{"id":493193,"date":"2013-07-01T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=16915"},"modified":"2024-10-05T15:54:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T15:54:33","slug":"1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/","title":{"rendered":"1956 Abarth 750 GT Corsa Zagato Double Bubble"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>A single blown tire put an end to one of the greatest open-road races of all time. Driving along the dazzling Italian countryside in May of 1957 at more than 150 mph, a punctured tire launched the Ferrari of Alfonso de Portago over a canal, instantly killing de Portago, co-driver Edmund Nelson and a number of spectators, many of whom were children.<\/p>\n<p>Had things been different, the \u201957 Mille could have been one of the greatest days in Carlo Abarth\u2019s life. After all, his stunning Abarth Zagatos finished 1-2-3 in the Grand Touring 750 Class. Alfonso Thiele\u2019s Abarth 750 Zagato (#52) ran 63rd overall, winning the class with a time of 13h, 32m, 33s. Marino Guarnieri\u2019s Abarth 750 Zagato (#40) finished 68th overall and 2nd in class at 13:38:40,\u00a0 and the Abarth 750 Zagato (#46) of the brothers Gianni (Vittorio and Luciano) finished 77th overall and 3rd in class with a time of 13:45:57.\u00a0Despite the tragedy and the banning of the MM, Abarth\u2019s GT 750 podium sweep presaged the constructor\u2019s complete domination of the small-bore GT racing classes globally. It also didn\u2019t hurt sales.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? You&#8217;re missing out<\/h2>\n<p class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content\">Any Text Here<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a07online-global-marketing-prompt\" href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=86696\">Get Started<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">\n<h4 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">Already a Member? <a href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/account\">Sign in to your account here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A single blown tire put an end to one of the greatest open-road races of all time. Driving along the dazzling Italian countryside in May of 1957 at more than 150 mph, a punctured tire launched the Ferrari of Alfonso de Portago over a canal, instantly killing de Portago, co-driver Edmund Nelson and a number of spectators, many of whom were children. Had things been different, the \u201957 Mille could have been one of the greatest days in Carlo Abarth\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":650545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1310,17177,34],"tags":[21844,17181,6414,17178,37],"class_list":["post-493193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abarth","category-chassis-histories","category-zagato","tag-abarth","tag-abarth-chassis-histories","tag-abarth-picture-gallery","tag-chassis-histories","tag-zagato"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1956 Abarth 750 GT Corsa Zagato Double Bubble<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"1956 Abarth 750 GT Corsa Zagato Double Bubble\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1956 Abarth 750 GT Corsa Zagato Double Bubble\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"1956 Abarth 750 GT Corsa Zagato Double Bubble\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-07-01T10:00:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-05T15:54:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1956-Abarth-750-GT-Corsa-Zagato-Double-Bubble.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1031\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Brinker\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Brinker\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"10 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Brinker\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/decb03a5dee68787deb611e83af57a40\"},\"headline\":\"1956 Abarth 750 GT Corsa Zagato Double Bubble\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-07-01T10:00:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-05T15:54:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/\"},\"wordCount\":1968,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1956-Abarth-750-GT-Corsa-Zagato-Double-Bubble.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abarth\",\"Abarth (Chassis Histories)\",\"Abarth Media (Galleries)\",\"Chassis Histories\",\"Zagato\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Abarth\",\"Model Guides (Chassis Histories)\",\"Zagato\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/\",\"name\":\"1956 Abarth 750 GT Corsa Zagato Double Bubble\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1956-Abarth-750-GT-Corsa-Zagato-Double-Bubble.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-07-01T10:00:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-05T15:54:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/decb03a5dee68787deb611e83af57a40\"},\"description\":\"1956 Abarth 750 GT Corsa Zagato Double Bubble\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1956-Abarth-750-GT-Corsa-Zagato-Double-Bubble.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1956-Abarth-750-GT-Corsa-Zagato-Double-Bubble.jpeg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1031},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"1956 Abarth 750 GT Corsa Zagato Double Bubble\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Supercars.net\",\"description\":\"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/decb03a5dee68787deb611e83af57a40\",\"name\":\"Mark Brinker\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mark-Brinker-100x100.jpeg\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mark-Brinker-100x100.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mark-Brinker-100x100.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"Mark Brinker\"},\"description\":\"As a high school student in Woodmere, N.Y., Dr. Brinker feasted on car magazines and movies in which cars played principal roles. A Lotus Esprit featured in a James Bond film won his heart, and prompted a purchase when, as a medical resident at Tulane University, he encountered an irresistible deal on an Esprit Turbo. \u201cI collect what I love,\u201d Dr. Brinker said. \u201cAll beautiful, exotic, interesting. Sometimes very rare, like a one-off that\u2019s been missing for decades.\u201d\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/author\/mark-brinker\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"1956 Abarth 750 GT Corsa Zagato Double Bubble","description":"1956 Abarth 750 GT Corsa Zagato Double Bubble","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"1956 Abarth 750 GT Corsa Zagato Double Bubble","og_description":"1956 Abarth 750 GT Corsa Zagato Double Bubble","og_url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/","og_site_name":"Supercars.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","article_published_time":"2013-07-01T10:00:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-05T15:54:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1031,"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1956-Abarth-750-GT-Corsa-Zagato-Double-Bubble.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mark Brinker","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@supercars_net","twitter_site":"@supercars_net","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Brinker","Est. reading time":"10 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/"},"author":{"name":"Mark Brinker","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/decb03a5dee68787deb611e83af57a40"},"headline":"1956 Abarth 750 GT Corsa Zagato Double Bubble","datePublished":"2013-07-01T10:00:09+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-05T15:54:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/"},"wordCount":1968,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1956-Abarth-750-GT-Corsa-Zagato-Double-Bubble.jpeg","keywords":["Abarth","Abarth (Chassis Histories)","Abarth Media (Galleries)","Chassis Histories","Zagato"],"articleSection":["Abarth","Model Guides (Chassis Histories)","Zagato"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/","name":"1956 Abarth 750 GT Corsa Zagato Double Bubble","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1956-Abarth-750-GT-Corsa-Zagato-Double-Bubble.jpeg","datePublished":"2013-07-01T10:00:09+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-05T15:54:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/decb03a5dee68787deb611e83af57a40"},"description":"1956 Abarth 750 GT Corsa Zagato Double Bubble","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1956-Abarth-750-GT-Corsa-Zagato-Double-Bubble.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1956-Abarth-750-GT-Corsa-Zagato-Double-Bubble.jpeg","width":1080,"height":1031},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1956-abarth-750-gt-corsa-zagato-double-bubble\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"1956 Abarth 750 GT Corsa Zagato Double Bubble"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/","name":"Supercars.net","description":"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/decb03a5dee68787deb611e83af57a40","name":"Mark Brinker","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mark-Brinker-100x100.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mark-Brinker-100x100.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mark-Brinker-100x100.jpeg","caption":"Mark Brinker"},"description":"As a high school student in Woodmere, N.Y., Dr. Brinker feasted on car magazines and movies in which cars played principal roles. A Lotus Esprit featured in a James Bond film won his heart, and prompted a purchase when, as a medical resident at Tulane University, he encountered an irresistible deal on an Esprit Turbo. \u201cI collect what I love,\u201d Dr. Brinker said. \u201cAll beautiful, exotic, interesting. Sometimes very rare, like a one-off that\u2019s been missing for decades.\u201d","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/author\/mark-brinker\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}