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Event: Targa Florio		Date: 8.5.1966
Track: Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie (Italy), 72.000 kms	Organiser: unknown
Targa Florio
World Sportscar Championship (round 4) Challenge Mondiale (round 2)

Weather:	intermittent rain
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	10 laps
Attendance:	300000

Entered:	96
Practiced:	75
Qualified:	71
Started:	72
Finished:	38
Classified:	29

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Prototype +2000	5	5	2
Prototype 2000	13	12	5
Sports +2000	7	7	4
Sports 2000	8	8	5
Sports 1600	8	8	7
Sports 1300	14	13	9
Grand Touring +1600	5	5	5
Grand Touring 1600	1	1	1
Grand Touring 1300	11	11	6

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results

Pre-race sessions:
1 practice sessions held for a total of 270 minutes on 6/5

Winners:
Overall:	148	Porsche 906	Mairesse / Müller
Prototype +2000:	232	Ferrari 250 LM 4.0	Nicodemi / Lessona
Prototype 2000:	196	Ferrari Dino 206 S	Guichet / Baghetti
Sports +2000:	176	Ford GT40	Ligier / Greder
Sports 1600:	126	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	Pinto / Todaro
Sports 1300:	72	Alpine A110 Renault	Delageneste / Rosinski
Grand Touring +1600:	64	MGB	Mäkinen / Rhodes
Grand Touring 1600:	48	Porsche 356 SC	Tarenghi / Pardi
Grand Touring 1300:	18	Lancia Fulvia HF	Cella / Marzi
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	218	Porsche 906E	Gerhard Mitter (D)	40:19.000	107.152 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (15), Alfa Romeo (14), Ferrari (12), Lancia (9), Alpine (5)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (15), Alfa Romeo (14), Ferrari (12), Lancia (9), Renault (5)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 906 (10), Lancia Fulvia (9), Alpine A110 (5), Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Zagato (5)
Driver nationalities:	I (93), F (14), GB (10), CH (6), D (4), USA (4), FIN (3), S (2), B (2)
Most used colours:	red (53%), white (15%), blue (10%), dark (4%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (52%), mid-engined (29%), rear-engined (19%)
Average engine size:	1970 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Girolamo Capra (45), Claude Bourillot (42), Tony Settember (39)
Youngest known drivers:	Clive Baker (24), Nanni Galli (26), Mario Casoni (27)

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