Carlo Maria Pintacuda (18 September 1900 – 8 March 1971) was a motor-racing driver from
Italy
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.
Pintacuda was born in
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...
on 18 September 1900. He was one of the greatest drivers from the "Florentine School" alongside
Emilio Materassi,
Gastone Brilli-Peri
Count Gastone Brilli-Peri (24 March 1893 – 22 March 1930) was an Italian racing driver, who won the 1925 Italian Grand Prix in an Alfa Romeo P2, securing the inaugural World Manufacturers' Championship title for Alfa Romeo. Known simply as "Bri ...
,
Clemente Biondetti
Clemente Biondetti (18 October 1898 – 24 February 1955) was an Italian auto racing driver. Born into a working-class family, Biondetti raced motorcycles before turning to automobiles where he had greater success.
Biography
Born in Buddusò, S ...
and
Giulio Masetti, and won two editions of
Mille Miglia
The Mille Miglia (, ''Thousand Miles'') was an open-road, motorsport endurance race established in 1927 by the young Counts Francesco Mazzotti and Aymo Maggi, which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 (thirteen before World ...
races, in 1935 and 1937. After retiring from racing he lived in
Argentina
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where he opened a grocery store.
He died in
Buenos Aires
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on 8 March 1971.
Carlo Pintacuda
at grandprixhistory.org, last accessed on 8 October 2019
References
1900 births
1971 deaths
Sportspeople from Florence
Italian racing drivers
Grand Prix drivers
24 Hours of Spa drivers
European Championship drivers
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