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10 Hours of Messina

The 10 Hours of Messina (Italian: 10 ore di Messina or 10 ore notturna messinese) was a sports car race, organized by the Automobile Club d'Italia, held for the first time on 24 August 1952 in the street circuit of Messina, Italy. From 1959 it was replaced by Messina Grand Prix.

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The street circuit of Messina

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1952
1958
Eugenio Castellotti (2)
Ferrari (4)
7.650 km

The 10 Hours of Messina (Italian: 10 ore di Messina or 10 ore notturna messinese) was a sports car race, organized by the Automobile Club d'Italia, held for the first time on 24 August 1952 in the street circuit of Messina, Italy. From 1959 it was replaced by Messina Grand Prix.

The American 1961 Formula One world champion Phil Hill won the race in 1956 driving a Ferrari.

Year	Laps	Total distance	Length of a lap	Winners	Team
1952		982.800 km		Clemente Biondetti Franco Cornacchia	Ferrari 212 MM
1953	144 laps	1102.043 km	7.6531 km	Eugenio Castellotti Giulio Musitelli	Ferrari 250 MM
1954	144 laps	1096.870 km	7.716 km	Roberto Sgorbati Giuseppe Sgorbati	Osca 2000S
1955	157 laps	1202.300 km	7.650 km	Maurice Trintignant Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari 750 Monza
1956	87 laps	584.221 km	6.700 km	Phil Hill	Ferrari 500 TR
1957	not held
1958	230 laps	1382.028 km	6.020 km	Christian Heins Paul-Ernst Strähle	Porsche 550 RS

Messina Grand Prix (auto race that replaced it)
Gare Automobilistiche Messinesi (in Italian)
Cinque gloriose manifestazioni sportive che non esistono più (in Italian)

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