“Welcomes to all of those who have managed to realize their dream of bringing their most beautiful car to Castell'Arquato and, Welcome to all of those who continue to dream of being able to be in Castell'Arquato, Goodwood, Montecarlo or at the Nurburgring one day, with the numbers to put on the doors of they own dream!”
With this speech the Vernasca Silver Flag organization started the event.
Then adds: “In this commemoration of the historic competition, the cars are used with the purpose they were designed for: race, and not left as museum pieces sitting in garages.”
The name comes from the flag that for 17 editions has been waved in honor of the first competitor who crossed the finish line first, the flag that is no longer black and white for its years but silver, hence the name Silver Flag.
Began as a hillclimb in 1953 on a route of about 9 km with departure from Castell'Arquato with long straights crossing Lugagnano and then flowing into the hairpin bends, with 34 curves till to Vernasca. In 1972 it was suspended because of a cloudburst and then resumed in 1996 as a commemoration.
The twenty-second edition is centered precisely on this: the passion for cars.
Events like the Silver Flag are the testimony of a heredity that thanks to those children who have carried on the tradition transmitted to them, by their father in most cases, we can admire real pieces of art on the move.
