Editing Piero Drogo (section)

== Early life ==
Piero Drogo was born in [[Vignale Monferrato]] on 8 August 1926 to father Luigi Drogo and mother Rosina Monzeglio. His parents were farmers. Before or immediately after [[World War II]] he moved to Venezuela,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last1=Koobs de Hartog|first1=Jack|title=Drogo: Official Coachbuilder of the Scuderia Ferrari|last2=De Rijck|first2=Mark|publisher=Jack Koobs de Hartog|year=2015|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>{{Rp|9}} along with members of his family.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Allen|date=15 November 2015|title=Piero Drogo|url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Piero_Drogo|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 January 2021|website=OldRacingCars.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=COACHBUILD.COM – Drogo Carrozzeria Sports Cars|url=https://www.coachbuild.com/2/index.php/encyclopedia/coachbuilders-models/category/drogo-carrozzeria-sports-cars|access-date=16 January 2021|website=coachbuild.com|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122041653/https://www.coachbuild.com/2/index.php/encyclopedia/coachbuilders-models/category/drogo-carrozzeria-sports-cars|url-status=dead}}</ref> While in Venezuela, he began his career as a [[sports car racing]] driver. His first recorded result was at the 1956 Premio Nacional Ciudad de Maracay in Venezuela, where he placed first overall driving a [[Mercedes-Benz 300 SL]].

In 1958, Drogo returned to Italy and began living in Modena, where he would remain for the rest of his life. In the late 1950s, he worked as a racing mechanic for [[Automobili Stanguellini|Stanguellini]] to support his racing career.<ref name=":2" />

Drogo married Anna Pia Fornaciari, a nurse from Modena, on 5 December 1959.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|12}}