“Lobsters & shrimp; strawberries & cream”

It was at this time of year that they used to close the roads on the Italian island of Sicily and stage a race they called the Targa Florio. Join Peter Windsor as he looks through the archives of LAT Images at just a few of the Targa’s moments in time. There was “the gastronomic delight” surrounding Bernard Cahier’s Mini; there was a flying machine called the Chaparral 2F. There was, in this pocket of motor racing history, a golden world of mountains, crowded villages, fast racing cars and very brave racing drivers