Vittorugo Mallucci is a former Italian
racing driver
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. He drove 13 races between 1934 and 1954, mainly in
Fiat
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s and
Ferrari
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s, his best results being two second places and one third place. After his retirement he founded ''
Industrial Cooling Vittorugo Mallucci'', a company that produced
frozen food
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and
canned food
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. It was declared bankrupt in March 2012, after being incorporated into and sold to various other companies over the years, because the dependence on the group
Nestle had become unsustainable.
Complete racing results
References
Possibly living people
Year of birth missing
Date of birth unknown
Italian racing drivers
Mille Miglia drivers
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