Street racing Sicilian style, a few hundred meters farther down in Collesano, where the crowd gets up close and personal to a Porsche. Photo: Pete Lyons - www.petelyons.com

Sicily’s wild old Targa Florio rates as one of the most appealingly primitive speed events I’ve ever been to. Most race organizers strive to spread a frosting of civility over this nutty-fruitcake business, but they don’t seem to worry about that in Baja, nor did I see much of it my one time at the Safari rally.

The Targa was equally untamed. Looking back on three trips there, my prime memories are things like…

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