Rudge 350 Aldo Pigorini 1933 racing team Ferrari motorcycle racing photo photo

Description

A superb and rare photo of the
1933 Rudge 350
racing model
with the Italian racing ace and 1934 Italian National Champion
Aldo Pigorini
.
The photo was taken moments after Pigorini won the prestigious
International Speed Trophy
in
Rome
,
Italy
, with the photographed Rudge in 1933.
Interestingly, Aldo Pigorini rode in 1934 for the Scuderia Ferrari racing team.
Few know that Enzo Ferrari, founder of the Ferrari car factory and the Ferrari F1 Formula One racing stable, also was the proprietor of a motorcycle racing team throughout the 1930s.
The name of this racing team was “ Scuderia Ferrari “
(Racing Team Ferrari).
The Scuderia Ferrari bikes were immaculately prepared.
Pigorini’s Rudge shows this as well with the extra and for the time extremely rare streamlining at the front.
Aldo Pigorini was a very successful Italian motorcycle racer.
He rode his first race in 1926, and won many roadraces in- and outside
Italy
.
The year 1934 was his most successful one.
He became Italian roadrace champion, he won the FM race at
Pesaro
, the Targa Florio and the
prestigious International Speed Trophy in
Rome
where the photograph was taken.
Rudge motorcycles were produced from 1911 to 1946. The firm was known for its innovations in engine and transmission design, and its racing successes. Their sales motto was "Rudge it, do not trudge it."
Selling re-badged
Werners
in 1909, the company went on to produce their first motorcycle in 1911.
This
non period
photo reflects a very interesting and historic piece of motorcycling and Rudge history. Therefore it is printed in a nice large format of ca. 8" x 11.5" (ca. 20 x 29 cm).
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