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Stirling Moss Wins the Mille Miglia Motor Race

How the British driver Stirling Moss won one of the most epic races of all time in 1955.

In 1955, the British driver Sir Stirling Moss, faced one of the biggest challenges of his career. He headed to Italy to race in the famous - and extremely dangerous - thousand mile race around the country known as the Mille Miglia. Sir Stirling's victory was one of the proudest moments of his career. In 2012, he discussed the race with David Prest. The programme is a Whistledown Production for 91热爆 World Service.

(Photo: Sir Stirling Moss, right, and his navigator, Denis Jenkinson, left, celebrate their win covered in dirt. Credit: Getty Images)

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Wed 30 Mar 2016 01:50GMT

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