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Once upon a time on the island of Sicily, there was a race that ran right through your village.
從前，西西里島有一項比賽會直接在村民們的家門口上演。
It was glorious. It was beautiful. It was clearly planned before safety was a consideration.
這項比賽壯麗非凡，漂亮非凡，而且明顯沒有把安全考慮進去。
The Targa Florio was founded in Sicily by a speed loving fellow named Vincenzo Florio in 1906.
1906年，一位名叫文森佐·弗洛里奧的極速愛好者在西西里創建了塔格·佛羅熱大賽。
And it enthralled the racing world for decades to come.
在接下來的幾十年里，這項比賽一直吸引著賽車界的無數健兒。
But this was no ordinary race.
然而，塔格·佛羅熱大賽并不是一項普通的汽車賽。
It took place in the mountains outside of Palermo.
這項賽事的賽道在巴勒莫周邊的群山上。
Racers encountered bandits, wolves, 500-plus hairpin turns on roads that hadn't changed since togas were in fashion.
賽車手在公路上會遇到土匪、狼、500多個急轉彎，從古羅馬時期至今，那些賽道就一直沒變過。
The course went straight through towns and villages with no barricades or warnings.
這條賽道從城鎮和村莊中徑直穿過，既沒有路障，也沒有警示牌。
The first year a driver named Alessandro Cagno won.
比賽第一年，奪冠的是一位名叫亞歷山德羅·卡格諾的車手。
It took him nine hours and his average speed was 30 miles an hour.
他平均速度30英里/小時（約50公里/小時），一共跑了9個小時才跑完全程。
The Targa Florio ran for 71 years.
塔格·佛羅熱大賽已經舉辦了71年。
Titans of the car world like Mario Andretti competed,
馬里奧·安德烈蒂之輩的賽車行業巨頭們也曾在這項比賽上露臉，
but a growing realization that the race was crazy dangerous led to it being shut down in 1977.
然而，隨著越來越多的人覺得這場比賽瘋狂而危險，這項賽事已經于1977年取消了。
It was the longest running car race in the world at the time.
曾經，塔格·佛羅熱大賽是世界上賽程最遠的比賽。
Today, the grandstand outside Palermo sits empty,
如今，巴勒莫外的看臺早已空空蕩蕩，
but evidence of the race is everywhere, peaking out in the beautiful landscape.
但比賽的跡象依舊隨處可見，散落在美麗的風景之中。
The Targa Florio became synonymous with a long and grueling race.
如今，塔格·佛羅熱大賽已經成了漫長而艱苦的比賽的代名詞。
In the years after its end, tribute Targas have popped up across the world, but true racing enthusiasts know it all began here.
在它結束后的幾年里，世界各地都涌現出了各種各樣的紀念賽，但真正的賽車愛好者知道，它們的源頭還是這里。
