Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti

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The Lancia D23 of Piero Taruffi during the Dolomites Gold Cup Race 1953

The Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti (Gold Cup of the Dolomites) was an automobile race on public roads that was held in Italy from 1947 to 1956. The same distance of 303,800 km was always driven in a single day with start and finish in Cortina d'Ampezzo . The race was initiated by the Automobile Club in Belluno , which is still the owner today; Since 1972, the old-timer regularity race , known as a re-enactment , has been recorded in the FIA's international calendar as the “Big CSAI Event”.

The name

The official name of the race has changed over the years. In 1947 it was called Coppa delle Dolomiti, for the three editions 1948–1950 Coppa Internazionale delle Dolomiti and from 1951 to 1956 finally Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti .

The award and its presentation

The prize is an artistic reproduction of the milestone of the Strada Statale 48 delle Dolomiti from Cortina d'Ampezzo, inserted into a boulder of the Dolomites that simulates a group of mountain peaks. The award was given permanently to every pilot who had the best times three years in a row. In the three-year period 1950–1952 it was Salvatore Ammendola , in the following 1953–1955, Giulio Cabianca .

The participant categories

The vehicles in the historic races were structured in categories, each of which was subdivided into engine displacement classes (cm³).

  • 1947 - international touring cars and international sports cars
  • 1948 - international touring cars and international sports cars
  • 1949 - international touring cars and international sports cars
  • 1950 - National Touring Cars, International Gran Turismo and International Sports Cars
  • 1951 - International Gran Turismo and International Sports Cars
  • 1952 - International Gran Turismo and International Sports Cars
  • 1953 - Touring Cars, Gran Turismo and International Sports Cars
  • 1954 - Special touring cars, Gran Turismo and international sports cars
  • 1955 - Touring Cars, Gran Turismo and International Sports Cars
  • 1956 - International Gran Turismo and International Sports Cars

route

Race track of the 2013 re-enactment of the Gold Cup of the Dolomites

The most important places on the 303.800 km long route (altitude in m above sea level): Cortina d'Ampezzo (1210) - Pocol (1530) - Passo di Falzarego (2105) - Andraz (1392) - Pieve di Livinallongo (1465) - Arabba (1591) - Pordoi Pass (2239) - Canazei (1467) - Vigo di Fassa (1342) - Moena (1184) - Predazzo (1114) - Passo Rolle (1970) - San Martino di Castrozza (1467) - Fiera di Primiero (713) - Fonzaso (329) - Feltre (325) - Belluno (389) - Longarone (472) - Pieve di Cadore (878) - Auronzo (864) - Misurina (1756) - Carbonin (1437) - Passo Cimabanche (1529 ) - Cortina d'Ampezzo (1210)

The difference in altitude of the entire route is 4129 m, the gradient kilometers 156.

List of winners

  1. 1947 - July 20 / I Coppa delle Dolomiti
    1. Salvatore Ammendola - Alfa Romeo 6C 2500SS - 3h58'18 ”at an average of 76.492 km / h
    2. Piero Dusio - Cisitalia 202MM - 4h01'45 ”
    3. Alberto Gidoni - Fiat Gidoni 1100 S - 4h03'06 ”
  2. 1948 - July 11th / II Coppa Internazionale delle Dolomiti
    1. Giovanni Bracco - Maserati A6GCS - 3h40'47 ”at an average of 82.560 km / h
    2. Luigi Villoresi - Maserati A6GCS - 3h44'32 ”
    3. Soave Besana - Ferrari 166 Inter - 3h45'57 ”
  3. 1949 - July 17th / III Coppa Internazionale delle Dolomiti
    1. Roberto Vallone - Ferrari 166 Inter - 3h45'02 ”at an average of 81.001 km / h
    2. Franco Cornacchia - Ferrari 166MM - 3h48'19 ”
    3. Franco Rol - Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Competizione - 3h48'20 ”
  4. 1950 - July 16 / IV Coppa Internazionale delle Dolomiti
    1. Gianni Marzotto - Ferrari 195S - 3h34'31 ”at an average of 84.972 km / h
    2. Giovanni Bracco - Maserati A6GCS - 3h34'45 ”
    3. Franco Cornacchia - Ferrari 195 S - 3h41'39 ”
  5. 1951 - July 15 / V Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti
    1. Enrico Anselmi - Lancia Aurelia B20 - 3h45'07 ”at an average of 80.971 km / h
    2. Umberto Castiglioni - Lancia Aurelia B20 - 3h47'30 ”
    3. Giulio Cabianca - Osca MT4 1100 - 3h47'37 ”
  6. 1952 - July 13th / VI Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti
    1. Paolo Marzotto - Ferrari 225S - 3h22'25 ”at an average of 84.528 km / h
    2. Gianni Marzotto - Ferrari 340 America - 3h25'57 ”
    3. Giulio Cabianca - Osca MT4 1100 - 3h33'49 ”
  7. 1953 - July 12th / VII Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti
    1. Paolo Marzotto - Ferrari 250MM - 3h18'19 ”at an average of 91.913 km / h
    2. Piero Taruffi - Lancia D20 - 3h19'52 ”
    3. Umberto Maglioli - Ferrari 735S - 3h20'02 ”
  8. 1954 - July 11th / VIII Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti
    1. Sergio Mantovani - Maserati A6GCS - 3h19'36 ”at an average of 91.319 km / h
    2. Giulio Cabianca - Osca Mt 4 1500 - 3h20'23 ”
    3. Gerino Gerini - Ferrari 250 Monza - 3h20'30 ”
  9. 1955 - July 10th / IX Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti
    1. Olivier Gendebien - Mercedes-Benz 300 SL - 3h23'01 ”at an average of 89.779 km / h
    2. Eugenio Castellotti - Ferrari 500 Mondial - 3h23'22 ”
    3. Giulio Cabianca - Osca MT4 1500 - 3h27'02 ”
  10. 1956 - July 8th / X Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti
    1. Giulio Cabianca - Osca MT4 1500 - 3h01'31 ”at an average of 100.417 km / h
    2. Olivier Gendebien - Ferrari 290 MM - 3h05'18 ”
    3. Umberto Maglioli - Osca MT4 1500 - 3h09'47 ”

literature

  • Gianni Cancellieri, Cesare De Agostini: Polvere e gloria. La Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti (1947-1956). Giorgio Nada Editore, 2000, ISBN 88-7911-205-8 .
  • Carlo Dolcini: L 'ultima coppa d'oro delle Dolomiti. Pàtron Editore, 2007, ISBN 88-555-2935-8 .

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