Dario Raoul Resta (1882-08-17)17 August 1882 Faenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Died
3 September 1924(1924-09-03) (aged 42) Weybridge, Surrey, England
Championship titles
AAA Championship Car (1916) Major victories Vanderbilt Cup (1915, 1916) Indianapolis 500 (1916)
Champ Car career
34 races run over 6 years
Best finish
1st (1916)
First race
1915 American Grand Prize (Panama–Pacific)
Last race
1923 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
First win
1915 American Grand Prize (Panama–Pacific)
Last win
1916 Vanderbilt Cup (Santa Monica)
Wins
Podiums
Poles
10
18
2
Dario Raoul Resta (17 August 1882 – 3 September 1924), was a British racing driver. He is best remembered for his successes racing Indy cars in the United States. The 1916 American National Champion, Resta was the winner of the 1916 Indianapolis 500, as well as the Vanderbilt Cup in 1915 and 1916.
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extensive flower arrangements, and warping the main straight's boards. DarioResta in a Peugeot cruised to a seven-minute victory, and followed up a week...
before the war started. Briton DarioResta had a Peugeot and Ralph DePalma raced one of the Mercedes GPs. While Resta won both races at San Francisco...
Year Award in 2004. The award had been won by his cousin Dario Franchitti in 1992. Di Resta switched to the Formula Three Euroseries with Manor Motorsport...
again European cars dominated Indianapolis with victory going to Briton DarioResta in a Peugeot. With the organisers wanting to appeal to the spectators...
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1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 Year AAA National Championship 1916 DarioResta 1917 No official national championships (World War I/flu pandemic) 1918...
Championship. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was DarioResta. Concrete/Brick/Board/Dirt Oval Road Course/Hill Climb Non-championship...
race car c. 1912–1914 with a four-cylinder engine. The car, driven by DarioResta, won the 1915 Vanderbilt Cup in San Francisco, California and the United...
publicity stunt on May 6, 1916, Stinson flew her plane in a race with DarioResta, the 1916 Indianapolis 500 champion. In 1917, when the United States...
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until dropping out with steering problems. DarioResta led 103 of the 120 laps, and claimed the victory. Resta was accompanied by riding mechanic Bob Dahnke...
Schroeder-Mercedes Santa Monica, California report 1915 DarioResta Peugeot San Francisco, California report 1916 DarioResta Peugeot Santa Monica, California report...
made his first visit to the Speedway. The Sunbeam cars of Chassagne and DarioResta had reportedly arrived in New York from England. The cars were expected...
Grace Canfield, American actress, in Rochester, New York (d. 2014) Died: DarioResta, 42, Italian auto racer and winner of the 1916 Indianapolis 500, was...
des Voiturettes in France and at Penya Rhin. To close the year off, DarioResta won at Sitges. The veteran Alessandro Cagno, winner of the first Targa...
racing champions AAA (1905–1955) 1905: Barney Oldfield 1906–1915 1916: DarioResta 1917–1919 1920: Gaston Chevrolet 1921: Tommy Milton 1922: Jimmy Murphy...
Boillot's brother, André) placed in 1915; similar models won in 1916 (DarioResta) and 1919 (Howdy Wilcox). For the 1913 French Grand Prix, an improved...
France René Thomas 1915 United States Ralph DePalma 1916 United Kingdom DarioResta 1917 Not held due to World War I 1918 1919 United States Howdy Wilcox...
usually contested in multilap wheel-to-wheel battles inches apart. 2007: Dario Franchitti led Scott Dixon by three points in the championship standings...
start. Rain began mid-race and 11 cars pulled off course and withdrew. DarioResta won the race by over six minutes over Howdy Wilcox. His average speed...
Trail. The race carried championship implications for DarioResta and Johnny Aitken. Aitken led Resta by 240 points before the Vanderbilt Cup, held two days...