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Picchio Racing Cars
is a small Italian
racing
and road
automobile
manufacturer, based in the town of
Ancarano
,
Teramo
.
History
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Founded in 1989 by
Giotto Bizzarrini
,
[2]
Picchio built their first car, the
SR2
, in 1998.
[5]
Also known as the A001 or the MB1, the SR2 used a 3-litre
BMW
straight-6 engine
, and made its debut at the
Misano
round of the
International Sports Racing Series
in July 1998.
[6]
In 2002, the firm gave Armando Trentini the exclusivity to introduced the
D-USA
which, with the collaboration of G&W Motorsports (now Synergy Racing), was used in the SRPII category of the
Rolex Sports Car Series
;
[6]
Darren Law
took second in the SRPII championship that year whilst driving a D-USA.
[7]
the team also had one victory at the six hours of Mont Trembland Canada (drivers Daren Law, Andy Lally, Armando Trentini). In 2003, Trentini and G&W Motorsports introduced the
DP2
, which was built for the new
Daytona Prototype
class of
Grand-Am
.
[8]
[9]
On its debut, the DP2 finished 24th in the
24 Hours of Daytona
.
[10]
Darren Law was the most successful DP2 driver, and he took sixth in the Daytona Prototype championship;
[11]
whilst
Steve Marshall
won the SRPII championship in a D-USA,
[12]
and helped give Picchio the SRPII Constructor's championship.
[13]
A new Daytona Prototype entered development in 2003,
[14]
but the car, known as the DP3,
[15]
[16]
never actually raced, although
Andrea Montermini
did test a version of the car.
[17]
The DP3 would later morph into an
Alfa Romeo 8C
-based Daytona Prototype,
[18]
but this too would not materialize.
G&W Motorsports' Picchio DP2
In 2004, Picchio introduced a new series of prototypes for hillclimbing; the
Light Series
.
[19]
In 2010, Picchio introduced their second hillclimb series, the
P4/E2
, which used a 1750 cc
turbocharged
engine.
[20]
Christian Merliin
was selected as the official P4/E2 driver, and he took six wins from seven races.
[20]
The same year, they introduced the
Picchio DANY
road car, which was the firm's first entry into the
electric
city car
market, and began life as the Belumbury project in 2008.
[21]
In 2011, Nicola Guida designed a
carbon-fibre
bicycle
for Picchio.
[22]
Picchio P4 at Nevegal
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