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Article: Chicagoans are a part of Italy's Mille Miglia
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- May 30, 1987
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MODENA, Italy Commendatore!
There he was - Enzo Ferrari, a living legend and international
household word, creator of the Ferrari auto empire.
He was near Ferrari headquarters here, waving at and signing
autographs for participants in Italy's famous, revived Mille Miglia
race.
Many cars in the recent race were Ferraris, like the 1955,
390-horsepower Ferrari 121-LM, driven by George Shelly of Miami.
"Enzo immediately recognized my car," Shelly said excitedly. "I
didn't think he would, it's so old. But he did!"
It's logical the brutish 181 m.p.h. 121-LM came from Enzo
Ferrari. He's long been a hard, cold, mostly unloved man of steel.
He still has some say in his company's ...