XXVIII Targa Florio 1937
Circuito Parco Favorita, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

 

Date: May 23 Fastest Practice Lap: Francesco/Guido/Giulio Severi, 2'38.6"
Track Length: 5260 Fastest Lap: Giovanni Rocco, 2'35.6" = 121.698 km/h (lap 7)
Attendance:   Distance: 60 laps x 5260 m = 315. 6 km
Entries:   Average Speed: 107.704 km/h
Practiced:   Track map  
Starters: 12    
Classified: 5    

 

Sources:
(1) Targa Florio, page 159 - W. F. Bradley, 1955
(2) Settant'anni di gare automobilistiche in Italia, page 110 - Emanuele Alberto Carli
(3) A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing, Volume 4, page 44 - Paul Sheldon 1990
(4) Data collected by Alessandro Silva
(5) Data collected by Hans Etzrodt
(6) La Targa Florio - http://www.targaflorio.it/index1.htm
(7) La Targa Florio - http://aldolg.freeweb.supereva.it/index.htm?p
(8) Automobile Quarterly Volume II No. 4 - Cullen Thomas / David Owen 1973
(9) The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing - http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/

 

Pos Clas-
sific.		 # Driver, Nationality Entrant Car Engine
type - volume		 Time
Laps		 Reason Out
1 1 16 Giulio Severi, I (2)
Francesco Severi, I (3)		 Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5 2:55'49.0
60 laps		 Giulio, Guido and Francesco is probably the same person.
2 2 32 Conte Giovanni Lurani, I Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati 4CM S4 - 1.1 2:57'28.6"
58 laps		  
3 3 10 Ettore Bianco, I Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5 2:58'46.6"
55 laps		  
4 4 34 Vittorio Belmondo, I Vittorio Belmondo Maserati 4CM S4 - 1.5 2:57'23.2"
51 laps		  
5 5 2 Vincenzo Sciandra, I Vincenzo Sciandra Fiat Balilla   2:58'10.0"
49 laps		  
                 
6 DNF 8 Ferdinando Barbieri, I Ferdinando Barbieri Maserati 4CM S4 - 1.5 54 Mechanical
7 DNF 6 Franco Bertani, I Gruppo Volta Maserati 4CM S4 - 1.5 51 Retired
8 DNF 4 Giovanni Rocco, I Giovanni Rocco Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5 37 Piston
9 DNF 12 Ardagna, I   Fiat Balilla S4    
10 DNF 22 Toia, I   Fiat Balilla S4    
11 DNF 28 Ninive, I   Bugatti Type 37 A S4    
12 DNF 36 Francesco Siracusa, I Francesco Siracusa Alfa Romeo 6C-1500 S6 - 1.5    
                 
13 DNA 14 Luigi Villoresi, I Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5    
14 DNA 18 Matraxia, I   Fiat Balilla S4    
15 DNA 20 Pasquale Contini, I Pasquale Contini Maserati 4CM S4 - 1.5    
16 DNA 24 Mario Colini, I Scuderia Impero Maserati 4CM S4 - 1.1    
17 DNA 26 Agostino Prosperi, I Agostino Prosperi Fiat Balilla S4    
18 DNA 30 Ferrara, I   Fiat Balilla S4    

 

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