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Grand Prix History in Scale Models

1953, Cisitalia, Clemar Bucci, Tron

1953 Cisitalia 360 Bucci

The Cisitalia Grand Prix is a single-seater car for the postwar 1.5-litre supercharged Grand Prix class, built by Italian sports car manufacturer Cisitalia and introduced in 1949. It was designed on behalf of Cisitalia by Porsche between 1946–47, and is therefore also known by its Porsche project number, Type 360. In 1948, Cisitalia folded and founder Piero Dusio left for Argentina. The Type 360 appeared in Argentinian colors with Tazio Nuvolari behind the wheel, but the car never raced.

On June 18th 1953 Argentinian F1 driver Clemar Bucci took the South American land speed record with Cisitalia Type 360 on the Ricchieri Highway near Buenos Aires with the average speed of 146.6 and 142.2 mph in two runs.

SeasonSeriesEvent
1953GPRicchieri Highway Speed Run
Driver No.Entrant
Clemar Bucci
Scale ManufacturerCollection
1:43Tron
Cat. No.QualityRarity
Glamour 102
Built kit

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