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We are reporting in full Lino
Pensa ‘s article, from "La Voce del Paese",
Acireale 9 July 1923 Weekly - Political - Administrative - Agricultural
(pg.3)
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The Catania - Trecastagni race
NAZZARO - CEIRANO - AUSTRO DAIMLER - SPA and ANSALDO at the
places of honour. Two intrepid persons from Acireale: PAOLO CATANIA e
SALVATORE IGNOTO at the first two places - power of men and cars.
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Position: 1. CATANIA Paolo in
a Nazzaro |
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At the Winning - post
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Thanks to the kindness of the friend Giacomo Leotta Strano, I could be present to the arrivals from a balcony facing the small square where there was the finishing line. Stagno in a Fiat arrived first at 8.20, followed by Giusti in a Diatto (4) (photo on the left), De Maria in a Bianchi (2) and Patanè in an Ansaldo (5). |
| After Patanè there was a long break and then the finishing line was crossed at high speed by Mr Nino Maravigna in a Spa (7) (photo on the right); another short break and then here the two Cerano are, Ferrari is the first (11) and behind, at a very short distance and with a quicker step, that of Ignoto. |  |
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I get near him again and I ask him news about the competition; He tells me to have seen De Marco’ s Fiat turning over, but he assures myself about the safety of the driver and of the mechanic of the small 501 and also to have seen one of the Spa stopped. As soon as I leave the clever driver of the Cerano, a bomb announced the arrival of another car: it is Nino Pennisi’s Itala (13), it immediately appears from the last bend and starts with a certain speed the last straight road and crossed the finishing-line in a more regular and elegant way; although he has never participated to other competition, He doesn’t show too much tiredness; I get near him together with the other friends and he tells me about the crowd along all the road to the passing of the cars. While we are around the dear Pennisi the Austro Daimler (14) arrives. |
I come back to the balcony, while Orazio Catania’s Spa passes; another bomb announced the first Nazzaro, in fact we see one of the powerful car turning from the last bend but then it stops, it ran into a wall and the engine stopped; everybody thinks the broken car is that driven by Giovanni Catania (15), but the car leaves again, it gets near, crosses the finishing-line at a very high speed: it is the Cav. Vigo Cordaro (16). He arrives after two car crashes and tells his mate Giovanni Catania ran into the wall at the second-last bend and he was obliged to leave it, he is unhurt and his mechanic has just a small scratch.
The Victory
| Other two cars have to pass: and that’s one of these is announced by the usual bomb. He turned very well and crossed the finishing-line at high speed: it is Paolo Catania (18), he looks a little tired while his mechanic, Mario Vitale doesn’t show any trace of tiredness. Then the small, pretty Dall’Oglio’s OM arrives. Today one of our fellow citizens wins the competition. He is Paolo Catania, today victory is due thanks to his constant and productive labour and to his good, technical and practical knowledge of the car. Our more sincere and warm congratulations to him. |  |
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But the other cars were not overcome by the Florentine sister: the Cerano arrived at the second place thanks to Salvatore Ignoto from Acireale, while Mr Maravigna was very clever with the Spa; the grey Torinese car classified second in its category arriving at the fourth place in the general classification at less than a minute of distance from Paolo Catania’s Nazzaro, even if lower for the horsepower and the swept volume.
Original article by Lino Pensa Translation by Maria Silvestri
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