{"id":368713,"date":"2009-11-13T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=14290"},"modified":"2024-01-19T05:33:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T05:33:20","slug":"chopard-sponsor-2010-california-mille","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/chopard-sponsor-2010-california-mille\/","title":{"rendered":"California Mille (2010) &#8211; Chopard to Sponsor California Mille"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Alfa-Romeo-6C-1500-Zagato.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-797297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Alfa-Romeo-6C-1500-Zagato.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Alfa-Romeo-6C-1500-Zagato.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Alfa-Romeo-6C-1500-Zagato-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Alfa-Romeo-6C-1500-Zagato-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Alfa-Romeo-6C-1500-Zagato-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Alfa-Romeo-6C-1500-Zagato-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Alfa-Romeo-6C-1500-Zagato-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>A major sponsor of Italy\u2019s famed Mille Miglia and other high-line motoring events, Chopard joined the California Mille in 2009 as the presenting sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an incredible experience that we just had to repeat,\u201c said Marc Hruschka, President and CEO of Chopard USA. \u201cHistoric race cars, dedicated drivers from around the world and individuals with an acute appreciation of fine machinery&#8211;whether under the hood of an Alfa Romeo or behind the face of a Chopard watch; a passion for extreme precision and sporting elegance link the two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 20th anniversary drive will feature a number of important milestones. \u201cIn addition to the thousand-mile, four-day Mille event over northern California back roads, we\u2019ll be saluting Alfa Romeo\u2019s l00th anniversary, \u201c said Swig. \u201cTypically, our Mille will draw a dozen or so Alfas. Next year, we\u2019re expecting perhaps twice as many&#8212; including a special surprise or two from the Alfa Romeo factory and museum in Arese, Italy. Add to that the fact that Chopard will be celebrating its 150th anniversary and I think we can agree that 2010 is the year to celebrate the Mille, Alfa Romeo and Chopard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 1928 Alfa took first place in the Mille Miglia\u2019s second year. \u201cWe\u2019ll honor that \u2018first\u2019 with two \u2018seconds\u2019 of our own: Karl-Friedrich, the second generation of the Scheufele family (owners of Chopard), has been invited to co-drive a 1928 Alfa Romeo 6c 1500 Sport Zagato Spider with my son, David, the second generation heir to the California Mille. If that\u2019s not a memorable \u2018first\u2019 I don\u2019t know what is,\u201d said Swig.<\/p>\n<p>Plans call for the California Mille to depart San Francisco\u2019s Nob Hill on Monday, April 25, overnight twice in Mendocino, and return to Sausalito on April 29 for a gala civic celebration and awards banquet.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Chopard, other sponsors include the Fairmont Hotel &amp; Resorts, the Lodi Winegrape Commission and KSFO Radio.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: California Mille]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major sponsor of Italy\u2019s famed Mille Miglia and other high-line motoring events, Chopard joined the California Mille in 2009 as the presenting sponsor. \u201cIt was an incredible experience that we just had to repeat,\u201c said Marc Hruschka, President and CEO of Chopard USA. \u201cHistoric race cars, dedicated drivers from around the world and individuals with an acute appreciation of fine machinery&#8211;whether under the hood of an Alfa Romeo or behind the face of a Chopard watch; 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