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#1 Udo K.

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Posted 11 February 2002 - 15:55

In 1939 there was a race from Tobruk to Tripoli, which was won by Alfa Romeo with their
6C-2500SS in ranks 1, 3 and four. Now I found in an Italian book written by Curami the information on a race from Bengasi to Tripoli on March 3rd 1939, won by Ercole Boratta in an Alfa Romeo.
This was a round of the Campionato Italiano Sport. Now I wonder if these could be one and the same race? Has anybody any information on this race (races?), especially the ID of the Alfa Romeo drivers. Maybe someone has complete results?

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#2 VDP

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Posted 11 February 2002 - 16:52

if my memory is good, there is little info in ENZO fZRRARI's book. he was wrriing about the
Mussolini's chauffeur Ercole Borato or Boratto Iam not able to check more in the book maybe somebody else

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#3 David McKinney

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Posted 12 February 2002 - 07:50

The Littorania Libica between Tobruk and Tripoli on 26/3/39 was indeed won by Mussolini’s chauffeur Ercole Borrato, though apparently his co-driver, factory mechanic Consalvo Sanesi, did most - if not all - the actual driving. The BMW factory entered a team of 328s but the entry was otherwise pretty much all Italian.

#4 FEV

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Posted 13 February 2002 - 13:59

Hi Udo,
I've got Top3 results for three raids involving Tripoli :

1930, Tunis-Tripoli (760 km)
1) S. Pellegrini - ALFA Romeo (89,96 km/h).
2) Vigano - Lancia
3) Trigoni - ALFA Romeo

1937, Benghazi-Tripoli (1020 km)
1) Ercole Borato / Alessandro Gaboardi - ALFA Romeo (133,77 km/h).
2) Haller / Villa - ALFA Romeo
3) Jacazio / Ravano - Lancia

1939, Tobrouk-Tripoli (1500 km)
1) Ercola Borato / Consalvo SAnesi - ALFA Romeo (141,41 km/h).
2) Clemente Biondetti / Monzani - ALFA Romeo
3) Carlo Pintacuda / Mambelli - ALFA Romeo

Sorry, but no dates, car types or other finishers...
Frank

#5 Udo K.

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Posted 13 February 2002 - 14:11

Great, Frank,

so now we know who the Alfa drivers were. Thank you for digging that out.

I wonder if anybody has more informations on these races?

#6 Vitesse2

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Posted 13 February 2002 - 14:19

1100cc class winner, Tobruk-Tripoli:

Rossi (Fiat Millecento coupe) 119.88km/h - faster than a Lancia which won the 1500cc class!

#7 David McKinney

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Posted 13 February 2002 - 17:15

12/12/37 1st Littoranea Libica (Benghazi to Tripoli).
1 Ercole Boratto/Alessandro Gaboardi (Alfa Romeo 6C-2300)
2 Rodolfo Haller (Alfa Romeo 6C-2300)
3 Remy Jacazio (Lancia Aprilia)
4 Ippolito Berrone (Lancia Aprilia)
- Quintavalia (Fiat 508C) - 1st 1100 class

26/3/39 2nd Littoranea Libica (Tobruk to Tripoli)
1 Ercole Borrato/Consalvo Sanesi (Alfa Romeo 6C-2500SS)
2 Clemente Biondetti (Alfa Romeo 6C-2500SS)
3 Willi Briem (BMW 328)
4 Carlo Pintacuda (Alfa Romeo)
- Max zu Schaumburg-Lippe/Ralph Roese (BMW 328) - 2nd 2000 class
- Paul Heinemann/Uli Richter (BMW 328) - 3rd 2000 class
- Giuseppe Farina (Alfa Romeo 6C-2500SS) DNF

#8 Marcor

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Posted 15 February 2002 - 01:52

Hi everybody I'm back. 6 days without TNF, a very long time !!

I've got those results in my archives:

Litoranea Libica (Benghasi - Tripoli) 12 December 1937
1- Boratto / Gaboardi Alfa Romeo 6C-2300
2- Haller / Vella Alfa Romeo 2300
3- Remy / Ravano Lancia Aprilia
4- Berrone / Poggio Lancia Aprilia
5- Minio / Foscari Fiat 1500
6- Quitavalle Fiat 995
7- Pietrangeli / Fiorentini Alfa Romeo 1750
8- Monnaveccchia / Contorno Fiat 1500
9- Maresca / Feriol Fiat 1100
10- Campigli / Grolla Fiat 1500
11- Guzman / Ferraguti Fiat 1100
12- Macchia / Viero Fiat 1100
13- Bonomo / Mariotti Fiat 1100
14- Darbesio / Albertario Fiat 500
15- Baravelli / Zanella Fiat 500
16- Comirato / Dumas Fiat 500
17- Modena / Buzzachechi Fiat 500

1030 km

22 starters
17 classified

3rd was certainly Remy Jacazio (as David said) and I'm not sure of the spelling of Quitavalle, must be Quintavalia...

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Posted 09 September 2007 - 16:38

First, I apologize for bumping such an old thread, but I've waded into a mess on another forum and a small part of it could be cleaned up by a question relating to this subject.

Does anyone know if there was ever a 1940 Tobruk - Tripoli race scheduled or held? If yes, does anyone know where results could be found?

Was the race held regularly, or sporadically (as the posted results indicate?)

Thanks in advance.

Cris

#10 Cris

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Posted 09 September 2007 - 21:00

P.S. I will note that our own Michael Müller has already chimed in on said-post with his opinion that the 1940 race never happened. I have no reason to doubt him, merely to corroborate his statement.

Thanks.

Cris

#11 r.atlos

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Posted 09 September 2007 - 22:45

Cris - we had that subject only a couple of days ago. Please see here:

http://forums.autosp...&threadid=96639

#12 Lotus23

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Posted 09 September 2007 - 23:17

Slightly OT, but the name Consalvo Sanesi rings a faint bell: Sebring 65, IIRC. Near the end of the race, exiting the pits, wasn't he in a slow-moving poorly-lit car (Alfa?) which was punted in the tail by a Cobra with ensuing fire? And didn't Jocko Maggiacomo figure largely in the heroic rescue?

All this is strictly from memory, so I won't swear to 100% accuracy, but I was there and seem to recall these were the principals involved.

#13 Cris

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Posted 10 September 2007 - 01:02

Hahahahah. Thanks. I did a search and that thread didn't come up. Dr. Stu is actually asking for the same reasons I did.

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#14 Patrick Italiano

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Posted 12 September 2007 - 16:51

Originally posted by Lotus23
Slightly OT, but the name Consalvo Sanesi rings a faint bell: Sebring 65, IIRC. Near the end of the race, exiting the pits, wasn't he in a slow-moving poorly-lit car (Alfa?) which was punted in the tail by a Cobra with ensuing fire? And didn't Jocko Maggiacomo figure largely in the heroic rescue?

All this is strictly from memory, so I won't swear to 100% accuracy, but I was there and seem to recall these were the principals involved.


You are right. Sanesi was trying to drive the car down to the chequered flag while the car had some mechanical trouble (transmission shaft, or clutch - explaining why the car was started carefully along the pitlane). I seem to remember he was actually not a regular driver of that car in that event, or maybe it was just not his scheduled stint, and he decided that he could be able to finish the race despite the failure. The Alfa was indeed a Giulia TZ, and that was the last race of Sanesi's career as he suffered serious burns, recovered slowly and later worked only as test driver. Maggiacomo did indeed extract him from the burning car.

Now about the reason for reviving the thread: Michael responded efficiently on the other forum: how one can positively prove that something DIDN'T happen defies anyone's logic. Otherwise, as Michael stated there, the non-existence of the 1940 Tobrouk-Tripoli is common knowledge... at least among kowledgeable people.

I have another Italian source for a 1940 scheduled calendar of races, no need to post one more: it says the same!

#15 Lotus23

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Posted 13 September 2007 - 00:42

I know this is OT, but I'm puzzled: was the Jocko who saved Sanesi's life in '65 the same individual who T-boned NASCAR's Bobby Allison at Pocono in '88? The Pocono Jocko was born in Nov '47, so would've been just 17 in '65, which seems awfully young to be diving into a flaming Alfa.

30 minutes of googling hasn't cleared the issue up, but I'm convinced there were two Jockos, roughly a generation apart. Were they father and son?

#16 ReWind

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Posted 13 September 2007 - 06:51

@Lotus23: No need for googling. Just use the "Search BB" button on this forum. It would have led you to my :blush: lists on the "Happy Birthday" thread.
Jocko Maggiacomo Sr. was born on 21 January 1914 and died on 24 February 1997 (something about him here),
Jocko Maggiacomo Jr. was born on 30 November 1947.

#17 Lotus23

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Posted 13 September 2007 - 23:37

Thanks, ReWind, for teaching this old dog a new trick!

#18 GIGLEUX

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Posted 25 September 2007 - 13:07

The race went from Tobruck to Tripoli via Derna Cirène Baru Benghasi Agedabia Agheila Nofila Sirte Buerat Misurata Homs.. It was organized to replace the Mille Miglia. The cars entered by Alfa-Corse: Farina left the road near Derna, Pintacuda was bothered with benzine feeding and Biondetti broke one of his brakes.
Final classification:
-over 2 liter cars:
-1.Borrao-Sanesi Alfa 2500 SS 10h 37.19 141,410 km/h
-2.Biondetti-Monzani Alfa 2500 SS 10h 37.40
-3.Pintacuda-X Alfa 2500 SS
-2 liters:
-1.Briem-Holzschuss BMW 10h 43.10 140,156 km/h
-2.Schaumburg-Roese BMW 11h 01.11
-3.Heinemann-Richter BMW 11h 02.45
-1500cc:
-1.Leoncini-Berrone Lancia Aprilia 13h 02.52 115,146 km/h
-2.Belluci-Costantini Lancia Aprilia 13h 09.22
-3.Spoletini-De Dominicis Lancia Aprilia
-1100cc:
-1.Rossi-Molinari Fiat 12h 32.00 119,760
-2.Bonomo-Ferioli Fiat 12h 52.01
-3.Leornadi-Scimbaldi Fiat 13h 04.36
-4.Ravano-Lenzi Fiat 13h 35.26
-5.Palmieri-X Fiat 13h 35.55
-6.Avanzo-Fiorelli Fiat 1h 57.32
-7.Adanti-X Fiat 14h 04.32
-8.Comirato-Mme Fiat 14h 08.53
-750cc
-1.Bavarelli Fiat 14h 36.40
-2.Bortolon-Mme Fiat 15h 52.43

#19 uechtel

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Posted 02 October 2007 - 21:08

Jean-Maurice, back on my feet - ahm at least on one foot again - just one tiny correction. It is Holzschuh not Holzschuss.

And is it Bavarelli or Baravelli, or are these two different persons?

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#20 alessandro silva

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Posted 02 October 2007 - 23:26

Actually they are Boratto (not Borrao), Baravelli (not Bavarelli), Leonardi (not Leornadi) and Bellucci (not Belluci)

#21 sparklingstudio

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Posted 14 March 2012 - 16:25

Hi to all,
I'm looking for some picture about Maria Antonietta Avanzo with her Fiat 1100 Tassi & Rivola #18 at TOBRUCK-TRIPOLI IN 1939.
Beside her there was Federico Fiorelli.
Let me know where I can find some picture of her car (book, reviews, etc).
Many thanks to all!!!!! :wave:

Edited by sparklingstudio, 14 March 2012 - 16:26.


#22 sparklingstudio

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Posted 14 March 2012 - 16:33

In 1939 there was a race from Tobruk to Tripoli, which was won by Alfa Romeo with their
6C-2500SS in ranks 1, 3 and four. Now I found in an Italian book written by Curami the information on a race from Bengasi to Tripoli on March 3rd 1939, won by Ercole Boratta in an Alfa Romeo.
This was a round of the Campionato Italiano Sport. Now I wonder if these could be one and the same race? Has anybody any information on this race (races?), especially the ID of the Alfa Romeo drivers. Maybe someone has complete results?


Hi UDO,
could you tell me more info about this book by Curami?

#23 D-Type

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Posted 14 March 2012 - 17:14

Hi UDO,
could you tell me more info about this book by Curami?

You'll be lucky! UDO hasn't posted here since November 2010!