Tuesday 22nd November 1887

Born on this day, Pietro Bordino, an Italian racecar driver, one of the three greatest from Italy in the 1920’s – the others being Felice Nazzaro and Antonio Ascari. Bordino won the 1922 Italian Grand Prix, second edition. He also raced in the 1925 Indianapolis 500, finishing 10th, among his 10 AAA Championship Car starts in the United States. He died at 41 years old from injuries suffered in the Targa Florio.