- Antonio Fassina
WRC driver
Name = Antonio "Tony" Fassina
Nationality = flagicon|ITA Italian
Years = 1976–1981
Teams =Lancia ,Opel
Races = 5
Championships = 0
Wins = 1
Podiums = 3
Stagewins = 28
Points = 32
First race = 1976Rallye Sanremo
First win = 1979Rallye Sanremo Antonio "Tony" Fassina (born
July 26 1945 ) is a formerrally driver fromItaly . He won the Italian Rally Championship in 1976 and 1979 driving aLancia Stratos , and then again in 1981 behind the wheel of anOpel Ascona . In 1982, he drove the Ascona to victory in the European Rally Championship. He also competed with success in the Italian round of theWorld Rally Championship ,Rallye Sanremo , scoring four top five results between 1976 and 1981, including outright victory in the 1979 event ahead ofWalter Röhrl .He now runs "Gruppo Fassina S.p.A." (Fassina Group), the business group he established in 1982 as a
Milan ese car dealership as he approached retirement from racing.External links
* [http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=profile&driverid=4071 Profile of Fassina] , Rallybase.nl
* [http://www.tonifassina.it/fassina/home_eng.jsp Fassina Group website]
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