Get automotive news, DIY tips, market trends, in-depth car profiles, and more right in your email inbox. Over his extraordinary 30-year career, Tazio Nuvolari—aka the Flying Mantuan—claimed 55 auto racing victories and 15 on motorcycles. He drove Bugattis, Auto Unions, and more, but it’s behind the wheel of Alfa Romeos that Nuvolari made his mark on motorsport history. “Nivola,” as he was also known, died in 1953, but more than 70 years later, his name continues to rake in accolades.