S1 Ep308: The Race So Dangerous They Had to Ban It
Past Gas
Donut Media
4.9 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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This week, we’re headed to Sicily for the Targa Florio—a road race with 6,000 corners, zero guardrails, and drivers doing triple digits past goat farms. Launched in 1906 by one rich guy flexing his new car, it became a death-defying playground for Ferrari, Bugatti, Maserati, and Porsche—and the reason Porsche named the 911 Targa. This is the wild story of the race so insane, Italy finally said “enough.”
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