Piero Drogo

Piero Drogo ( born August 8, 1926 in Vignale; † 28 April 1973 in Bologna ) was an Italian racing driver and coachbuilder.

Piero Drogo drove his first car race in South America. In 1956 he finished seventh in the Grand Prix of Venezuela in Caracas and in 1957 he won his class in the 1000 km race in Buenos Aires. A year later he was able to exceed this success even when he was co-pilot of José González Froilán in a works Ferrari fourth in this race.

In 1958 he came to Europe, but had initially no racing luck. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, he retired after an accident. 1959 went out of the money and Drogo took a job as a mechanic at Stanguellini. Due to the boycott of the British team at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in 1960 Drogo came to his only Grand Prix start. For the Scuderia Colonia he drove a Cooper T43 at the eighth place in the standings. However, he had the finish five laps behind the winner Phil Hill in a Ferrari Dino 246F1.

In 1961 he founded the Drogo Carrozzeria Sports Cars in Via Emilia Quest in Modena. His first assignment was the reconstruction of the Maserati Tipo 61 by Lloyd Casner the latter had almost completely destroyed by his serious accident in Pescara. In the 1960s he karossierte the Ferrari Breadvan for the team of Count Giovanni Volpi and was responsible for the Drogo -nose Ferrari 250LM. The P- prototype had a body of Drogo.

Piero Drogo died in 1973 in an accident near Bologna, as he ascended with his private car in a tunnel on an unlit truck.

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