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Italian racing commuter

Piero Taruffi

Born	(1906-10-12)12 October 1906
Died	12 January 1988(1988-01-12) (anile 81)
Formula I World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1950 – 1956
Teams	Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Maserati, Vanwall
Entries	18
Championships	0
Wins	ane
Podiums	five
Career points	41
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	i
First entry	1950 Italian G Prix
Start win	1952 Swiss Grand Prix
Last win	1952 Swiss Grand Prix
Last entry	1956 Italian Grand Prix

Piero Taruffi (12 October 1906 – 12 January 1988) was a racing commuter from Italy.

Sports motorcar career [edit]

Taruffi began his motorsport career racing motorcycles. He won the 1932 500cc European Championship on a Norton and in 1937 gear up the motorbike country speed tape at 279.503 km/h (173.68 mph).

Taruffi collection a newly introduced two-litre, 4-cylinder Ferrari, which placed third in the 360 kilometre race Grand Prix de Bari at Bari, Italy, in September 1951. He finished backside Juan Manuel Fangio and Froilán González with a time of 2 hours 58 minutes xl 3/5 seconds.^[one] Taruffi and Alberto Ascari participated in the Carrera Panamericana in the mountains of Mexico in November 1951. They placed outset and third respectively over the course from Mexico City to León, Guanajuato, a 267-mile (430 km) leg. Taruffi led second-placed Troy Ruttman by more than four minutes. Taruffi trimmed 15 minutes on the Mexico Metropolis-Leon leg and some other 21 minutes betwixt Leon and Durango. In the process he climbed from 12th to 3rd overall.^[ii] Taruffi won the race on 25 November, with a fourth dimension of 21:57:52, over mountains and plains of the southeastern tip of Mexico. He had an average speed of 87.6 mph (140.97 km/h).^[iii]

Taruffi set a world record for 50 miles (80 km) in an car of 22^{[ citation needed ]} cubic centimetre (1.3 in^three) displacement in January 1952. He attempted a 100-mile (160 km) record merely his motor burned out after 98 miles (158 km).^[4] Taruffi was in a 2-litre Ferrari for the running of the third Chiliad Prix de French republic, in Paris in May 1952. He captured outset place with a time of three hours over a altitude of 285 miles (459 km). His boilerplate speed was 95 mph (153 km/h).^[v] Taruffi placed second to Fangio in the 1953 Carrera Panamericana, with a time of eighteen:xviii:51 in a Lancia. His time was ameliorate than the previous yr when he was victorious.^[six] In March 1954, Taruffi lost the Florida International One thousand Prix with an hour to become, after having led the kickoff three hours, when his Lancia stopped. He pushed it to the pits and team mechanics began working on it with diligence. Taruffi was withal out of the machine when the O.Southward.C.A. shared by Stirling Moss and Bill Lloyd crossed the cease line. Taruffi had averaged 81.1 miles per 60 minutes (130.v km/h) before he retired.^[7] Taruffi won the ane,080-kilometre (670 mi) Tour of Sicily in April 1954. His time of ten hours 24 minutes 37 seconds established a record for an event which opened Italian republic's sports machine racing flavour. It was xiv years erstwhile at the time. He averaged 64.4 miles per hour (103.6 km/h) in a Lancia 3300.^[8]

Taruffi and Harry Schell placed fifth overall in the 1955 Florida Chiliad Prix, driving a Ferrari.^[nine] Taruffi claimed first place in a Ferrari, at the 1955 Bout of Sicily, with an overall time of 10 hours 11 minutes 19.4 seconds, with an average speed of 105.998 kilometres per hr (65.864 mph).^[10] Taruffi dropped out of the 1955 Mille Miglia, when he encountered a broken oil pump on the course north of Rome. He and eventual winner, Stirling Moss, were vying for the atomic number 82 in the early on stages of the race.^[11] Cesare Perdisa won past 22 seconds in the 1955 G Prix of Imola, driving a two-litre Maserati. Taruffi spun his automobile into a straw bale at the edge of the runway on the get-go lap. He was uninjured, though his car was damaged, and he was forced to retire from the race.^[12] Jean Behra and Taruffi teamed to secure a fifth-identify finish in a Maserati at the 1956 12 Hours of Sebring.^[thirteen] Taruffi established a world tape for Class E cars in June 1956. He raced 100 miles (160 km) in 46 minutes 27.2 seconds, an average of 129.9 miles per 60 minutes (209.04 km/h).^[14] Also at Monza, Taruffi broke the i-hr mark of 212.543 kilometres per hour (132.074 mph). A third record he performed was for 200 kilometres. His time was 53 minutes 14.5 seconds.^[15] In the 17th running of the Bout of Sicily, in 1957, Taruffi had a small crash while in pursuit of leader Olivier Gendebien. He touched the wall in Gioiosa Marea simply continued in his Maserati. Gendebien won in a Ferrari. The upshot was marred by the death of J. Olivari who was burned to death when his Maserati striking a wall in i of the course'southward 11,000 curves.^[16]

Taruffi'due south last triumph was at the 1957 Mille Miglia, the final competitive edition of the famous Italian race. At this tragic race, Alfonso de Portago crashed his car into the oversupply, with great loss of life. Taruffi won in a Ferrari 315 S.^[17] Following the race he pledged to his wife, Isabella, that he would never race again. He was 50 years of historic period.^[eighteen]

[edit]

Taruffi was the author of the book, The Technique of Motor Racing. In November 1957 the Sat Evening Post published Taruffi'southward article, Stop u.s. before we kill once again. The one-time racer discussed the 1955 Le Mans and 1957 Mille Miglia races in which drivers and numerous spectators died.^[19]

In August 1952 Taruffi protected a racing car blueprint under patent two,608, 264. The patent had iii torpedo-shaped parallel bodies joined together. Contained twin motors and wheels were in the ii larger bodies, at left and right. The driver and the passengers sit in the car's central part. The fundamental portion is both higher and smaller than the others. Taruffi commented on the low wind resistance and low middle of gravity of his design.^[20]

Formula One [edit]

He participated in 18 Earth Championship Grands Prix, debuting on iii September 1950. He won one race and scored a full of 41 championship points. He besides participated in numerous non-championship Formula One races.

Taruffi collection a Ferrari to victory in the May 1952 Swiss Grand Prix. He led from the start, with the Ferrari of Rudolf Fischer coming in 2d.^[21]

Museum [edit]

The Piero Taruffi museum is in Bagnoregio, a small town between Viterbo and Orvieto in Cardinal Italy. It has vintage cars and motorbikes of his era.

Stock cars [edit]

Taruffi drove a Ford stock automobile endemic past Floyd Clymer of Los Angeles in the 2,000-mile (3,200 km) Pan-American race held in November 1954.^[22]

Complete World Championship 1000 Prix results [edit]

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	ane	2	3	four	5	6	7	eight	9	WDC	Points
1950	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	Alfa Romeo Straight-8	GBR	MON	500	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA Ret *			NC	0
1951	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 375 F1	Ferrari V12	SUI 2	500	BEL Ret	FRA	GBR	GER 5	ITA 5	ESP Ret		6th	ten
1952	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	Ferrari Straight-iv	SUI 1	500	BEL Ret	FRA 3	GBR 2	GER four	NED	ITA 7		third	22
1954	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 625	Ferrari Straight-4	ARG	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER 6	SUI	ITA Dna	ESP	NC	0
1955	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 555	Ferrari Straight-4	ARG	Monday 8 †	500	BEL Dna	NED					6th	nine
	Daimler Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W196	Mercedes-Benz Straight-8						GBR iv	ITA ii
1956	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati Direct-6	ARG	Monday	500	BEL	FRA Ret	GBR	GER			NC	0
	Vandervell Products Ltd.	Vanwall	Vanwall Straight-iv								ITA Ret

* Indicates shared drive with Juan Manuel Fangio

† Indicates shared drive with Paul Frère

Non-Championship Formula I results [edit]

(key) (Races in bold point pole position, races in italics bespeak fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	v	half-dozen	vii	viii	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	xix	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35
1950	Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo 158	Alfa Romeo 158 i.v L8s	PAU	RIC	SRM	PAR	EMP	BAR	JER	ALB	NED	NAT three	Not	ULS	PES	STT	INT	GOO	PEN 3
1951	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	Ferrari Straight-4	SYR	PAU	RIC	SRM	BOR	INT	PAR	ULS	SCO	NED	ALB	PES	BAR 3	GOO
1952	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 500 ii.0 L4	RIO	SYR 2	VAL 2	RIC	LAV	PAU	IBS	MAR	AST	INT	ELÄ	NAP two	EIF	PAR 1	ALB	FRO
		Ferrari 375	Ferrari 375 iv.v V12																	ULS one	MNZ	LAC	ESS	MAR	SAB	CAE	DMT	COM	NAT	BAU	MOD	CAD	SKA	MAD	AVU	JOE	NEW	RIO

References [edit]

1. ^ Bari Auto Race To Fangio, New York Times, September 3, 1951, Page 17.
2. ^ "Taruffi Takes Lead From Ruttman After ane,266 Miles Of Machine Grind", New York Times, November 23, 1951, Page 37.
3. ^ "Italian Autoists First and Second In i,933-Mile Pan-American Race", New York Times, Nov 26, 1951, Page 40.
4. ^ "Italian Driver Claims Mark", New York Times, January 16, 1952, Page 29.
5. ^ Taruffi Wins Motorcar Race, New York Times, May 26, 1952, Page 27.
6. ^ "Fangio and Stevenson Set Marks Every bit ane,912-Mile Auto Contest Ends", New York Times, November 24, 1953, Page 37.
7. ^ "Osca First In 12-Hr Competition; Rubirosa's Lancia Home Second", New York Times, March eight, 1954, Page 33.
8. ^ "Taruffi Wins in Record Time With Lancia As Serious Accidents Mar Race In Sicily", New York Times, April 5, 1954, Page 28.
9. ^ Jaguar Triumphs In 12-Hour Effect, New York Times, March 14, 1955, Folio 30.
10. ^ "Taruffi's Car Starting time", New York Times, April four, 1955, Page 36.
11. ^ "Moss In Mercedes Sets Machine Record", New York Times, May ii, 1955, Page 25.
12. ^ "Perdisa Defeats Maglioli", New York Times, June 20, 1955, Page 26.
13. ^ "Fangio'south Ferrari Victor At Sebring", New York Times, March 25, 1956, Page S1.
14. ^ "Taruffi Claims Motorcar Marker", New York Times, June 22, 1956, Page 26.
15. ^ "Taruffi Sets 3 Records", New York Times, June 22, 1956, Page 49.
16. ^ "Belgian Driver Wins Sicily Race Driving Ferrari", Los Angeles Times, April 15, 1957, Page C3.
17. ^ "Ferrari 315S". Ferrari Classiche.
18. ^ Taruffi Not to Race Again, New York Times, May eighteen, 1957, Page 13.
19. ^ In This Week'south Postal service, Los Angeles Times, November 12, 1957, Page A12.
20. ^ 2 New Inventions Brand It Tough For Rogues With Nefarious Intent, New York Times, Baronial thirty, 1952, Folio 17.
21. ^ Swiss Car Race To Taruffi, New York Times, May xix, 1952, Folio 24.
22. ^ Italian Automobile Driver Arrives, New York Times, November 11, 1954, Page 48.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Tim Hunt	500cc Motorbike European Champion 1932	Succeeded by Gunnar Kalén

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piero_Taruffi

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