Targa Florio 1958 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: 42° Targa Florio		Date: 11.5.1958
Track: Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie (Italy), 72.000 kms	Organiser: unknown
Targa Florio
F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship (round 3)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	6:30
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	14 laps
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	65
Practiced:	53
Started:	38
Finished:	15
Classified:	15

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports 3000	5	5	3
Sports 2000	8	4	2
Sports 1500	6	5	2
Sports 1100	7	5	2
Grand Touring 3000	5	2
Grand Touring 2600	8	6	1
Grand Touring 1600	1	1	1
Grand Touring 1300	12	10	4

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Pre-race sessions:
no formal practice held

Winners:

Overall:	106	Ferrari 250 TR 58	Musso / Gendebien
Sports 2000:	90	Ferrari 500 TRC	Starrabba / Cortese
Sports 1500:	68	Porsche 718 RSK	Behra / Scarlatti
Sports 1100:	58	Raor - Fiat 1100	di Salvo / Minneci
Grand Touring 2600:	42	Fiat 8V	Montalbano / Bologna
Grand Touring 1600:	26	Porsche 356A Carrera 1500 GS	Pucci / von Hanstein
Grand Touring 1300:	24	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce	Todaro / "Nessuno"

Fastest Laps:

Overall:

100

Aston Martin DBR1/300

Stirling Moss (GB)

42:17.500

102.148 km/h

Notes of interest:

Top makes by numbers:	Alfa Romeo (9), Ferrari (8), Osca (6), Fiat (5), Porsche (3), Lancia (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Alfa Romeo (9), Ferrari (8), Osca (6), Fiat (6), Porsche (3), Lancia (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Ferrari 250 TR (4), Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce (4), Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zagato (4)
Driver nationalities:	I (64), GB (5), D (3)
Engine positions:	front-engined (87%), middle-engined (8%), rear-engined (5%)
Oldest known drivers:	Edgar Barth (41), Jean Behra (37), Giorgio Scarlatti (37)
Youngest known drivers:	Ludovico Scarfiotti (25), Nino Vaccarella (25), Gaetano Starrabba (26)
Woman drivers:	Ada Pace, Anna Maria Peduzzi

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