It’s all change for the Mille Miglia Commemoration and the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti. The Mille Miglia has been brought in-house and the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti has come under new management, after being resurrected on a number of occasions by different organizers.
For the last five years, a consortium comprising the MAC Group of Genoa, Meet Communications of Rome, and Sanremo Rally has run the Mille Miglia Commemoration under the guidance of the Automobile Club of Brescia, which organized the original legendary race from Brescia to Rome and back from 1927 to 1957. Now, for reasons that are unclear, the Club has decided to run the Mille Miglia itself, under the umbrella of the club’s new subsidiary, called 1000 Miglia srl, and presided over by Roberto Gaburri.
Entries closed on January 31 for the 2013 event, which will run from May 16-18 with a maximum of 375 cars.
Meanwhile, Meet Communications has announced it is to be the organizer of the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti, in its day known as the “Mille Miglia of the Mountains.” The original event—won by drivers including the late Giannino Marzotto (Ferrari) in 1950, his brother Paolo in 1952 and 1953 (Ferraris) and Olivier Gendebien (Mercedes-Benz)—ran from 1947 until 1957. Various organizers have breathed new life into the commemorative runs with differing levels of success. This time, the event is being organized by a group headed by Alessandro Casali, president of Meet Communications, one of the three who ran the last five Mille Miglias.
This year, the entry limit has been set at 180 cars, built until 1961, for the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti (Gold Cup of the Dolomites), which will start at the race’s historic center of Cortina on August 28 and finish on September 1.
by Robert Newman
