Vinicio Salmi (born 3 July 1956) is an Italian former
Grand Prix motorcycle
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road racer and
racing driver from
Ferrara.
Salmi competed in the
1977
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250cc motorcycle road racing world championship on a
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.
His best result was a fourth-place finish at the
1977 250cc German Grand Prix held at the
Hockenheimring circuit.
He competed in the
FIA European Formula Three Championship
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part-time from 1979 to 1981 and
Italian Formula Three in 1981. He raced motorcycles from 1982 until 1988. In
1989
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he returned to professional racing in the
American Racing Series which would later be known as Indy Lights. In
1990
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he captured a win in
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and finished 9th in series points despite missing the first four races of the season. He entered but failed to qualify for the
1991 Indianapolis 500
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. In
1992, he competed in a partial road course season in the
CART Indy Car World Series for
Euromotorsport
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History
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using an outdated
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chassis.
His best finish was 15th place at
Road America and he scored no championship points. Little has been heard of him after his CART experience.
References
1956 births
Sportspeople from Ferrara
Italian motorcycle racers
Italian racing drivers
Champ Car drivers
Indy Lights drivers
FIA European Formula 3 Championship drivers
Italian Formula Three Championship drivers
250cc World Championship riders
Living people
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EuroInternational drivers