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  Tazio Nuvolari: Tutte le informazioni su Tazio Nuvolari su Encyclopedia.it   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (16 novembre 1892 - 11 agosto 1953), fu un pilota italiano di auto e moto da corsa.
Nuvolari divenne rapidamente molto popolare in Italia, dove venne soprannominato "Il campionissimo delle due ruote" (lo stesso titolo che verrà più tardi assegnato a un grande del ciclismo: Fausto Coppi).
Nuvolari iniziò a cimentarsi anche nei Gran Premi di automobilismo, e vinse la prestigiosa Targa Florio, in Sicilia.
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 Tazio Nuvolari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nuvolari is reported to have won the 1930 Mille Miglia by tailing Achille Varzi with his headlights off for the most part of the race, thereby not being visible in the latters rear-view mirrors and then overtaking him a few miles before the finish line, flicking his headlights on and then powering to victory.
Nuvolari is reported to have tied himself to his bike (casts and all) and then won the race.
Nuvolari is also reported to have won a race on three wheels [1]and another with the steering wheel in one hand and steering his car with a wrench stuck into the steering column.
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 TAZIO NUVOLARI -  SPORT - STORIA
Nuvolari non solo vinse la gara, ma sbaragliò tutti gli avversari al punto che a metà corsa lo speaker annunciò che erano stati messi in palio mille dollari come premio per il pilota americano che fosse riuscito a rimanere per un minuto davanti al campione italiano.
Presto Tazio mostrò il suo interesse per i motori e la sua competenza in materia, tanto che alla lunga riuscì a superare le comprensibili diffidenze che i suoi genitori mostravano per questo tipo di attività.
Nuvolari non era né un intellettuale né un politico, il suo mestiere era quello di pilotare i bolidi; era fascista nella misura in cui il fascismo, servendosi della sua immagine, lo privilegiava.
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 Tazio Nuvolari - Biografia - biografie.leonardo.it
Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari nasce a Castel d'Ario in provincia di Mantova, il 16 novembre 1892, quarto figlio di Arturo Nuvolari, agricoltore benestante, e di Elisa Zorzi, di origine trentina.
Tazio è alla guida di questa vettura quando per la prima volta si batte contro un avversario destinato a un grande avvenire, anche se non come pilota: il modenese Enzo Ferrari.
Nel 1925 Tazio Nuvolari corre soltanto in moto, ma con un intermezzo automobilistico tutt'altro che insignificante.
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 Tazio Nuvolari   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (November 16, 1892 - August 11, 1953) was an Italian racing motorcycle and car driver.
Nuvolari has been (and still is) admired for his many special qualities and his human characteristics.
He obtained the motorcycle race licence in 1915, when he was 23, but was soon recalled to the Army as a driver, when Italy entered WWI.
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 Vita di Tazio Nuvolari (biografia cronologica)
Tazio vuole mettersi insieme a Ferrari e dare i loro due nomi alla scuderia: sono entrambi caratteri forti, Ferrari non acconsente e il divorzio è inevitabile.
Tazio lo riporta a casa, a Mantova, gli sta vicino e anche se capisce che per lui è finita spera sempre di salvarlo.
Nuvolari si dimostra all'altezza: fornisce consigli fondamentali alla squadra, migliora la vettura e dopo tre gare vince il GP d'Italia a Monza e poi si ripete in Inghilterra a Donington, davanti ai suoi compagni di squadra e alle Mercedes.
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 Racing Biography: Driver Tazio Nuvolari
Tazio Nuvolari was born near to the town of Mantua in Italy, 1892.
Nuvolari was obviously immediately in love with automobiles, so when it came to the time for national service, he managed to acquire the job of driver for the army.
In all Tazio Nuvolari spent thirty years in motor racing and as was his wish, was buried in his uniform when he died after a long illness in 1953.
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 Grand Prix Hall of Fame - Tazio Nuvolari - Biography
Nuvolari began racing cars in 1924 at the age of 32 while still competing in motorcycles.
Nuvolari took the young and inexperienced mechanic that Ferrari had given him and told him that he would warn him when they approached a particularly difficult corner so as not to unduly frighten the young man.
Nuvolari: The Legend Lives On Since 1930, more than a dozen of books have been dedicated to Tazio Nuvolari, the legendary driver considered the greatest of all times.
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 13th Gran Premio Nuvolari in Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Tazio Nuvolari was born in Mantua on 16th November 1892, and he died on 11th August 1953.
Nuvolari\'s daring and his spectacular driving style became as much his trademark as the yellow pullover with the tortoise brooch on its polo neck that he wore for every race.
Tazio Nuvolari was the only one who was able to master the Auto Union racing car in the same way as Rosemeyer.
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 Tazio Nuvolari - F1.sk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Nuvolari pred predbehnutím svojho priateľa Varziho vypol svetlá a priblížil sa mu na tesnú vzdialenosť.
Tazio stratil 2 minúty a 14 sekúnd a zaradil sa na šieste miesto.
Počas tréningu mal Nuvolari smolu, keď zrazil jeleňa.
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 Tazio Nuvolari - Wikipedia
Tazio Nuvolari, bekannt als "Mantovano volante", als "Fliegender Mantuaner" war bereits zu Lebzeiten eine Legende und gilt noch heute als einer der besten Rennfahrer überhaupt.
Todestages Nuvolaris benannte Audi im Jahre 2003 die auf dem Genfer Auto-Salon vorgestellte Konzeptstudie Audi Nuvolari nach der italienischen Rennlegende.
Nuvolari errang den letzten Grand-Prix-Sieg für einen Wagen der Auto Union und wurde mit dieser Sportcoupé-Studie geehrt.
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 Tazio Nuvolari   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
He was the fourth son of Nuvolari (a well off farmer and a cyclist) and his wife Elisa Zorzi.
Nuvolari has been (and still is) admired his many special qualities and his human
Nuvolari quickly became very popular in where he was called "Il campionissimo delle ruote" "the two wheeler Campionissimo" (the same will be later given only to Fausto Coppi bicycle champion).
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 Tazio Nuvolari
Nuvolari passa alle corse di auto nel 1924, all’età di 32 anni, mentre sta ancora correndo nel campionato motociclistico.
Nuvolari inizia a vincere gare su gare a spese di Varzi che lascia il team.
Nuvolari prende da parte il giovane ed inesperto meccanico che Ferrari gli ha assegnato e gli dice che lo avvertirà quando si avvicinano ad una curva particolarmente difficile in modo da non spaventarlo eccessivamente.
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 Tazio Nuvolari - " Il mantovano volante"
Nuvolari curava molto la propria immagine e si presentava alle corse con una particolare "divisa": pantaloni azzurri, maglia gialla con ricamato sulla destra il suo logo (una T e una N incrociati) e, appuntata al petto, una tartaruga d'oro.
Tazio Nuvolari aveva cercato di guidare per l’Auto Union ma, dato che il suo posto era stato dato al suo rivale di sempre, si schiera con un’Alfa P3 modificata che soffre una differenza di 50-100 cavalli rispetto alle vetture tedesche.
Nonostante lo spaventoso "imprevisto" Tazio prosegue, neutralizza un'altra analoga sbandata poco dopo, e stabilisce due primati: percorre in 11'' il chilometro lanciato alla media di 321,420 km/h e in 17'' il miglio lanciato con media di 323,125 km/h (con una punta, nell'ultimo tratto percorso, di oltre 360 chilometri orari).
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 Tazio Nuvolari - International Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee
Tazio Nuvolari, born in the Italian province of Mantua in 1892, didn't win an auto race until he was 32, but made up for lost time quickly.
Nuvolari's career began on motorcycles, winning many of the 300 he entered, including at least once when he was strapped to his machine while in a body-length cast, the result of previous crashes.
During his career, Nuvolari had most major bones in his body broken at least once in racing accidents, lost an index finger, and wound up with one leg an inch and a half shorter than the other, He died in 1953 from lung hemorrhaging, also the result of the racing grind.
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 Tazio Nuvolari   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (November 16, 1892 – August 11, 1953) was an Italian racing motorcycle and car driver, known as "The Flying Mantuan".
Nuvolari is also reported to have won a race on three wheels [1] and another with the steering wheen in one hand and steering his car with a wrench stuck into the steering column.
Propone, oltre alla collezione Nuvolari, i marchi commercializzati.
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 8W - Who? - Tazio Nuvolari
Nuvolari was also a very keen photographer, and he was often seen walking around in the pits with his camera.
Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari was born on 16 November 1892 at Casteldario, a village near the city of Mantua (Mántova) in Northern Italy.
In Nuvolari's case it was a crack in the fuel pumping device and he lost almost one and a half minute to the Mercedes-Benz.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tazio Nuvolari   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to auto racing either as a driver, owner, developer or engineer.
The Audi Nuvolari Quattro The Audi Nuvolari Quattro (also known as Audi Nuvolari) was a concept car created by German automobile maker, Audi.
Nuvolari is also reported to have won a race on three wheels and another with the steering wheen in one hand and steering his car with a wrench stuck into the steering column.
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 Great Races - Tazio Nuvolari
Nuvolari dominated the scene from the moment he arrived for the first morning's practice until he came in with a dry tank on Saturday evening, the trophy safely his, and with both the race speed and class lap records in his pocket.
Nuvolari saw this car for the first time soon after breakfast on the first practice morning.
Tazio was much too wise a driver to become involved in such extravagances.
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 Eberhard & Co. Tazio Nuvolari - Gioielleria Cielo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
"Tazio Nuvolari" è dedicato al più grande mito dell'automobilismo sportivo di tutti i tempi.
"Tazio Nuvolari" is dedicated to the greatest car-racing legend of alI times.
"Tazio Nuvolari" is a mechanical automatic winding chronograph, water-resistant up to 3 atm with screw-in crown, sapphire glass, fl dial and screw-Iocked caseback.
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 Tazio nuvolari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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 - Italienische Rennlegende   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Begonnen hatte der zierlich wirkende Italiener seine Karriere auf zwei Rädern.
Tazio Nuvolari wechselte 1938 zur Auto Union, die ihre 12-Zylinder-Rennwagen vom Typ D auf Grand-Prix-Kursen und bei Bergrennen einsetzte.
Tazio Nuvolari war einer der wenigen, der auf Anhieb mit dem Mittelmotorwagen der Auto Union bestens zurecht kam.
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 Tazio Nuvolari
Born in 1892, Nuvolari had a lifelong zest for both speed and showmanship.
To ease the lad's mind, Nuvolari promised he would shout a warning whenever they approached an unusually risky turn, so the mechanic would have time to crouch beneath the dash.
A blow-out eliminated the leader, and Nuvolari arrived first at the finish—much to the embarrassment of Nazi party officials on hand to honor their nation's automotive prowess.
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 Tazio Nuvolari   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Born in 1892 he was still a boy at school when an early aeroplace crashed nearby.
Nuvolari salvaged it and rebuilt it; those were the days of struts, wire tensioners, and fabric wings.
The 1935 German Grand Prix, run on that most difficult course the Nurburgring, was typical of his mastery.
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 Tazio Nuvolari
Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari, Italian racing car driver, born in Castel d'Ario[?], Mantua, on November 16, 1892.
Nuvolari quickly became very popular in Italy, where he was called the "two wheeler Campionissimo" (the same title will be later given only to Fausto Coppi[?], bycicle champion).
He begun testing himself on car races, and he won the prestigious Targa Florio[?], in Sicily.
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 News On F1 - Juan Pablo Montoya, Stirling Moss, Tazio Nuvolari, Ronnie Peterson books and biographies
Tazio Nuvolari (1892-1953) is widely regarded as the greatest racing driver of all time.
In this fascinating assessment of Nuvolari's life, Christopher Hilton seeks to understand Nuvolari the man - and the Nuvolari legend as it unfolded.
Using original documentary material, race reports of the time from several countries and the recollections of Nuvolari's contemporaries, the author recreates the excitement generated by his driving and the impact it made on motorsport.
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 Great Races - Tazio Nuvolari
Nuvolari at the Nürburgring 1935 - Alfa Romeo
Manfred von Brauchitsch, in the most powerful racing car of the day, the 445 bhp W25 Mercedes Benz, led Tazio Nuvolari’s outdated 330 bhp Alfa Romeo by 35 seconds, and the rest of the field trailed behind.
The drivers were Nuvolari (whose car had a 3.8 litre engine), Chiron, and Dreyfus.
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 Tazio Nuvolari   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Tazio Nuvolari bekannt als "Mantovano volante" als Mantuaner" war bereits zu Lebzeiten eine Legende gilt noch heute als einer der besten überhaupt.
Abseits der Strecke galt er als und beliebter Zeitgenosse kaum saß er jedoch Steuer kam seine Kämpfernatur und sein unbändiger zum Sieg zum Vorschein.
Die flickten sein Auto immer wieder notdürftig zusammen Nuvolari fuhr als ob es kein Morgen Er wusste es war seine letzte Chance er wollte dieses Rennen unbedingt gewinnen oder am Steuer eines Autos sterben.
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