Dario Resta


Dario Resta , nicknamed Dolly, was an Italian Briton race car driver. He was the winner of the 1916 Indianapolis 500.

Dario Resta was born in Livorno Italy but was raised in England from the age of two. He began racing there starting in 1907. He took part in the Montagu Cup, the very first race of the now historic Brooklands track. He set a record of 95.7160mph in a halfmile run a few years later. On October 2, 1913 Resta alternating with Jean Chassagne and K Lee Guinness in 2hours spells set up a series of long distance World Records with a Sunbeam Grand Prix fitted with a SingleSeater body. After competing in Grand Prix motor racing in Europe, including the 1913 French Grand Prix, he went to the U.S.

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