Guido Daccò

Guido Daccò (born September 10, 1942 in Limbiate ; † July 29, 2006 ) was an Italian car and motorcycle racer .

Career

Daccò began motorcycle racing in 1969. At the end of the 1970s, at the age of 35, he switched to car racing. He made his debut in the Italian Formula 3 championship . In 1980 he started in Formula 2 in the same team as his friend Arturo Merzario . He also drove a race in the British Formula 1 series in 1980 . He stayed in Formula 2 for the next two years, driving a Minardi GM 75, which he used in 1981 for his own Dacsport Racing team and in 1982 for the Brambilla Racing team . In 1982 he started the 1000 km race in Monza with a Lancia Beta Montecarlo , which he shared with Mark Thatcher and Gianni Giudici . They came in seventh place.

Daccò stayed in Formula 2 in 1983, but this time with the Sanremo team. He scored four points. At the end of the year he started working with Jolly Club on the Alba Giannini project. He drove this Group C2 sports car until 1985 and achieved some good results in the process, such as an excellent third place in the 100-kilometer race in Mosport behind two works Porsches . In 1984, Daccò stayed with Team Sanremo in Formula 2 in the single-seaters and scored four points. The following year he drove in the new Formula 3000 and scored six points. In 1986 Daccò still contested a few Formula 3000 races for Scuderia Coloni , the Monegasque Écurie Monaco and Corbari Italia , but no longer achieved any championship points.

He later moved to America and drove there in the Indy Lights Series , which was then still called the American Racing Series. Despite his 43 years of age, he achieved some good results by 1988, including a podium finish. In 1989 he drove in the Indy Car World Series for Dale Coyne Racing . Until 1992 he continued to drive in this series for teams such as Team Bettenhausen , Euromotorsport , Burns and Genoa Racing, among others . With only four points from 23 races, he wasn't particularly successful. Attempts to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 in 1990 and 1991 failed.

In 1992 he returned to Europe and drove in two races of the German Formula 3 championship in a Eufra -390 Opel . At the end of the year he retired from racing. During his career he also drove in the IMSA series and the European Touring Car Championship .

In the following years he occasionally drove in races with historic vehicles. In 2006 Guido Daccò died at the age of 64 after a long, unknown illness.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1984	Scuderia Jolly Club	Alba AR2	Almo Coppelli	Davide Pavia	Rank 19
1985	Carma FF	Alba AR6	Martino Finotto	Aldo Bertuzzi	failure	Electrics

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1988	Gaston Andrey Racing	Alba AR6	Martino Finotto	Ruggero Melgrati	Rank 17

Web links

• Guido Daccò at Racing Sports Cars