KEEPING THE SPIRIT ALIVE SINCE 1999
Giordano Aldrighetti
0/0/1905 - 12/8/1939
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Giordano Aldrighetti gained an International reputation as a motorcycle racer on a 4 cylider Gilera in TT races before turning to cars.
He made his debut as Voiturette driver for Alfa Corse at Tripoli 1939 where he retired. He was also a DNF at Coppa Ciano with gearbox troubles.
In 1939 the Coppa Acerbo, Pescara, held on its traditional mid-August date, came a fortnight before the outbreak of war and the Germans stayed away. It was an unhappy weekend as Giordano Aldrighetti and Catullo Lami were killed in separate accidents.
During Friday practice, Aldighetti had a heavy crash, the car was destroyed in flames while the Nando was thrown out. At first it seemed he had survived with only minor wounds but then it was realised that he had in fact received serious internal injuries and he succumbed soon after midnight.
Aldrighetti's Alfa Romeo team mate Clemente Biondetti won the race, one of the last to take place before the war.
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Lewis Jackson 0 - 1916 -
Juan Fábregas 0 - 1954 -
Francisco Arderiu 0 - 1954 -
Dr Charles Ogle 0 - 1985
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Rick Bennewitz 0 - 1999
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Piero Taruffi 1906 - 1988
Taruffi was an all-round sportsman who managed the Gilera motorcycle team as well as racing cars. He won one Grand Prix, the 1952 Swiss GP, and finished third in the drivers championship. -
Baconin Borzacchini 1898 - 1933
Italian racing driver who took class wins at the Targa Florio in 1926 and 1927. Became a works Maserati driver but was often overshadowed by Tazio Nuvolari. He was killed in the 1933 Italian Grand Prix trying to avoid Giuseppe Campari, who also died. Later in the race a third driver, Count Stanislas Czaykowski, was killed. -
Piero Scotti 1909 - 1976
An Italia privateer who successfully raced Ferrari sports cars in the 1950s. He made one attempt at F1 driving a Connaught in the Belgian Grand Prix in 1956. -
Luigi Villoresi 1909 - 1997
Italian Grand Prix motor racing driver who raced on the Formula One circuit at the time of its inception and was at his zenith in the immediate post-war era. -
Renato Balestrero 1898 - 1948
Balestrero's career lasted 25 years and included over 200 races. He was run over and killed while showing his papers to a policeman who had stopped him on the Turin Autostrada.