The race began as a commemoration of racing pilot Tazio Nuvolari, who died on 11 August 1953 [REF].
In 1955, the British racing driver Stirling Moss completed the Gran Premio Nuvolari with his navigator Dennis Jenkinson in a Mercedes SLR with the starting number 722 in just 39 minutes and 54 seconds with an average speed of 198.496 kilometers per hour [REF].