Complex sentence: The car began life as a 250 TRI/60 (0780TR), leaving the factory on March 1960, in its only race at the Targa Florio, the car was badly wrecked by Cliff Allison during a practice session.
Split into simpler sentences: The car began life as a 250 TRI/60 (0780TR), leaving the factory in March 1960. In its first race, the Targa Florio, it was badly damaged by Cliff Allison during a practice session.