Guido Daccò, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Guido Daccò

Italian racing driver

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1942

Place of Birth: Limbiate, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 29-Jul-2006

Profession: engineer, racing driver, racing automobile driver

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Guido Daccò (10 September 1942 – 29 July 2006) was an Italian race car and motorcycle racer from Limbiate.
He began motorcycle racing in 1969 and from 1980-1984 he raced in Formula 2.
He then drove in the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans and began racing in Formula 3000.
In 1988 he moved to the United States to drive in the Indy Lights series where he placed 10th in series points.
In 1989 he made his CART debut for Dale Coyne Racing.
Dacco had little success in CART and bounced from team to team until 1992, making 23 starts with a best finish of 12th.
He failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 in his attempts in 1990 and 1991.
He returned to Europe in 1992 to drive two races in German Formula 3 and then retired from racing.
He made occasional drives in historic races and managed an FIA GT team. He died on 29 July 2006, after a long battle with an undisclosed illness.[1]