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Sanesi's Alfa Romeo conked out be tween Aquila and Rome. From then on, the race settled down to a finish fight between German Driver Karl Kling, winner of last November's Pan American road race, and Argentina's Fangio—both in Alfa Romeos—and Gianni Marzotto in his Ferrari. At the end of 950 miles, it was Marzotto's Ferrari, smaller and easier to handle than the huge Alfas, which crossed the finish line first in new record time: 10 hr. 37 min. 19 sec., for an average speed of better than 88 m.p.h. As expected, the little 1,500 c.c. German. Porsche jobs proved to be the secondary sensation of the race. Every one of them finished, the leader at a 75 m.p.h. average.