The #38-2 Deauchenan (or Deschano) Frontenac
and its
Driver |
Owner / Driver |
Tullio Mark “Toots” Campo & Rocco Binaggio |
|
1904 - 1984 |
1903 - 1951 |
Photo from the Mike Cline collection
Toots Campo
“Toots” Campo was born “Marco Tullio Campo” on November 3, 1904 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was a son of Paolo Campo (1859-1933) and Marianna (Siano) Campo (1872-1956) who had immigrated from Italy to America in 1882. By 1910, the Campo family moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming but they had returned to Kansas City, Missouri by 1920.
The 5’ 9” Campo is shown above behind the wheel of a #38-2 Deauchenan (or Deschano) powered by a Frontenac engine, before the races at the Ozark State Fair at Carthage, Missouri on August 8, 1930. The car was owned by Rocco Binaggio who was also from Kansas City, Missouri. This was the fastest car in time trials that day at Carthage, Missouri, but a flat tire forced it out of the heat race and engine trouble ended Campo’s feature race hopes.
Sometime before 1935, Campo moved back to Cheyenne, Wyoming and married Iza Merle, whose maiden name is unknown. By 1940, Toots had married Wanda Lee Jacobs (1909-1987) and found work as an auto mechanic at the Tyrrell Chevrolet Company in Cheyenne.
Campo passed away at Wheatland, Wyoming in May of 1984 and is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery at Cheyenne, Wyoming. Wanda Campo was buried beside him three years later.
Rocco Binaggio
Rocco Binaggio was born on August 9, 1903 at Beaumont, Texas, the second of five children born to Vito Binaggia and Lena (Congialosa) Binaggia (c1877-1937). Veto was a cobbler who had immigrated to America from Italy in 1899 while Lena had immigrated to America from Italy in 1901. After spending the late 1920s racing cars professionally in the Eastern United States, Rocco Binaggio became a member of the Charles Binaggio crime family in Kansas City. Charles Binaggio was a younger brother of Rocco Binaggio’s.
Rocco Binaggio was first married in 1939 in Kansas City to Mary K. Lombardio (1912-1939) who was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head just six weeks after the wedding. It was never officially determined if she was of a victim of suicide or a homicide.
Binaggio was married to his second wife, Josephine Matacio, in Kansas City in 1949. He passed away in Jefferson County, Texas on March 6, 1951 and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park at Beaumont, Texas.
Races that Toots Campo and Rocco Binaggio are known to have Competed in
The automobile was a #38-2 Deauchenan (or Deschano) Frontenac engine and owned by Rocco Binaggio in most of these races. If they were driving some other car, the color of that row has been changed.
Date |
Driver |
Car Owner |
Racetrack |
Place |
Races Sanctioned by |
Race Promoter |
Campo’s Known Race Results |
Feature Winner |
Winner From |
Winning Car |
June 5, 1926 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Mount Holly Fairgrounds |
Mount Holly, New Jersey |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
June 12, 1926 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Ormstown Fairgrounds |
Ormstown, Quebec, Canada |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
July 3, 1926 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
North Adams Fairgrounds |
North Adams, Massachusetts |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
July 5, 1926 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
North Adams Fairgrounds |
North Adams, Massachusetts |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
August 17, 1926 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Oneida County Fairgrounds |
Rome, New York |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
August 20, 1926 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Caledonia County Fairgrounds |
St. Johnsbury, Vermont |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
Tied with Tony Galliano for 3rd in time trials 2nd to Tony Galliano in 3rd heat 3rd in the feature behind Tony Galliano |
Bob Robinson |
Benson Springs, Florida |
American Fiat |
August 28, 1926 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Twin-State Fairgrounds |
White River Junction, Vermont |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
September 6, 1926 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Harrisburg Fairgrounds |
Paxtang, Pennsylvania |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
September 7, 1926 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Harrisburg Fairgrounds |
Paxtang, Pennsylvania |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
Harry Davies |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
- |
September 11, 1926 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Vermont State Fairgrounds |
Rutland, Vermont |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
September 17, 1926 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Altamont Fairgrounds |
Altamont, New York |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
September 18, 1926* |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Reading Fairgrounds |
Reading, Pennsylvania |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
Bob Robinson |
Salerno, Florida |
Salerno special (Dodge) |
October 2, 1926 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Hanover Fairgrounds |
Hanover, Pennsylvania |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
October 9, 1926 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
York Fairgrounds |
York, Pennsylvania |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
Campo’s name does not appear in the published results of these races. |
Bob Robinson |
Salerno, Florida |
Salerno special (Dodge) |
October 16, 1926 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Central Carolina Fairgrounds |
Greensboro, North Carolina |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
May 30, 1927 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Riverhead Fairgrounds |
Riverhead, New York |
American Automobile Association (A.A.A.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
1st in time trials 4th in feature behind Bud Campbell |
Bob Robinson |
Salerno, Florida |
Salerno special (Dodge) |
June 18, 1927 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Eddie Sejnost |
Mineola Fairgrounds |
Mineola, New York |
American Automobile Association (A.A.A.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
Binaggio drove the Richards Junior special 1st in heat over Bub Campbell 4th in feature behind Fred Yonally |
Ray Keech |
Coatesville, Pennsylvania |
Yagle Miller |
June 25, 1927 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Richmond Fairgrounds |
Richmond, Virginia |
American Automobile Association (A.A.A.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
5th in feature behind Barney Overton |
Bob Robinson |
Salerno, Florida |
Salerno special (Dodge) |
July 23, 1927 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Lancaster Fairgrounds |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
American Automobile Association (A.A.A.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
1st in the 6-lap heat race 3rd heat race 3rd in the 20-lap Rose Bud Sweepstakes race behind Bud Campbell |
Bob Robinson |
Salerno, Florida |
Salerno special (Dodge) |
July 30, 1927 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Kent-Sussex Fairgrounds |
Harrington, Delaware |
American Automobile Association (A.A.A.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
4th in feature behind Jimmy Patterson |
Billy Winn |
Kansas City, Missouri |
Dodge |
August 20, 1927 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Orange County Fairgrounds |
Middletown, New York |
American Automobile Association (A.A.A.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
September 5, 1927 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Waterloo Fairgrounds |
Waterloo, New York |
American Automobile Association (A.A.A.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
September 10, 1927 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Indianapolis State Fairgrounds |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
American Automobile Association (A.A.A.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
Lou Schneider |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
Woodbury Miller |
September 16, 1927 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Altamont Fairgrounds |
Altamont, New York |
American Automobile Association (A.A.A.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
September 17, 1927 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Mineola Fairgrounds |
Mineola, New York |
American Automobile Association (A.A.A.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
Rick Decker |
Staten Island, New York |
#41 |
September 24, 1927 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Tennessee State Fairgrounds |
Nashville, Tennessee |
American Automobile Association (A.A.A.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
Harry Lewis |
Chicago, Illinois |
Dodge |
October 1, 1927 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Waterloo Fairgrounds |
Waterloo, New York |
American Automobile Association (A.A.A.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
October 8, 1927 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Bloomsburg Fairgrounds |
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania |
American Automobile Association (A.A.A.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
Norval DeLelys |
Seneca Falls, New York |
- |
October 8, 1927 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
York Fairgrounds |
York, Pennsylvania |
American Automobile Association (A.A.A.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
Races canceled due to a muddy racetrack |
- |
- |
- |
October 15, 1927 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Central Carolina Fairgrounds |
Greensboro, North Carolina |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
August 17, 1928 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Kingston Fairgrounds |
Kingston, New York |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
August 25, 1928 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Canadian Exhibition |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
Ralph de Palma |
South Pasadena, California |
#1 de Palma Miller |
August 30, 1928 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Republic County Fairgrounds |
Belleville, Kansas |
- |
Harley L. Pierce |
4th fastest in time trials behind Harry Gage Was not injured when he crashed into the fence on the 4th lap of the 10-lap Class A heat |
Pat Cunningham |
St. Joseph, Missouri |
#700 B & B special Supercharged Ford Frontenac |
September 3, 1928 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Paxtang Fairgrounds |
Paxtang, Pennsylvania |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
September 3, 1928 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Warren Exposition Place |
Warren, Pennsylvania |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
Mack McClure |
|
#100 McClure Frontenac |
September 8, 1928 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Chautauqua County Fairgrounds |
Dunkirk, New York |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
Ralph de Palma |
South Pasadena, California |
#1 de Palma Miller |
September 15, 1928 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Kansas Free Fairgrounds |
Topeka, Kansas |
International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A.) |
-- |
Was not injured when his car left the racetrack In the middle of the west turn and overturned during the consolation race. |
Swan Peterson |
Galesburg, Illinois |
#11 Peterson Fronty Ford |
September 17, 1928 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Kansas State Fairgrounds |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
W. W. Bowen & Don C. Olney |
1st in the 6-car, 10-lap Class A heat over Pat Cunningham in 5:27.8 |
Rex Edmonds |
Houston, Texas |
#77 Chevrolet |
|
September 21, 1928 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Kansas State Fairgrounds |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
- |
W. W. Bowen & Don C. Olney |
Led the 1st 7 laps of the 10-lap Class A heat before engine trouble forced him to the pits. |
Jim White |
Sharon Springs, Kansas |
#28 White special Frontenac |
September 21, 1928 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Kansas State Fairgrounds |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
- |
W. W. Bowen & Don C. Olney |
Binaggio drove his own Model A Ford coupe 1st in 4-lap stock car race ahead of F. J. McFadden |
Rocco Binaggio |
Kansas City, Missouri |
Model A Ford coupe |
October 22, 1928 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
North Carolina State Fairgrounds |
Raleigh, North Carolina |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
- |
- |
- |
November 3, 1928 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Spartanburg County Fairgrounds |
Spartanburg, South Carolina |
National Motor Contest Board (N.M.C.B.) |
Ralph A. Hankinson |
- |
Bob Robinson |
Salerno, Florida |
|
July 4, 1929** |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Kansas State Fairgrounds |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
- |
W. W. Bowen |
2nd fastest time in time trials behind George Barringer 2nd in the Class A heat behind George Barringer |
George Barringer |
Los Angeles, California |
#21 |
July 4, 1929 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Rocco Binaggio |
Kansas State Fairgrounds |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
- |
W. W. Bowen |
Binaggio drove his own Model A Ford coupe 1st in 10-lap stock car feature over Red Gardner in 6:42.0 |
Rocco Binaggio |
Kansas City, Missouri |
Model A Ford coupe |
August 24, 1929 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Missouri State Fairgrounds |
Sedalia, Missouri |
- |
- |
2nd in time trials running 1-lap in 50.2 which was slower than Sam Hoffman’s lap of 48.2. 3rd in the 5-mile classic behind Sam Hoffman and Augusts “Cotton” Grable. 2nd in a 3-mile match race behind Augusts “Cotton” Grable. 2nd in the 50-mile sweepstakes behind Sam Hoffman. (Campo was relieved by Pat “Skinny” Jones for the final 26 miles.) |
Sam Hoffman |
Sioux City, Iowa |
Fronty Ford |
September 21, 1929 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Senter Park |
Franklin, Nebraska |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
June 29, 1930 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Creve Coeur Lake Speedway |
Upper Creve Coeur, Missouri |
- |
- |
- |
Howdy Wilcox |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
#1 Fronty Ford |
August 8, 1930 |
Toots Campo |
Rocco Binaggio |
Ozark State Fairgrounds |
Carthage, Missouri |
- |
- |
1st in time trials running 1-lap in 32.6. Dropped out of the 3rd 8-lap heat with a flat tire. Lost to Happy Fox in the straw-hat derby. Dropped out of the 8-lap, 10-car sweepstakes with engine trouble. |
P. C. “Dad” Harrier |
Hiawatha, Kansas |
#52 Fronty Ford |
If you know anything more about Tullio Mark “Toots” Campo, Rocco Binaggio, or their Deauchenan (or Deschano) automobile, please contact Bob Lawrence at sprintguy @ cox.net.
* The winner of two out of three heat races between Toots Campo and “Benny” Galliano (who was probably an alias for driver Tony Gilliano). The victor was to receive the right to marry an unnamed girl from Kansas City, Missouri who had consented to the marriage. This was almost certainly a promotional gimmick that had been worked out between the two drivers and the promoter as such promotional gimmicks were common at auto races of the era. The ploy must have been successful as the races were run before a large crowd although the results of those races have yet to be located.
** Toots Campo’s name was used in prerace promotional advertising for races run on July 4, 1929 at the West Madison Speedway at Arkansas City, Kansas but he did not show up to compete in those races.
Thank you:
Michael Ferner and Trevon Richard