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1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale Is a Badass Racer
While Italy had the Mille Miglia and Targa Florio, between 1950 and 1954 Mexico had La Carrera Panamericana, one of the world’s most spectacular and dangerous races held on public roads.
And just like the two famous Italian races, La Carrera Panamericana has been nowadays reduced to a much safer classic road rally. Held on Mexico’s Pan-American Highway, La Carrera Panamericana was revived in 1988, much to the delight of classic car owners.
Alfa Romeo restoration specialist Conrad Stevenson is one of them, with the man building a car specifically for the Mexican race. The 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale is not only good-looking, it’s a purpose-built race car built to go fast across the race’s 2,200 miles (3,540 kilometers) of winding roads.
A testimony to that is the 21st place overall taken in last year’s race, along with the first place in the Historica A Plus class. The car is not 100 percent original, as you can find out from Petrolicious’ latest video. But would you care when it looks and goes like that?
While Italy had the Mille Miglia and Targa Florio, between 1950 and 1954 Mexico had La Carrera Panamericana, one of the world’s most spectacular and dangerous races held on public roads.
And just like the two famous Italian races, La Carrera Panamericana has been nowadays reduced to a much safer classic road rally. Held on Mexico’s Pan-American Highway, La Carrera Panamericana was revived in 1988, much to the delight of classic car owners.
Alfa Romeo restoration specialist Conrad Stevenson is one of them, with the man building a car specifically for the Mexican race. The 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale is not only good-looking, it’s a purpose-built race car built to go fast across the race’s 2,200 miles (3,540 kilometers) of winding roads.
A testimony to that is the 21st place overall taken in last year’s race, along with the first place in the Historica A Plus class. The car is not 100 percent original, as you can find out from Petrolicious’ latest video. But would you care when it looks and goes like that?
