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Encyclopedia > Sandro Munari

Sandro Munari is a former rally driver, of Italy. Rally refers to competition, as in rally racing with automobiles a political rally, a march or parade e. ...


He was to become synonymous with the iconic Lancia Stratos rally car, the partnership of Italian car and Italian driver scooping a Monte Carlo Rally hat-trick in the mid-1970s as well as numerous other international victories. The Lancia Stratos was an automobile made by Italian car manufacturer Lancia. ... Monte Carlo is a very wealthy section of the city-state of Monaco known for its casino, gambling, beaches, glamour, and sightings of famous people. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ...


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SANDROMUNARI (311 words)
E' il caso di Sandro Munari, noto pilota veneto di Cavarzere, che ha dedicato un’intera carriera alle auto.
Nel 1966 entra nella squadra corse Lancia: un anno dopo vince il Tour de Corse con la Fulvia HF, regalando a Lancia e a se stesso la prima grande vittoria.
Dopo aver vinto sulle strade di tutto il mondo, Munari ha smesso di correre, ma non ha certo abbandonato la sua passione: ed è con lui che è nata la scuola di guida sicura "Munari for Mercedes - Benz".
Amarcord - 1975 Montecarlo Rally (1218 words)
And, above all, grandiose Sandro Munari, precise and meticulous driver, able, in a terrible competition as the Montecarlo is, to drive his jewel to the closed park without not even a scratch on the chassis improving in this way the Italian triumph.
Munari, in the first one, wins beating the young Finn Markku ALEN, retained unbeatable on the snow, KULLANG, driver of the OPEL that for the occasion uses the suggestions of Walter ROEHRL, and Jean-Claude ANDRUET French driver, also on board of a Stratos and already winner in Montecarlo two years before with the Alpine Renault.
Munari and Mannucci are the first ones to enter the plaza of the Casino of Montecarlo and the first ones to leave again the day after for the last and decisive night of the Rally: the one of the mythic Col de Turini.
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