The Mille Miglia race was established by the young Counts Aymo Maggi and Franco Mazzotti, sports manager Renzo Castagneto, and motoring journalist Giovanni Canestrini, apparently in response to the Italian Grand Prix being moved from their home town of Brescia to Monza.

Period Original Mille Miglia scarves from 1955, 1956, and 1957.

The 1955 Mille Miglia was won by Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson, the 1956 by Eugenio Castellotti and 1957 by Piero Taruffi.

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