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Re: nuvolari and baiul

To: xgg2356@dcmdc.dla.mil (James Fuerstenberg) (James Fuerstenberg)
Subject: Re: nuvolari and baiul
From: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 94 8:34:31 PST
> 10years old at the time), Nuvolari's victory was significant in that
> he was piloting an outdated but lighter and more agile alfa romeo against
> the state sponsored Mercedes and Auto Union teams...and only had about 300
> or so horsepower against the 500+ of the v-16 auto-union and v-12
> mercedes.(as an aside, I believe that 1937 was the year that the

I don't think I've ever heard the above mentioned Auto Union cars
referred to before without being prefaced with the word treacherous.

Roland


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