Palermo, 13th October 2022 - Green light for Targa Florio Classica 2022: tomorrow (Friday, 14th October) Leg 1 will be starting in the morning at 8:30. Ready to start at the last round of Campionato Italiano Grandi Eventi also the super cars from Maranello, which will compete for the Ferrari Tribute to Targa Florio.
Authentic jewels of technical and technological evolution, witnesses to the evolution of cars and motoring: the Zust of 1906, the year of birth of the event conceived and wanted by Vincenzo Florio, the Bentley 6,5 LT Vanden Plast Tourer from 1927, Chrysler 72 Deluxe Roadster from 1928 and the 75 Sport Roadster from 1929. The Chairman of the Automobile Club d'Italia Angelo Sticchi Damiani will be in the Lancia Aurelia B24. Twenty-four car brands are present at the start.
Toine Hezemans will also race in Targa Florio Classica: the Dutch driver who won with the great Nino Vaccarella the 1971 edition in an Alfa 33. He will be in a 1968 Porsche 911 T, a German car that took part in the 1969 Targa with Moretti. Focus on a high racing icon, the F. Indy star Dario Franchitti, the Scottish driver of Italian origin who will be in a 1965 Lotus Elan.
Hezemans recalling the glorious Sicilian race by telling several memories on the "unscheduled" stages or on the affection of the Sicilian public, which has always been unchanged. But remembering the great Preside Volante he said: "I love Sicily very much, the affection of the Sicilians and their passion for racing. I had a unique experience at Targa with Nino and without him is like I miss something, especially here in Sicily where we met the last time I came "-.
Start from the Museo dei Motori e dei Meccanismi of the University of Palermo, also headquarters of the race, to the Pergusa racetrack. After reaching Termini - Imerese, the competitors will continue on the Termini - Caccamo track, the historical name of uphill speed. The competitors will then go towards the center of Sicily through the towns of Roccapalumba, Alia, Vallelunga Pratameno, then Marianopoli and then reach Caltanissetta. The passage on the Coppa Nissena track is expected at 1 pm: the race that last 11 September closed the Campionato Italiano Velocità Montagna with its centenary edition.
Cars and crews will arrive mid-day at the Pergusa Circuit. The 5 km on Lake Proserpina where great pages of motorsport have been written and which prepared an exclusive welcome for the Targa Florio Classica. The crews will make a few laps on the track before the lunch break that will be inside the structure. The Chairman of the Consorzio Ente Autodromo Pergusa Mario Sgrò will welcome the prestigious cars. The return path starts from Calasbibetta at 14.21, then Villarosa and Resuttano to continue on the Madonie mountains towards Caltavuturo and then to Cerda, two iconic names of Targa Florio, before arriving at the Tribune di Floriopoli at 16.30, where it will be exhibited the Targa won by Achille Varzi on an Alfa in 1934. The competitors will return to Palermo for the end of the leg.
