1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale 101.20 (Second Series)

Patrice and Maxime Cornille, Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS, Tour Auto 2016

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Alfa Romeo, Milan, Italy.  The Giulietta SS was a top of the range 2 door, front engine, rear wheel drive, sports coupé first seen at the 1960 Geneva Motor Show and produced from then to 1964. It followed on from the prototype Sprint Speciale, the low nose version and the Zagato SZ.  It thus was a Second Series Sport Speciale and in fact the production version.  It had the 1.3 litre 101 series engine which powered it to over 120 mph. In 1963 the 1.6 litre Giulia was introduced and it eventually replaced the Giulietta.  Although it was the production version rather than the racing version, the Giulietta SS was seen in events such as the Targa Florio and the Tour de France Automobile.

2015 Chevrolet SS Generation 6 NASCAR

Kyle Larson & Paul Menard at Sonoma 2015, Chevrolet SS Nascar Generation 6

The Generation 6 NASCAR.  This is the Chevrolet SS version which is rear wheel drive and powered by a fuel injected small block V8 Chevrolet engine and looking like the road going Chevrolet SS on the outside.

1937/38 Talbot T26 SS

Richard Pilkington, Talbot T26, GP de l'Age d'Or, Autodrome Linas-Montlhéry, 2002

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Talbot, Suresnes, France.   This is chassis number 90202, reg no MXW9 that has been owned and raced by Richard Pilkington for a very long time.  I believe it started life as T150C chassis 82935 and then was converted into a T26 with the addition of a 4.5 litre motor.  In its initial configuration it was raced by the likes of Albert Divo, Raymond Somner and René Carrière for the works team in events such as the Le Mans 24 hours, the Tourist Trophy and the Mille Miglia.  Best result was a second place for Divo in the GP de Marne in 1937.  In its second incarnation it came 4th in the 1938 Tourist Trophy driven by Carrière.  Post war it was driven by Louis Chiron in the 1946 GP de Bruxelles.  It then came to the UK and was driven by Peter Waring and Dick Fitzwilliam.  Fitzwilliam won a Goodwood handicap with it in 1954.  A rare car that Richard Pilkington still races enthusiastically in Historic events.