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Luigi Chinetti Racer and Dealer
Luigi was born on July 17, 1901 in Milan, Italy. His father was a gunsmith and Luigi showed mechanical inclination from his early youth. He went to work as a mechanic for Alfa Romeo in 1917 when he was just sixteen. But at that time, many Italians were disturbed by the rising power of Fascism [...]
Raymond Sommer the Lionheart
Raymond Sommer was born on August 31, 1906 in Mouzon, a small French town located in the Ardennes Department. Sommer had a family role model for risk-taking as in 1909 his father, Roger Sommer, broke the record set by the Wright Brothers for the longest flight. Sommer's family owned a carpet manufacturing business in the [...]
