ALFA ROMEO: WHERE THE MOTORSPORT NEVER STOPS!
Old Alfa Romeo racing cars don’t retire from the sport; they just switch teams, with Alfa Romeo celebrating its unique motorsport heritages by running a motorsport team specifically for its classic racing cars.
Alfa Romeo Automobilismo Storico tours the world with displays and it takes part in historic motor sport events using Alfa Romeos from the Alfa Romeo museum to maintain awareness of the history of Alfa Romeo.These occasions allow the public to take a close, admiring look at precious, unique, authentic models that have made racing history and that are still fully functional
In 2004 the Alfa Romeo Automobilismo Storico team took part in twelve international races, including a revival of the Mille Miglia, the Nuvolari Grand Prix which was won by the official Alfa Romeo 1750 SS driven by Viaro-Mair, while the Ladies' Cup was won by the team of Oberti/Grimaldi in a 750 competizione.
Another rival of the Mille Miglia was held in Japan and won by the Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Coupé, driven by the official team of Viaro-Mair. A large team of Alfa Romeo veteran cars competed in the Milan-San Remo Cup, the Winter Marathon, the 2000 km Durch Deutschland, the Suisse-Paris Raid and the Vienna-Trieste.
Legendary racing driver Phil Hill took part in the Le Mans Classic at the wheel of an Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM coupé, and there were many wins for the Alfa Romeo Giulietta Ti in the European Historical Touring Car Championship, including the car driven by Marco Cajani, which earned him the overall championship victory.
The Alfa Romeo Giulietta celebrated its 50th anniversary this year and was the guest of honour at numerous events, drawing together hundreds of cars from all over the world.
These events included the spectacular rallies organised at the Alfa Romeo Historical Museum, the Balocco test track (another historic Alfa location), Piazza del Duomo in Milan, and the inauguration of an exhibition at the Palazzo della Ragione, with the orchestra from La Scala concluding the festivities in the square in front of the Royal Palace. The Giulietta was also celebrated in the United States, in August and at the recent Columbus Day festivities held in New York, with the assistance of the Alfa fans across North America.
The Alfa Romeo Automobilismo Storico is also involved in charity work, with 'Angelo dei Bimbi' (the Children's Angel), an initiative organised with the American racing driver Sylvia Oberti, which has collected money for hospitals by competing in motor races, as well as donating videogames and DVD players to young patients.
The heart of the programme is AlfaRomeoMuseum in Arese, which received more than 35,000 visitors in the first six months of 2004. Open, with a booking, from 9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday, the museum displays about 100 cars in an area of 5000 square metres, and more than half of them fully functional.
The historical archive has proved a precious source of information for journalists and fans from all over the world: suffice it to say that it providedthe media with 1500 photographs, 140 technical publications, films, drawings and almost 2000 written answers to technical and historical questions in 2004. The historical archive has also collaborated on the publication of several books, from the story of Nuvolari to the history of the Giulietta, the history of Malta and even the history of the trolleybus, yet another facet of the Alfa Romeo legend.
Full details on how to visit the AlfaRomeoMuseum may be found, along with a virtual tour of the museum, at under ‘History’.
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