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).
Like the older Targa Florio and later the Carrera Panamericana, the MM made Gran Turismo (Grand Touring) sports cars like Alfa Romeo, BMW, Ferrari, Maserati and Porsche famous.
Read more about Mille Miglia: Car Numbering, Before The War, Post-war, The End, Mille Miglia Winners, Name Usage, Mille Miglia Storica Results
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“Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they’re afraid that they’ll be forgotten. And in America they’re quite right. They will be.”
—Agnes De Mille (b. 1908)