The 42° Targa Florio took place on 11 May, on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie,. It was the third round of the 1958 World Sportscar Championship, which was running to new regulations introduced at the beginning of the season. The most influential of these regulations changes would be the 3.0 litre engine size limit. The event returned to the championship for the first time since 1955, following the demise of the Mille Miglia and the ban on road racing on mainland Italy. But such outcry did not deter Vincenzo Florio from holding his event on the traditional 45 mile mountainous circuit.
The winners, Musso and Gendebien drove this entry #106, a Ferrari 250 TR 58
The Targa Florio was a public road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near the island's capital of Palermo. Founded in 1906, it was the oldest sports car racing event, part of the World Sportscar Championship between 1955 and 1973. While the first races consisted of a whole tour of the island, the track length in the race's last decades was limited to the 72 km (45 mi) of the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, which was lapped 11 times.
Alessandro Cagno (1883-1971), winner of first Targa Florio in 1906. Pictured at 1907 event.
Vincenzo Trucco, driving an Isotta Fraschini, was the winner of the 1908 Targa Florio.
Vincenzo Lancia, driving a Fiat 50 HP, finished second.
At the 1970 race, Nino Vaccarella and Ignazio Giunti, driving a Ferrari 512S, navigate a tight corner in the town of Collesano.
