Forty teams, coming from other Italian regions, such as Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Latium and Calabria as well as Sicily; have celebrated Lancia's glorious sporting past with excursions around some of the most beautiful locations in Sicily and in the Madonie Regional Park; as well as – last but not least – three days of sunshine.

These have been the heady “ingredients” of the first edition of  Sicily Lancia Graffiti,  the inaugural gathering reserved for sport and  racing cars, produced in over 50 years by the Turin factory, which was founded on 29 November  1906 by Vincenzo Lancia. The gathering took place from October 30 to November 1 in the province of Palermo, organised by Stratos DMC Palermo.

Taking to the roads that were once pounded by the famous Sicilian races (where Lancia's racing cars have in their glorious past won many important competitions, such as Rally di Sicilia and Targa Florio), paraded  stunning examples Stratos, including road and  “Group 4” versions (amongst these was an ex-works car in Marlboro colours, that was piloted by Sandro Munari and Jean Claude Andruet in the Targa Florio in 1974, and now driven by Alessandro Carrara),  different versions of  Fulvia (included the “Group 4” driven to the victory in the European Rally Championship in 1973 by Sandro Munari, that today belongs to  Marco Tesi), as well a couple of examples of the Delta Integrale 16V sponsored by “Martini Racing”, one of the few of the very rare Barchetta FM cars, a few Aurelia B20s, and one Delta S4 in its road version.

Pace setter for the gathering was – on Sunday 1st November – Ninni Vaccarella (a three times winner of the Targa Florio) and Giovanni Avanti, President of the Province of Palermo. Vaccarella and Avanti, started from  “Floriopoli” (to the backdrop of the stands and boxes of Cerda which have recently been bought by the Province of Palermo), before parading along the 72 kilometres of the “Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie” (the last Targa Florio circuit) on board of a Lancia Flaminia 2.8 limousine belonging to the Province of Palermo, all to the applauses of the many fans that turned out. Amongst the participants were also the descendants of the Florio family, Costanza Afan de Rivera, on board of a Lancia Aurelia B20 S driven with aplomb by Giuseppe Giaconia di Migaido.

The headquarters of Sicily Lancia Graffiti was the seaside city of Cefalù, one of the most important Sicilian tourist destinations, from where the participants started out on the three excursions that were scheduled in the programme. On Friday 30th October the cars reached Gibilmanna, on the track of the hillclimb race “Cefalù-Gibilmanna” which in the past was eligible for the European Championship, before proceeding to Gratteri and Lascari. Saturday 31st October's programme revolved around a tour of Madonie Park, through Castelbuono, Isnello and Collesano, with a visit to the local Targa Florio Museum included; while on Sunday 1st November the tour took to the evocative former track of the Targa Florio, with a run that closed the event and included a visit of the Cerda Targa Florio Museum, lunch and the prize giving ceremony at the “Madonie Golf Club”.