The great small cars that made racing history

Vittorio Stanguellini died on December 4, 1981 in Modena at the age of 72. The automotive press around the world remembered him as the daddy of the Junior.
The passion for racing is always great, and Francesco, a passionate historic car driver, has passed on the same enthusiasm to his children Simone and Francesca; there is a flag to defend, a tradition and a name to uphold, and they are preparing to be its worthy successors.

FROM ITS ORIGINS TO 1935

Modena has always been a land that produces children who are passionate about motors, cars, and racing cars. People have this passion in their blood that they cannot give up, just as they do not give up a good plate of tortellini and zampone with beans.
Stanguellini is certainly the oldest Modenese name active in the field of automobiles since 1900, but previously Celso Stanguellini in 1879 had founded a company to produce orchestra timpani with mechanical tuning that he himself patented. Are engines a family evil? Yes, undoubtedly, since Celso’s son Francesco raced motor tricycles in the early twentieth century and later with a Ceirano and a Scat. Of Fiat he became Modena’s first representative.
In 1925 the young Scuderia Stanguellini gained notoriety by racing and winning Modenese Mignon motorcycles.
The sporty and dynamic Francesco passed away prematurely in 1932. Vittorio, the only son, found himself with the responsibility of the company at the age of 19.
However, the young man, who was endowed with an extraordinary intuition for engines, quickly developed both the business and the subject of car elaborations, which from 1935 became a real continuous activity. History and Stanguellini Museum with Patrizio Roversi for Motor Valley of the Junior racing car pioneer in the capital of the sports car – Modena