Giro d' Italia & Rally Monza

[Timo04]

Where can I find some written or on-line history/information in the English language on races like the Giro d' Italia (not the bicycle road race) and the Rally Monza. Both are IMSA races I presume? Thanks in advance!

[1,6 HF]

Tim,

I'm not familiar with the Rally Monza, but the Giro d'Italia Automobilistica was similar to the Tour de France Auto; it consisted of a mix of rally stages and circuit races at various venues around Italy. I've never seen any decent info about it in English.

(I presume you're being facetious about IMSA, which was an American sanctioning body.)

[Pete]

Tim,

Type them into Google but put "rally" after Giro d' Italia.

Hope this helps

Pete

[1,6 HF]

Type them into Google but put "rally" after Giro d' Italia.

Pete, have you actually tried this and gotten any useful results? Because I've tried any number of search combinations (and on much better search engines than Google), and there really doesn't seem to be much out there.

It could have something to do with the fact that the last Giro d'Italia auto was held in 1980, and any online info is being overwhelmed by the fact that the bike race "Giro" continues to this day. But even on non-page-ranked search engines there's next to nothing, even in Italian.

[ncundy]

try searching with :

Giro D'Italia Automobilistica

It pulls up quite alot - mostly snipets rather than definitive sites, but still a fair bit to go at.

Also try a youtube search with :

Giro D'Italia (then a manufacturer name) like "Giro D'Italia Lancia"

This is a good one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2ZG6VhX8hY

or this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6wiHZJIW0E

Not often you saw those cars driven on the road !

[Timo04]

Thanks guys! These You Tube videos are fantastic! In fact these are what piqued my curiosity in the Giro d' Italia. It is interesting to see the young Gilles Villeneuve and Walter Röhrl being interviewed in the 2nd Giro video.

Not sure about the IMSA connection either or if it is the same IMSA as we have here in North America. Below is an answer to question I had regarding the Alfa 75's race history, the gentleman from the Netherlands knows quite a lot. Also some "Giro" scale models on E-bay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/LANCIA-BETA-MONTECARLO-giro-dItalia-1979-1-43-by-M4_W0QQitemZ310022233828QQihZ021QQcategoryZ17938QQ rdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQc mdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/GB-track-by-Fly-Lancia-Beta-Montecarlo-ref-GB36-1979_W0QQitemZ230221967557QQihZ013QQcategoryZ4781Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ALFA-ROMEO-75-IMSA-RALLY-DI-MONZA-1990-PK2059_W0QQitemZ130196471003QQihZ003QQcategoryZ179 38QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ALFA-ROMEO-75-IMSA-GIRO-ITALIA-1989-FRANCIA-PK2043A_W0QQitemZ350023372408QQihZ022QQcategoryZ17 938QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



"Hello Tim,

No, Bob van der Sluis did not drive in the ETCC. Bob van der Sluis (Euro Magnum Racing) drives IMSA Alfa 75's, but modified (DTM Alfa 155 engine), in the Alfa Romeo Challenge, a Dutch racing class for clasic Alfa Romeo's.

Outside the ITC the Alfa 75 won with the Alfa 75 turbo IMSA twice the giro d'Italia: in 1988 1st (Patrese, Biasion, Siviero) and in 1989 1st (Francia, Cerrato, Cerri), 2nd and 4th.

Furthermore Alfa75's raced in the 1987 gr. A int touring car championship, but halfway the season Alfa Romeo decided to stop. In 1987 a Alfa 75 raced in the DTM, an 8th posion was the best result. Besides the overall winner of the ITC in 1988 (turbo), also Alfa 75's won ITC in 1989 (gr. A3 and N2) (turbo evo), in 1990 (gr. A2 and A3) (turbo evo), and in 1991 (N2) (3.0v6 america)."


Kind regards,
Martijn Torenbeek
Alfa 75 register