Word: dario
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...were cigars, clean sportsmanship, straightforwardness, philanthropy and ice-cream. A millionaire at his death, he died as he would have liked to-in a hot race. At Brooklands, England, another racing figure was killed in action. Scorching down the famed speed saucer's straightaway, 122 miles an hour, Dario Resta's Grand Prix Sunbeam, with the power of 160 horses, went out of his control, skidded for 300 yards, shot sidewise over the saucer's edge, crashed an iron fence, nose-dived into the ground, righted, burst into flames. Resta was hurled headlong with terrific force against...
...Died. Dario Resta, famed automobile driver; at Brooklands, England. (See Page...