Piero Dusio was an Italian soccer player, businessman and racing driver.

Dusio was born at Scurzolengo

Scurzolengo

Scurzolengo is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km east of Turin and about 10 km northeast of Asti. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 617 and an area of 5.3 km²....

, province of Asti

Province of Asti

The Province of Asti is a province in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Asti. To the north west it borders on the province of Turin; to the south west it borders on the province of Cuneo. To the east it borders on the province of Alessandria, while in the south it...

. His active soccer career (three games for Juventus 1921-22) ended in a knee injury, after which he started a textile business (oil cloth), which evolved into sporting goods as well as becoming supplier of military uniforms. He raced in the Mille Miglia

Mille Miglia

The Mille Miglia was an open-road endurance race which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 ....

 (1929–38), was sixth in 1936 Italian Grand Prix

1936 Italian Grand Prix

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, winning a class victory (50th overall) in Mille Miglia

Mille Miglia

The Mille Miglia was an open-road endurance race which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 ....

 in a Siata

Siata

Siata , was an Italian tuning shop turned automaker founded in 1926 by amateur racecar driver Giorgio Ambrosini....

 500cc (1937), and formed the Scuderia Torino (1939).
He commissioned Dante Giacosa

Dante Giacosa

Dante Giacosa was an Italian car designer. His work covered a large range from minicars to sports cars, using all the different layouts as and when they were the best solution at the time to meet the design parameters....

 of Fiat

Fiat

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 to develop a racing car (1944), and formed the «Consorzio Industriale Sportiva Italia» (1944).