“The Mille Miglia is a ray of sunshine in your heart,” famous Belgian race car driver Jacky Ickx writes in Chopard’s commemorative book celebrating 25 years of being the race’s global sponsor.
Surely Ickx was referring to both the aesthetic elements of this mother of all classic car rallies and the wild enthusiasm of the spectators lining the streets. Both are joyous additions to the pure adrenaline rush created by the wind in your hair and the hum of the motor.
Chopard Mille Miglia Chronograph
And while for a car buff, there is no greater joy than racing through the divine landscapes of the Italian countryside in a beautiful vintage roadster, it’s also hard work to keep these classic beauties maintained and driven. Indeed, it remains one of the greatest adventures of modern motoring.
“The Mille Miglia is one of the last great adventures possible today,” concurs Karl-Friedrich Scheufele. Chopard’s co-president is racing his 25th Mille Miglia this year.
Throughout the course of the race, we updated Quill & Pad with (near) live Mille Miglia coverage. For more, please read Quill & Pad at the Mythic Mille Miglia and The 2014 Mille Miglia Day-by-Day.
Here are a few impressions from the last couple of days and nights on the strada italiana . . . .
Trackbacks & Pingbacks
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[…] Chopard’s connection to the automobile world was born of the passion Scheufele and his father share for vintage automobiles, which explains why brand is involved in many motorsports and motor-sporting events, such the iconic Mille Miglia in which Scheufele regularly competes along with Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx. Last year, the pair drove the thousand mile-long race in a 1956 Porsche 550 Spyder Roadster (please read Snapshots From The 2014 Mille Miglia). […]
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[…] For more on our coverage of the 2014 Pebble Beach car week, please check out Pebble Beach Classic Car Week 2014: The Enthusiast Collector Goes To Car Heaven and A Touch Of Switzerland In Pebble Beach: Hispano-Suiza And Rolex, as well as The Jaguar Lightweight E-Type: Iconic Automobile History Reborn. If you are into stunning classic cars, you might also want to see Quill & Pad At The Mythic Mille Miglia, Reflecting On The 2014 Mille Miglia, and Snapshots From The 2014 Mille Miglia. […]
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[…] from the 2014 Mille Miglia, please check out: Quill & Pad At The Mythic Mille Miglia, The 2014 Mille Miglia Day-By-Day, and Snapshots From The 2014 Mille […]
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[…] you missed it, please check out Quill & Pad At The Mythic Mille Miglia and Snapshots from the 2014 Mille Miglia for some background to the event and stay tuned tomorrow for our Mille Miglia day 3 […]
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[…] the race, we updated Quill & Pad with (near) live Mille Miglia coverage. For more, please read Snapshots from the 2014 Mille Miglia and The 2014 Mille Miglia […]
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Looks fabulous, guys! Keep it up — looking forward to more live reports, and of course anything on Roland’s great pieces or more from Chopard.