Cyril Snipe

Snipe was the nephew of a Manchester car dealer, John Bennett of Newton-Bennett, who backed his early racing career.

[2] In 1910 he achieved a class victory in the Modena sprint driving an (Società Piemontese Automobili) S.P.A., manufactured in Turin by Matteo Ceirano.

[1] Snipe won the Targa Florio (Giro di Sicilia) on 25 and 26 May 1912 when, driving a SCAT 25/35 with his co-driver Pedrini, they completed the 965 kilometre course around the island of Sicily in 24 hours 37 minutes 39 seconds.

[1] In 1919 the British manufacture Eric-Campbell entered two cars in the tenth Targa Florio held on 23 November and comprising 4 laps of the 108 kilometre Madonie circuit.

[3][4] In 1911 Snipe married Blanche L Blainey in Salford, Greater Manchester but she died in 1918 in Portsmouth aged 28.

Cyril Snipe in 1912
Snipe in his SCAT at the 1912 Targa Florio