 December 1971) was an Italian racing driver, aviation pioneer and powerboat racer.

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Alexandre Charpentier

Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier (1856–1909) was a French sculptor, medalist, craftsman, and cabinet-maker.

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Alfa Romeo

Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is a car manufacturer, founded by Frenchman Alexandre Darracq as A.L.F.A. (" Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili", "Lombard Automobile Factory Company") on 24 June 1910, in Milan.

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Alfa Romeo 6C

The Alfa Romeo 6C name was used on road, race, and sports cars produced between 1927 and 1954 by Alfa Romeo; the "6C" name refers to six cylinders of the car's straight-six engine.

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Alfa Romeo 8C

The Alfa Romeo 8C was originally a range of Alfa Romeo road, race and sports cars of the 1930s.

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Alfa Romeo P2

The Alfa Romeo P2 won the inaugural Automobile World Championship in 1925, taking victory in two of the four championship rounds when Antonio Ascari drove it in the European Grand Prix at Spa and Gastone Brilli-Peri won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza after Ascari died while leading the intervening race at Montlhery.

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Alfa Romeo P3

The Alfa Romeo P3, P3 monoposto or Tipo B was a classic Grand Prix car designed by Vittorio Jano, one of the Alfa Romeo 8C models.

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Alfa Romeo RL

The Alfa Romeo RL was produced between 1922-1927.

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Alfa Romeo Tipo 33

The Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 was a sports racing prototype raced by the Alfa Romeo factory-backed team between 1967 and 1977.

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André Boillot

André Boillot (8 August 1891 – 5 June 1932) was a French auto racing driver.

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Antonio Brivio

Antonio Brivio (Sometimes shown as Marchese Sforza Brivio, Biella, Vercelli, Italy, 30 January 1905 – 29 January 1995) was an Italian bobsledder and racing driver.

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Antonio Pucci (racing driver)

Antonio Pucci (1923, Petralia Sottana – 15 July 2009) was an Italian racing driver of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Aquila Italiana

The Aquila Italiana founded as the "Società Anonima Aquila" and quickly renamed as "Società Anonima Italiana Aquila" was an Italian automobile manufacturer from 1906 to 1917.

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Arturo Merzario

Arturo Francesco "Little Art" Merzario (born 11 March 1943 in Civenna, Como) (real name Arturio – error on name registration – sometimes used on his helmet) is a racing driver from Italy.

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Aston Martin

Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers. It was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. Steered from 1947 by David Brown, it became associated with expensive grand touring cars in the 1950s and 1960s, and with the fictional character James Bond following his use of a DB5 model in the 1964 film Goldfinger. Their sports cars are regarded as a British cultural icon. Aston Martin has held a Royal Warrant as purveyor of motorcars to the Prince of Wales since 1982. It has over 150 car dealerships in over 50 countries on six continents making them a global automobile brand. Their headquarters and the main production site are in Gaydon, Warwickshire, England, alongside one of Jaguar Land Rover's development centres on the site of a former RAF V Bomber airbase. One of Aston Martin's recent cars was named after the 1950s Vulcan Bomber. Aston Martin has exploited its branding for projects including speed boats, submarines, bicycles, monster trucks, clothing and real estate development..

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Ballot (automobile)

Ballot was a French manufacturer, initially of engines, that also made automobiles between 1919 and 1932.

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Bartolomeo Costantini

Bartolomeo "Meo" Costantini (14 February 1889 in Vittorio Veneto – 19 July 1941 in Milan) was an Italian aviator and racing car driver, known for being the sporting manager of the Bugatti car manufacturer.

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Berliet

Berliet was a French manufacturer of automobiles, buses, trucks and military vehicles among other vehicles based in Vénissieux, outside of Lyon, France.

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Brescia

Brescia (Lombard: Brèsa,, or; Brixia; Bressa) is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy.

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Brian Redman

Brian Herman Thomas Redman (born 9 March 1937 in Colne, Lancashire and educated at Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire), is a retired British racing driver.

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Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and most populous city of Argentina.

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Bugatti

Automobiles Ettore Bugatti was a French car manufacturer of high-performance automobiles, founded in 1909 in the then German city of Molsheim, Alsace by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti.

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Bugatti Type 35

The Type 35 was the most successful of the Bugatti racing models.

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Caltavuturo

Caltavuturo (Sicilian: Caltavuturu) is a town and comune in the Province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

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Campofelice di Roccella

Campofelice di Roccella (Sicilian: Campufilici di Ruccedda) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Palermo in the Italian region of Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo.

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Carlo Maria Abate

Carlo Maria Abate (born 10 July 1932, in Turin), is an Italian former auto racing driver.

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Carrera Panamericana

The Carrera Panamericana was a border-to-border sedan and sports car racing event on open roads in Mexico similar to the Mille Miglia and Targa Florio in Italy.

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Cerda

Cerda is a comune (municipality) in the province of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo.

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Chevron Cars Ltd

Chevron Cars Ltd. is an English manufacturer of racing cars, founded by Derek Bennett in 1965.

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Christian Werner

Christian Werner (May 19, 1892 in Stuttgart – June 17, 1932 in Stuttgart-Cannstatt) was a German racecar driver.

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Circuit de la Sarthe

The Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans, also known as Circuit de la Sarthe (after the 1906 French Grand Prix triangle circuit) located in Le Mans, Maine, France, is a semi-permanent race course chiefly known as the venue for the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race.

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Cisitalia

Cisitalia was an Italian sports and racing car brand.

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Clemente Biondetti

Clemente Biondetti (18 August 1898 – 24 February 1955) was an Italian auto racing driver.

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Colin Davis (racing driver)

Colin Charles Houghton Davis (29 July 1933 – 19 December 2012) was a British racing driver from England, who won the 1964 Targa Florio.

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Collesano

Collesano (Sicilian: Culisanu) is a small town in the Province of Palermo, Sicily.

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Coppa Florio

The Coppa Florio (or Florio Cup) was an automobile race first held in Italy in 1900.

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Cyril Snipe

Cyril Snipe (1888-1944) was a British motor racing driver who won the 1912 Targa Florio in Sicily driving an Italian SCAT motor car.

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Darracq and Company London

A Darracq and Company Limited owned a French manufacturer of motor vehicles and aero engines in Suresnes, near Paris.

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Diatto

Diatto was an Italian manufacturing company founded in 1835 in Turin by Guglielmo Diatto to make 'carriages for wealthy customers'.

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Dino (automobile)

Dino was a marque for mid-engined, rear-drive sports cars produced by Ferrari from 1968 to 1976.

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Dundrod Circuit

Dundrod Circuit is a motorsport street circuit used for the RAC Tourist Trophy for sports cars between 1950 and 1955 and for the motorcycle Ulster Grand Prix from 1953 onwards.

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Edgar Barth

Wilfried Edgar Barth (26 January 1917 in Herold – 20 May 1965 in Ludwigsburg) was a German (East German until 1957, then West German) Formula One and sports car racing driver.

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Eliška Junková

Eliška Junková (16 November 1900 – 5 January 1994), born Alžběta Pospíšilová and also known as Elisabeth Junek, was a Czechoslovak automobile racer.

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Emilio Materassi

Emilio Materassi (October 30, 1894 – September 9, 1928) was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing driver.

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Endurance

Endurance (also related to sufferance, resilience, constitution, fortitude, and hardiness) is the ability of an organism to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time, as well as its ability to resist, withstand, recover from, and have immunity to trauma, wounds, or fatigue.

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Evan Green (journalist)

Evan Clifford Symons Green (21 May 1930 – 16 March 1996) was an Australian motoring publicist, journalist, TV commentator and a novelist.

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Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA, English: International Automobile Federation) is an association established as the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR, English: 'International Association of Recognized Automobile Clubs') on 20 June 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users.

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Felice Bonetto

Felice Bonetto (9 June 1903 in Manerbio, near Brescia, Italy – 21 November 1953 in Silao, Mexico) was a courageous racing driver who earned the nickname Il Pirata (The Pirate).

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Felice Nazzaro

Felice Nazzaro (4 December 1881 – 21 March 1940) was an Italian racecar driver, a native of Turin.

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Ferrari

Ferrari N.V. is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello.

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Ferrari 166 S

The Ferrari 166 S was an evolution of Ferrari's 125 S sports race car that became a sports car for the street in the form of the 166 Inter.

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Ferrari 250

The Ferrari 250 is a sports car built by Ferrari from 1953 to 1964.

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Ferrari 312 PB

The Ferrari 312 PB was a Group 6 Prototype-Sports Car introduced in 1971 by Italian carmaker Ferrari.

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Ferrari 512

Ferrari 512 S is the designation for 25 sports cars built in 1969–70, with five-litre 12-cylinder ("512") engines, related to the Ferrari P sports prototypes.

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Fiat 600

The Fiat 600 (Seicento) is a city car produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat from 1955 to 1969.

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Fiat Automobiles

Fiat Automobiles S.p.A. (originally FIAT, lit) is the largest automobile manufacturer in Italy, a subsidiary of FCA Italy S.p.A., which is part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (previously Fiat S.p.A.). Fiat Automobiles was formed in January 2007 when Fiat reorganized its automobile business, and traces its history back to 1899 when the first Fiat automobile, the Fiat 4 HP, was produced.

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Franco Cortese

Franco Cortese (10 February 1903 in Oggebbio, Piedmont – 13 November 1986 in Milano) was an Italian racing driver.

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Frazer Nash

Frazer Nash was a brand of British sports car manufactured from 1922 first by Frazer Nash Limited founded by engineer Archibald Frazer-Nash.

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Fritz Huschke von Hanstein

Fritz Sittig Enno Werner von Hanstein (3 January 1911 – 5 January 1996), nicknamed "Huschke von Hanstein", was a German racing driver who from the 1950s served both as Porsche's public relations manager and chief of their racing department.

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Gérard Larrousse

Gérard Larrousse (born 23 May 1940) is a former sports car racing, rallying and Formula One driver from France.

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Gerhard Mitter

Gerhard Karl Mitter (30 August 1935 – 1 August 1969) was a German Formula One and sportscar driver.

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Gijs van Lennep

Gijsbert van Lennep (born 16 March 1942, in Aerdenhout, North Holland) is a Dutch esquire and former racing driver who competed in eight Formula One races.

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Giovanni "Ernesto" Ceirano

Giovanni "Ernesto" Ceirano (1889-1956) was an Italian industrialist, son of Giovanni Ceirano, co-founder of Fabbrica Automobili Ceirano, co-owner of Aurea (Fabrica Anonima Torinese Automobili -F.A.T.A.) and two-time winner of the Targa Florio.

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Giulio Masetti

Giulio Masetti (1895 – 25 April 1926) was an Italian nobleman and racing driver, known as "the lion of Madonie" from his dominating the Targa Florio in the early 1920s.

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Grand Prix motor racing

Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894.

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Guido Meregalli

Guido Meregalli (1894 – 1959) was an Italian racecar driver, known from several GP victories between 1920 and 1926.

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Hans Herrmann

Hans Herrmann (born 23 February 1928) is a retired Formula One and sports car racing driver from Stuttgart, Germany.

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Helmut Marko

Helmut Marko LL.D., (born 27 April 1943) is an Austrian former professional racing driver and current advisor to the Red Bull GmbH Formula One Teams and head of Red Bull's driver development program.

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Herbert Müller (racing driver)

Herbert Müller Rebmann (11 May 1940 – 24 May 1981) was a racing driver from Switzerland.

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Igor Troubetzkoy

Prince Igor Nikolayevich Troubetzkoy (Игорь Николаевич Трубецкой; 23 August 1912, Paris, – 20 December 2008, Nice) was a French aristocrat and athlete of Russian descent.

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Isle of Man TT

The International Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) races are an annual motorcycle sport event run on the Isle of Man in May/June of most years since its inaugural race in 1907, and is often called one of the most dangerous racing events in the world.

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Isotta Fraschini

Isotta Fraschini is an Italian motors brand historically known for the production of cars as well as trucks, and engines for marine and aviation use.

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Itala

Itala was a car manufacturer based in Turin, Italy from 1904-1934, started by Matteo Ceirano and five partners in 1903.

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Italian Rally Championship

The Campionato Italiano Rally (C.I.R.) (Italian Rally Championship) is the main rally championship that takes place in Italy.

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Jacky Ickx

Jacques Bernard "Jacky" Ickx (born 1 January 1945, in Brussels) is a Belgian former racing driver who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans six times, achieved eight wins and 25 podium finishes in Formula One, won the Can-Am Championship in 1979 and is a former winner of the Dakar Rally.

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Jaguar Cars

Jaguar is the luxury vehicle brand of Jaguar Land Rover, a British multinational car manufacturer with its headquarters in Whitley, Coventry, England and owned by the Indian company Tata Motors since 2008.

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Jean Porporato

Jean Porporato, originally named Giovanni Giacomo Bernardo Porporato (3 November 1879 – ?), was an Italian-born French automobile racing driver and mechanic from Turin who later lived much of his life Lyon, Rhône.

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Jo Bonnier

Joakim Bonnier (31 January 1930 – 11 June 1972) was a Swedish sportscar racing and Formula One driver who raced for various teams.

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Jo Siffert

Joseph Siffert (7 July 1936 – 24 October 1971) was a Swiss racing driver.

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Juan Manuel Fangio

Juan Manuel Fangio Déramo (24 June 1911 – 17 July 1995), nicknamed El Chueco ("the bowlegged one", also commonly translated as "bandy legged") or El Maestro ("The Master"), was an Argentine racing car driver.

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Karl Benz

Karl Friedrich Benz (25 November 1844 – 4 April 1929) was a German engine designer and automobile engineer.

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Karl Kling

Karl Kling (16 September 1910, Gießen – 18 March 2003, Gaienhofen on Lake Constance, Germany) was a motor racing driver and manager from Germany.

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Lancia

Lancia is an Italian automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia as Lancia & C..

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Lancia Augusta

The Lancia Augusta is a small passenger car produced by Italian car manufacturer Lancia between 1933 and 1936.

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Lancia Aurelia

The Lancia Aurelia is a car produced by Italian manufacturer Lancia from 1950 to the summer of 1958.

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Lancia D24

The Lancia D24 was a sports racing car introduced by Lancia in 1953, and raced in the 1953 and 1954 seasons.

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Lancia Fulvia

The Lancia Fulvia (Tipo 818) is an automobile produced by Lancia between 1963 and 1976.

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Lancia Stratos

The Lancia Stratos HF (Tipo 829), widely and more simply known as Lancia Stratos, is a sports car and rally car made by Italian car manufacturer Lancia.

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Le Mans

Le Mans is a city in France, on the Sarthe River.

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Leo Kinnunen

Leo Juhani "Leksa" Kinnunen (5 August 1943 – 26 July 2017) was a Finnish racing driver, and the first Formula One driver from Finland.

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Leonardo Bistolfi

Leonardo Bistolfi (14 March 1859 – 2 September 1933) was an Italian sculptor, an important exponent of Italian Symbolism.

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Leyland P76

The Leyland P76 is a large car that was produced by Leyland Australia, the Australian subsidiary of British Leyland.

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List of automobile races in Italy

Grand Prix and other major automobile races in Italy.

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Lola Cars

Lola Cars International Ltd. was a racing car engineering company founded in 1958 by Eric Broadley and based in Huntingdon, England.

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Lombardy

Lombardy (Lombardia; Lumbardia, pronounced: (Western Lombard), (Eastern Lombard)) is one of the twenty administrative regions of Italy, in the northwest of the country, with an area of.

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Lorenzo Bandini

Lorenzo Bandini (21 December 193510 May 1967) was an Italian motor racing driver who raced in Formula One for the Scuderia Centro Sud and Ferrari teams.

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Luigi Musso

Luigi Musso (28 July 1924 – 6 July 1958) was an Italian racing driver.

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Luigi Villoresi

Luigi Villoresi (16 May 1909 – 24 August 1997) was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing driver who continued racing on the Formula One circuit at the time of its inception.

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Madonie

The Madonie (Sicilian: Madunìi) are one of the principal mountain ranges on the island of Sicily, located in southwestern Italy.

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Maserati

Maserati is an Italian luxury vehicle manufacturer established on 1 December 1914, in Bologna.

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Maserati 4CL and 4CLT

The Maserati 4CL and its derived sister model the Maserati 4CLT are single-seat racing cars that were designed and built by Maserati.

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Maserati 6CM

The Maserati 6CM is an Italian single-seater racing car, made by Maserati of Modena from 1936 to 1940 for the Voiturette racing class.

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Mercedes (marque)

Mercedes was a brand of the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG).

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Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is a global automobile marque and a division of the German company Daimler AG.

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Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR

The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR (W196S) was an iconic 2-seat sports racer that took sportscar racing by storm in 1955, winning that year's World Sportscar Championship before a catastrophic crash and fire at Le Mans ended its domination prematurely.

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Mille Miglia

The Mille Miglia (Thousand Miles) was an open-road endurance race which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 (thirteen before the war, eleven from 1947).

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Mulsanne Straight

The Mulsanne Straight (Ligne Droite des Hunaudières in French) is the name used in English for a formerly long straight of the Circuit des 24 Heures around which the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race takes place.

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Nino Vaccarella

Nino Vaccarella (born 4 March 1933 in Palermo, Sicily) is an Italian former sports car racing and Formula One driver.

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O.S.C.A.

O.S.C.A. (Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili—Fratelli Maserati S.p.A.) was an Italian manufacturer of racing and sports cars established 1947 in San Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna, by the Maserati brothers, and closed down in 1967.

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Olivier Gendebien

Olivier Gendebien (12 January 1924 – 2 October 1998) was a Belgian racing driver who was called "one of the greatest sportscar racers of all time".

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Osella

Osella is an Italian racing car manufacturer and former Formula One team.

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Palermo

Palermo (Sicilian: Palermu, Panormus, from Πάνορμος, Panormos) is a city of Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo.

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Paul Hawkins (racing driver)

Robert Paul Hawkins (12 October 1937 – 26 May 1969) was an Australian motor racing driver.

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Peter Collins (racing driver)

Peter John Collins (6 November 1931 – 3 August 1958) was a British racing driver.

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Peugeot

Peugeot is a French automotive manufacturer, part of Groupe PSA.

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Piero Taruffi

Piero Taruffi (12 October 1906, Albano Laziale – 12 January 1988), was a racing driver from Italy, and also the father of lady racer Prisca Taruffi.

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Podium

A podium (plural podiums or podia) is a platform used to raise something to a short distance above its surroundings.

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Polizzi Generosa

Polizzi Generosa (Sicilian: Pulizzi) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo on the island of Sicily, southern Italy.

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Porsche

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Porsche 550

The Porsche 550 was a racing sports car produced by Porsche from 1953-1956.

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Porsche 718

The Porsche 718 is a racing car built by Porsche between 1957 and 1962.

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Porsche 904

The Porsche 904 is an automobile which was produced by Porsche in Germany in 1964 and 1965.

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Porsche 906

The Porsche 906 or Carrera 6 is a street-legal racing car from Porsche.

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Porsche 907

The Porsche 907 was a sportscar racing prototype built by Porsche in 1967 and 1968.

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Porsche 908

The Porsche 908 was a racing car from Porsche, introduced in 1968 to continue the Porsche 906/Porsche 910/Porsche 907 series of models designed under Ferdinand Piech.

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Porsche 910

The Porsche 910 or Carrera 10 was a race car from Porsche, based on the Porsche 906.

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Porsche 911

The Porsche 911 (pronounced Nine Eleven or in Neunelfer) is a two-door, 2+2 high performance rear-engined classic German sports car made since 1963 by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany.

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Porsche 917

The Porsche 917 is a sports prototype race car developed by German manufacturer Porsche.

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RAC Tourist Trophy

The International Tourist Trophy is an award given by the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) and awarded semi-annually to the winners of a selected motor racing event each year in the United Kingdom.

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Rallying

Rally is a form of motorsport that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars.

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Regularity rally

A regularity rally, also called time-speed-distance or TSD rally, is a type of motorsport rally with the object of driving each segment of a Course in a specified time at a specified average speed.

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Ricardo Rodríguez (racing driver)

Ricardo Valentín Rodríguez de la Vega (14 February 1942 – 1 November 1962) was a Mexican racing driver who competed in the 1961 and 1962 Formula One seasons.

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Rolf Stommelen

Rolf Johann Stommelen (11 July 1943 – 24 April 1983) was a racing driver from Siegen, Germany.

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Rudolf Caracciola

Otto Wilhelm Rudolf CaracciolaBolsinger and Becker (2002), p. 63 (30 January 1901 – 28 September 1959) was a racing driver from Remagen, Germany.

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S.P.A. (automobile)

S.P.A. (Società Piemontese Automobili), was an Italian automobile, military vehicle and aero-engine manufacturer founded in Turin by Matteo Ceirano and Michele Ansaldi.

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Sandro Munari

Sandro Munari (born 27 March 1940) is a former motor racing and rally driver from Italy.

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SCAT (automobile)

The SCAT (Società Ceirano Automobili Torino) was an Italian automobile manufacturer from Turin, founded in 1906 by Giovanni Battista Ceirano.

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Scuderia Ferrari

Scuderia Ferrari S.p.A. is the racing division of luxury Italian auto manufacturer, Ferrari, and the racing team that competes in Formula One racing.

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Sea level

Mean sea level (MSL) (often shortened to sea level) is an average level of the surface of one or more of Earth's oceans from which heights such as elevations may be measured.

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia; Sicìlia) is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Sports car racing

Sports car racing is a form of circuit auto racing with sports cars that have two seats and enclosed wheels.

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Steyr-Daimler-Puch

Steyr-Daimler-Puch was a large manufacturing conglomerate based in Steyr, Austria, which was broken up in stages between 1987 and 2001.

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Stirling Moss

Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss (born 17 September 1929) is a British former Formula One racing driver.

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Targa Florio Rally

The Targa Florio Rally is a rally auto racing competition.

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Targa New Zealand

The Targa New Zealand is a tarmac rally held annually on around September on public roads typically throughout the North Island of New Zealand.

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Targa Newfoundland

Targa Newfoundland is a tarmac-based rally race in Newfoundland.

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Targa Tasmania

Targa Tasmania is a tarmac-based rally event held on the island state of Tasmania, Australia, annually since 1992.

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Targa top

Targa top, or targa for short, is a semi-convertible car body style with a removable roof section and a full width roll bar behind the seats.

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Tazio Nuvolari

Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (16 November 1892 – 11 August 1953) was an Italian racing driver.

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Toine Hezemans

Toine Hezemans (born 15 April 1943 in Eindhoven) is a former Dutch touring and prototype racing car driver in 1960s and 1970s, nowadays one of principals of Phoenix Carsport.

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Udo Schütz

Udo Schütz (born January 1937) is a German entrepreneur, who was competing successfully with racing cars in the 1960s, and with yachts in the 1990s.

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Ugo Sivocci

Ugo Sivocci (August 29, 1885 - September 8, 1923) was an Italian race car driver.

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Umberto Maglioli

Umberto Maglioli (5 June 1928, in Bioglio, Vercelli – 7 February 1999, in Monza) was a racing driver from Italy.

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Vic Elford

Victor Henry Elford (born 10 June 1935, in London) is a former sportscar racing, rallying and Formula One driver from England.

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Vincenzo Florio

Vincenzo Florio Jr. (18 March 1883 – 6 January 1959) was an Italian entrepreneur, heir of the rich Florio economic dynasty, one of the wealthiest Italian families during the late 19th century.

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Vincenzo Trucco

Vincenzo Trucco was a racing driver from Milan, Italy.

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Willy Mairesse

Willy Mairesse (1 October 1928 – 9 September 1969) was a Formula One and sports-car driver from Belgium.

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Wolfgang Seidel

Wolfgang Seidel (4 July 1926 in Dresden – 1 March 1987 in Munich) was a racing driver from Germany.

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Wolfgang von Trips

Wolfgang Alexander Albert Eduard Maximilian Reichsgraf Berghe von Trips (4 May 1928 – 10 September 1961), also known simply as Wolfgang von Trips, was a German racing driver.

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World Sportscar Championship

The World Sportscar Championship was the world series run for sports car racing by the FIA from 1953 to 1992.

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12 Hours of Sebring

The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race for sports cars held at Sebring International Raceway, on the site of the former Hendricks Army Airfield World War II air base in Sebring, Florida.

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1906 Targa Florio

The 1906 Targa Florio was the inaugural running of the Targa Florio, an open road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near Palermo.

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1907 Targa Florio

The 1907 Targa Florio was a Grand Prix motor race held at Madonie on 22 April 1907.

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1930 Targa Florio

The 1930 Targa Florio was a non-championship Grand Prix motor race held on a 67 mile (108 km) course made up of public roads on the mountainous Italian island of Sicily.

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1955 Le Mans disaster

The 1955 Le Mans disaster occurred during the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race at Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France on 11 June 1955.

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1955 Targa Florio

The 39a Targa Florio took place on 16 October, around the Circuito delle Madonie Piccolo, (Sicily, Italy).

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1958 Targa Florio

The 42° Targa Florio took place on 11 May, on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, (Sicily, Italy).

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1959 Targa Florio

The 43° Targa Florio took place on 24 May 1959, on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, (Sicily, Italy).

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1960 Targa Florio

The 44° Targa Florio took place on 8 May 1960, on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, (Sicily, Italy).

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1962 Targa Florio

The 46° Targa Florio took place on 6 May 1962, on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, (Sicily, Italy).

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1970 Targa Florio

The 1970 Targa Florio was an endurance race that took place on May 3, 1970.

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1974 London–Sahara–Munich World Cup Rally

The 1974 London–Sahara–Munich World Cup Rally, known also under the commercial identity of 1974 UDT World Cup Rally, was the second and final of the World Cup Rallies to be held.

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24 Hours of Le Mans

The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is the world's oldest active sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since near the town of Le Mans, France.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targa_Florio

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