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{{Short description|Italian born racecar driver}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Luigi Chinetti
| image = Luigi Chinetti en 1935.jpg
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| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1901|7|17}}
| birth_place   = [[Jerago con Orago]], Italy
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1994|8|17|1901|7|17}}
| death_place   = [[Greenwich, Connecticut]]
| nationality = Italian <small>(to 1946)</small><br />American <small>(from 1946 on)</small>
| other_names   = 
| occupation    = 
| module = 
  {{Infobox Le Mans driver | child=yes
  | Years       = {{24hLM|1932}}–{{24hLM|1935}}, {{24hLM|1937}}–{{24hLM|1939}}, {{24hLM|1949}}–{{24hLM|1953}}
  | Teams       = ''[[Raymond Sommer]]''<br />[[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]]<br />Private<br />''[[Peter Mitchell-Thomson|Lord Selsdon]]''
  | Best Finish = 1st <small>({{24hLM|1932}}, {{24hLM|1934}}, {{24hLM|1949}})</small>
  | Class Wins  = 3 <small>({{24hLM|1932}}, {{24hLM|1934}}, {{24hLM|1949}})</small>
  }}
}}

'''Luigi Chinetti''' (July 17, 1901 – August 17, 1994) was an [[Italy|Italian-born]] [[racecar driver]], who emigrated to the [[United States]] during [[World War II]]. He drove in 12 consecutive [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] races, taking three outright wins there and taking two more at the [[Spa 24 Hours]] race. Chinetti owned the [[North American Racing Team]], which successfully ran privateer Ferraris in sports car and Formula One races. For many years he was the exclusive American importer of [[Ferrari]] automobiles to the United States.<ref name="nyt"/>

==Biography==
Chinetti was born in [[Jerago con Orago]], a little north of [[Milan]].<ref name="newmanbook"/>{{rp|105}} The son of a gunsmith, he apprenticed in his father's workshop where he earned a lathe operator's certificate at age 12 and qualified as a mechanic at age 14.<ref name="imrrc-bio"/> In 1917, at age 16, he went to work for [[Alfa Romeo]] as a mechanic, where he met another young hire named [[Enzo Ferrari]].<ref name="msm-bio"/> The rise to power of [[Benito Mussolini]]'s [[National Fascist Party]] in his native country prompted a move to [[Paris]] where he worked for Alfa Romeo as a salesman. 

He also began to race sports cars as a driver, earning a reputation in endurance events, the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] in particular. Driving cars from Alfa Romeo, [[Talbot (automobile)|Talbot]], and Ferrari, Chinetti competed in every Le Mans race held between 1932 and 1953. He entered a car in the 1954 race, but as sponsor rather than driver.

Following the outbreak of World War II in Europe, Chinetti went to the United States of America. He traveled as part of the [[Lucy O'Reilly Schell]] Écurie Bleue team, that also included driver [[René Dreyfus]], for an appearance at the 1940 [[Indianapolis 500]].<ref name="collier"/> Chinetti remained in New York, getting approval to work at [[Pratt and Whitney]] and then supporting the Allied war effort at J. S. Inskip, working on Rolls-Royce engines in the same shop as Italian master mechanic [[Alfred Momo]].<ref name="goldenage"/><ref name="oneilbook"/>{{rp|15}} Chinetti applied for American citizenship in 1947, and took the oath of allegiance on 6 March 1950.<ref name="oneilbook"/>{{rp|19}} His naturalization was sponsored by [[Zora Arkus-Duntov]].<ref name="msm-jan2013"/>

When the war ended, Chinetti returned to Europe in late 1949. He first went to Paris, only to find that his property had been lost in the war.<ref name="oneilbook"/>{{rp|16}} From there he carried on to Modena for a meeting with Enzo Ferrari, whose car factory had been converted to making machine tools for wartime production. The two men met on Christmas Eve in Ferrari's office. Some accounts of this evening describe a highly dramatic meeting between an uncertain and somewhat despondent Ferrari considering abandoning the making of sports cars, and a confident and enthusiastic Chinetti countering that Ferrari must stop making machine tools and resume building racing cars; that the race cars would be paid for by building road cars that Chinetti would sell in America; and placing an order then and there for 25 cars.<ref name="autoweek"/> Other sources point out that in June of that year, Ferrari had already begun building a new racing car; the [[Ferrari 125 S|125]].<ref name="cavallino-augsep2015"/>{{rp|42–59}} This new car would use an engine designed by [[Gioacchino Colombo]] in August 1945 and first fired on a test bench in September 1946, and that one month after that Ferrari issued a brochure outlining the types of cars he planned to build. It is also pointed out that, while Chinetti had been selling cars such as pre-war Alfas and Talbots to American customers from as early as 1946, he would not have then been in a position to commit to an order of the rumored magnitude. In either case, it seems that Chinetti left the meeting with an agreement to be Ferrari's agent in France and the United States.

As both an individual team owner and through N.A.R.T., Chinetti not only left a legacy of fielding some of the best drivers of the era, but of cultivating some of the highest quality up-and-coming talent, the two groups including names such as [[Stirling Moss]], [[Mario Andretti]], [[Phil Hill]], [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro]] and [[Ricardo Rodríguez (racing driver)|Ricardo Rodríguez]], [[Graham Hill]], and [[Jean-Pierre Jarier]].<ref name="clasdriv-nart"/> One driver that Chinetti tried to promote was journalist [[Denise McCluggage]].<ref name="si-oct2018"/> The three-time Le Mans winner submitted McCluggage's name as one of his drivers for Le Mans, but the application was denied. Chinetti was able to sponsor [[Yvonne Simon]] in the [[1950 24 Hours of Le Mans]] partnered with [[Michel Kasse]], and fielded the all-female team of Simon and [[Betty Haig]] at the [[1951 24 Hours of Le Mans]].

Chinetti Sr. sold his business in 1977.<ref name="msm-bio"/> He remained in [[Greenwich, Connecticut]] after his retirement and died on 17 August 1994 at the age of ninety-three.<ref name="wp-obit"/>

===Ferrari===
Enzo Ferrari appointed Chinetti as his Ferrari factory agent in the United States. Chinetti opened the first—and for a while the only—Ferrari dealership in the country. Later his territory became all areas east of the Mississippi River. Chinetti's reputation continued to draw clients from across the country throughout his career. In addition to handling Ferrari, Chinetti Motors was also U.S. agent for [[O.S.C.A.|Automobili OSCA]] of Bologna until 1967. The original showroom of his [[Greenwich, Connecticut]] business has been demolished but the business with new location remains open, owned by Miller Motorcars, a Ferrari-[[Maserati]] dealership.

The first Ferrari sold by Chinetti to the US was a Tipo 166 MM Touring Barchetta, chassis 0002 M, sold to Tommy Lee in Los Angeles in the first three months of 1949.<ref name="oneilbook"/>{{rp|16}} The second car sold, and the first sold through the dealership, was a [[Ferrari 166|Ferrari Tipo 166 Spyder Corsa]], chassis 016-I, to [[Briggs Cunningham]]. Cunningham drove it to second place at Watkins Glen in 1949. That car ultimately ended up in Cunningham's motorcar museum. The third car was Tipo 166 MM Barchetta 0010 M sold to Kimberly-Clark tissue-paper fortune heir Jim Kimberly. Kimberly and the Ferrari appeared at some eastern events, but on 1 April 1951 with Marshall Lewis behind the wheel it would be the first Ferrari to race and win west of the Mississippi. In 1952 Chinetti sold 1951 Ferrari 212 Export Barchetta 0078E to Phil Hill near the beginning of the future World Champion's career.<ref name="simanaitis"/> Chinetti would later hire Hill as a driver, and later still recommend him to Ferrari, who at first put him in [[Sports car racing|sports-racing]] cars and later added Hill to their [[Formula One]] (F1) team.<ref name="hill-about"/> Most of Chinetti's other sales were kept secret to protect the privacy of his wealthy clients.

===N.A.R.T.===
{{main|North American Racing Team}}
Chinetti founded the privateer North American Racing Team (N.A.R.T.) with financial support from George Arents and Jan de Vroom.<ref name="clasdriv-nart"/><ref name="oneilbook"/>{{rp|26}} Chinetti's reputation and existing relationship with Ferrari guaranteed a supply of  former works cars and support for many years. The team ran very successful endurance racing programs both at Sebring and Le Mans right into the 1970s.

Ferrari's F1 [[Ferrari 158|158]]s raced in N.A.R.T. blue and white for two races at the end of the 1964 season.<ref name="ferrarimag-1964"/> When the FIA refused to homologate the [[Ferrari 250 LM]] for international sports car racing, Enzo Ferrari returned his competition license and vowed to never race in Ferrari Red again. With the championship on the line, Ferrari's cars appeared in N.A.R.T. colors for the 1964 [[United States Grand Prix]] at Watkins Glen, and again at the [[1964 Mexican Grand Prix]]. By the start of the 1965 season the dispute was resolved, and the cars were painted red once again.

In addition to the racing cars, the team commissioned limited-run special variants of Ferrari road cars. One such project was the [[Ferrari 275#275 GTB/4S NART Spider|275 GTS/4 NART Spyder]].<ref name="rt-aug2013"/> Left without a convertible model after production of the [[Ferrari 250#250 GT California Spyder SWB|250 GT California]] ended in 1962, Chinetti obtained factory permission to have coachbuilder [[Scaglietti]] convert a series of 4-cam 275GTB/4 coupés into open-top cars. Of a planned run of 25, only 10 are believed to have been built.

In the mid-1970s Chinetti commissioned [[Giovanni Michelotti]] to begin a series of [[Ferrari Daytona]]s with heavily customized bodywork that would be called the Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona NART Spider.<ref name="sothebys-365nart"/> The first was shown at the 1974 [[Turin Auto Show]]. The second conversion was chassis number 15965, and was built up as a racing car in anticipation of an appearance at the 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans, although the car was withdrawn before the race. In 1975 Chinetti ordered three more Michelotti conversions built to road car specifications. One of these three, chassis 14299, was completed in 1977 and then specially customized by Chinetti as a gift for his wife.

==Personal life==
Chinetti married on 18 April 1942.<ref name="oneilbook"/>{{rp|16}} He and wife Marion had one son; Luigi "Coco" Chinetti Junior.

On 27 July 1963 Luigi Jr. married Mamie Spears Reynolds (1942–2014), daughter of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Robert Rice Reynolds]] and Evalyn Washington "Evie" McLean.<ref name="nyt-jul1963"/><ref name="nyt-nov2014"/> Reynolds was the first woman to qualify for the Daytona 500. Luigi Jr. and Reynolds divorced after two years.<ref name="tuscaloosa"/>

==Racing career==
[[File:Sommer and Chinetti at the 1932 24 Hours of Le Mans.jpg|thumb|right|Chinetti winner of the [[1932 24 Hours of Le Mans]]]]
Driving an [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo race car]] entered by his co-driver [[Raymond Sommer]], Chinetti won at his very first [[24 hours of Le Mans]] race in {{24hLM|1932}}. The following year, with [[Louis Chiron]] as co-driver, he won the [[Spa 24 Hours]] endurance race in [[Belgium]]. He teamed up with [[Philippe Étancelin]] in {{24hLM|1934}} to win his second 24 hours of Le Mans.

At the [[1949 24 Hours of Le Mans]] race he drove the first [[Ferrari]] ever to win the event, and became the second three-time winner of the race. The [[Ferrari 166 S|Ferrari 166M]] in which Chinetti won was turned over to [[Baron Selsdon]] of [[Scotland]] ([[Peter Mitchell-Thomson]]) for twenty minutes during the race, making Thomson the official co-driver although Chinetti had driven twenty-three of the hours of the race. Following the race, Thomson purchased that automobile through Chinetti.

Chinetti made three appearances at the [[Spa 24 Hours]], taking outright wins in 1933 in an Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 partnered with Phillipe Varent, and again in 1949 in a Ferrari Tipo 166 MM driving for Ferrari with [[Jean Lucas (racing driver)|Jean Lucas]].

He also posted wins at the Paris 12 Hours; once in 1948 in a Ferrari Tipo 166 SC, and again in 1950 in a Tipo 166 MM teamed with Jean Lucas.

In 1951, he was the riding mechanic in the [[Ferrari 212]] that won the grueling [[Carrera Panamericana]] race, a {{convert|2100|mi|km|sing=on}}, five-day competition across [[Mexico]]. Chinetti appeared in the Carrera Panamericana three more times in subsequent years, with the highest finish being a third place in 1952.

== Racing record ==
===Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-Drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}
! {{Tooltip|Class<br>Pos.|Class Position}}
|-style="font-weight:bold"
! {{24hLM|1932}}
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Raymond Sommer
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Raymond Sommer]]
|align=left| [[Alfa Romeo 8C|Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 LM]]
| 5.0*
| 218
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st
|-
! align=left| {{24hLM|1933}}
|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Alfa Romeo Motorsport|Soc. An. Alfa Romeo]]
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe de Gunzbourg]]
|align=left| [[Alfa Romeo 8C|Alfa Romeo 8C 2300]]
| 5.0*
| 233
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''2nd'''
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''2nd'''
|-style="font-weight:bold"
! {{24hLM|1934}}
|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Luigi Chinetti
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe Étancelin]]
|align=left| Alfa Romeo 8C 2300
| 3.0
| 213
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
|-
! {{24hLM|1935}}
|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Luigi Chinetti
|align=left| {{flagicon|MON}} [[Jacques Gastaud]]
|align=left| Alfa Romeo 8C 2300
| 3.0
| 116
|colspan=2|DNF
|-
! {{24hLM|1937}}
|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Luigi Chinetti
|align=left| {{flagicon|MON}} [[Louis Chiron]]
|align=left| Talbot T150C
| 5.0
| 7
|colspan=2|DNF
|-
! {{24hLM|1938}}
|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Luigi Chinetti
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe Étancelin
|align=left| Talbot T1500 SS Coupé
| 5.0
| 66
|colspan=2|DNF
|-
! {{24hLM|1939}}
|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Luigi Chinetti
|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Taso Mathieson]]
|align=left| Talbot T26
| 5.0
| 102
|colspan=2|DNF<br>(Contact)
|-style="font-weight:bold"
! {{24hLM|1949}}
|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Lord Selsdon
|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Peter Mitchell-Thomson]], [[Baron Selsdon]]
|align=left| [[Ferrari 166MM]]
| S2.0
| 235
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st
|-
! {{24hLM|1950}}
|align=left| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Luigi Chinetti
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre Louis-Dreyfus]]
|align=left| [[Ferrari 195|Ferrari 195 Sport]]
| S3.0
| 121
|colspan=2|DNF<br>(Transmission)
|-
! {{24hLM|1951}}
|align=left| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Luigi Chinetti
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean Lucas (racing driver)|Jean Lucas]]
|align=left| [[Ferrari 340 America]]
| S5.0
| 246
| 8th
| 5th
|-
! {{24hLM|1952}}
|align=left| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Luigi Chinetti
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Lucas
|align=left| Ferrari 340 America
| S5.0
| 250
|colspan=2|DSQ<br>(Early refuel)
|-
! {{24hLM|1953}}
|align=left| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Luigi Chinetti
|align=left| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Tom Cole (racing driver)|Tom Cole]]
|align=left| [[Ferrari 340MM|Ferrari 340MM Spider]]
| S5.0
| 175
|colspan=2|DNF<br>(Fatal accident - Cole)
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref>{{cite web|title=Luigi Chinetti (I-USA)|url=https://www.24h-en-piste.com/en/AfficherPilote.php?Pilote=496|work=24h-en-piste.com|access-date=28 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Luigi Chinetti|url=https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/track-record/driver/luigi-chinetti-5009|publisher=[[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]]|access-date=28 May 2025}}</ref>}}}}
|}

*<small>'''Note *''': equivalent class for supercharging, with x1.4 modifier to engine capacity.</small>

===Complete 12 Hours of Sebring results===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-Drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}
! {{Tooltip|Class<br>Pos.|Class Position}}
|-
| [[1950 12 Hours of Sebring|1950]]
|align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Briggs Cunningham]]
|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alfredo Momo
|align=left| [[Ferrari 195 S]]
|S3.0
|104
| 7th
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st'''
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref name=RSCResults>{{cite web|title=Complete Archive of Luigi Chinetti|url=https://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/archive/Luigi-Chinetti-I.html|work=Racing Sports Cars|page=[https://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/archive/Luigi-Chinetti-I.html?page=2 2]|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>}}}}
|}

===Complete Carrera Panamericana results===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-Drivers/Navigator
! Car
! Class
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}
! {{Tooltip|Class<br />Pos.|Class Position}}
|-
| [[1951 Carrera Panamericana|1951]]
|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Centro Deportivo Italiano
|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Piero Taruffi]]
|align=left| [[Ferrari 212 Inter]] Vignale
| -
|colspan=2 style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st'''
|-
| [[1952 Carrera Panamericana|1952]]
|align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Industrias 1-2-3
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean Lucas (racing driver)|Jean Lucas]]
|align=left| [[Ferrari 340|Ferrari 340 Mexico Vignale Berlinetta]]
|S
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| '''3rd'''
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| '''3rd'''
|-
| [[1953 Carrera Panamericana|1953]]
|align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Scuderia Guastalla
|align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alfonso de Portago]]
|align=left| [[Ferrari 375 MM|Ferrari 375 MM Vignale Spyder]]
|S+1.6
|colspan=2|DNF<br>(Over time limit;<br>engine)
|-
| [[1954 Carrera Panamericana|1954]]
|align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} John Shakespeare
|align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} John Shakespeare
|align=left| [[Ferrari 375 MM|Ferrari 375 MM Pinin Farina]]
|S+1.5
| 6th
| 4th
|-
!colspan="7"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref name=RSCResults/>}}}}
|}

=== World Sportscar Championship results ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"
|- class="background color5"
! Season
! Team
! Race car
! style="width:2.5em"| 1
! style="width:2.5em"| 2
! style="width:2.5em"| 3
! style="width:2.5em"| 4
! style="width:2.5em"| 5
! style="width:2.5em"| 6
! style="width:2.5em"| 7
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[1953 World Sportscar Championship|1953]]
! rowspan="2"| Luigi Chinetti<br>Scuderia Gustalla
! rowspan="2"| [[Ferrari 340 MM]]<br>[[Ferrari 375 MM]]
| [[1953 12 Hours of Sebring|USA]]
| [[1953 Mille Miglia|ITA]]
| [[1953 24 Hours of Le Mans|FRA]]
| [[1953 Spa 24 Hours|BEL]]
| [[1953 1000km of Nürburgring|DEU]]
| [[1953 RAC Tourist Trophy|UK]]
| [[1953 Carrera Panamericana|MEX]]
|-
|
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| <small>DNF</small>
|
|
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| <small>DNF</small>
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[1954 World Sportscar Championship|1954]]
! rowspan="2"| John Shakespeare
! rowspan="2"| [[Ferrari 375 MM]]
| [[1954 1000 km Buenos Aires|ARG]]
| [[1954 12 Hours of Sebring|USA]]
| [[1954 Mille Miglia|ITA]]
| [[1954 24 Hours of Le Mans|FRA]]
| [[1954 RAC Tourist Trophy|UK]]
| [[1954 Carrera Panamericana|MEX]]
| 
|-
|
| 
|
| 
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 6
|
|-
!colspan="10"|{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref name=RSCResults/><ref>{{cite web|title=Luigi Chinetti|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/luigi-chinetti/|work=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]|access-date=28 May 2025}}</ref>}}}}
|}

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<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|last1=Siano|first1=Joseph|title=Luigi Chinetti Sr., 93, Automobile Importer and Champion Racer|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/20/obituaries/luigi-chinetti-sr-93-automobile-importer-and-champion-racer.html|access-date=April 15, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 20, 1994}}</ref>

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<ref name="imrrc-bio">{{cite web |last=Lynch |first=Michael |url=https://www.racingarchives.org/blogpost/luigi-chinetti-master-of-the-mechanical-arts/ |title=Luigi Chinetti, Master of the Mechanical Arts |website=www.racingarchives.org }}</ref>

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<ref name="sothebys-365nart">{{cite web |date=18 January 2019 |url=https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/az19/arizona/lots/r0097-1971-ferrari-365-gtb4-daytona-nart-spider-by-michelotti/732217 |title=1971 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona NART Spider by Michelotti |website=rmsothebys.com }}</ref>

<ref name="nyt-jul1963">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Mamie S. Reynolds Married in Chapel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/07/28/archives/mamie-s-reynolds-married-in-chapel.html |work=New York Times |date=28 July 1963 }}</ref>

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<ref name="wp-obit">{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=22 August 1994 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1994/08/22/deaths/2b5604b7-1c54-4a7c-99ed-b4d3f8a93526/ |title=LUIGI CHINETTI SR. — Race Driver |website=www.washingtonpost.com }}</ref>

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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last=Newman |first=Robert John |date=15 May 2014 |title=Motor Racing Heroes: The Stories of 100 Greats |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BQD3AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5 |publisher=Veloce Publishing |isbn=978-1845847487 }}

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