User:Salvo cachia

SALVO CACHIA (RACE & STUNT DRIVER)...born 7th january 1959).is a racing driver from rochdale ,england.   His motor racing career started at the age of 9 when he entered his first kart race and came in 5th. After racing karts for 2 years salvo progressed onto 2 wheels racing in the auto cycle union star riders series taking 3 podium finnishes out of the 12 race series.

aged 14 salvo turned his attention to his football career which ended in 1981 with a knee injury after a promising start as a proffesional player with  FC ZURRICH.

1987 saw salvo return to 4 wheels in the form of stock cars...taking several race and championship wins over the next few years also carrying out several dangerous car stunts " for a laugh " along with a 16 car..car jump for the "GRANADA TELETHON" charity and a world record bus jump at the sheffield owlerton stadium & buxton raceway.

1994 saw salvo make the british super stock car team which took part in the world & european championships at the palais omnisports in paris, france. 1999 saw salvo take his first european super stock title, then again in 2004 along with the world title then in 2007 the european title again.

having raced radicals in their first year salvo gained some sports car race experience but it is the hard core super stock cars that salvo relishes.

salvo has done several small motor stunts for tv through one of the agencies he works for as a brand communicator. SALVO has made appearances at the autosport international in the "RACING4CHARITY" celebrity kart race over the last 4 years.