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Dracone finished the race 3 laps down in 22nd place.

The race saw Dracone spin off track close to the finish and he was credited with 20th place.

The vessels were given the name "dracone" as it was "the nearest word in Greek for a mythical monster such as a sea serpent."

Dracone began racing professionally in the Italian Formula Three Championship in 2002.

Francesco Dracone (born September 21, 1983 in Turin) is an Italian racing driver.

The Dracone Barge was invented in 1956 by Professor William Hawthorne as a new type of oil tanker.

It usually refers to the Dacian heraldic symbol and also their fighting flag named dracone which was a flying, wolf-headed dragon.

A Dracone Barge is a large flexible watertight tube intended to carry a liquid cargo while towed mostly-submerged behind a ship.

(The name Dracone is allegedly a reference to Frank Herbert's Dragon in the Sea science fiction novel which featured this kind of tanker.)

Twenty Dracone barges were built in the first two years, in sizes ranging from 15 to 320 tons, and used to transport petroleum to the Isle of Wight.

One such barge is called the Dracone Barge invented in 1956 and another similar type is called the Spragg Bag invented in the 1980s.

The team finished 3rd in the ALMS P2 class (44th overall), despite having to replace Dracone with Jan Heylen just 12 hours before the race due to illness.

The oil shortage following the Suez Crisis and Hawthorne's interest in energy matters led to his invention and development of Dracone flexible barges for transporting oil, fresh water, or other liquids.

The technology of the submarines towing large bags filled with the surreptitiously pumped oil described in the books may have been an inspiration for the invention called the Dracone for which development started in the year following Herbert's serial.

Conquest Racing planned to continue running both drivers for the remainder of the season but replaced Romancini with Francesco Dracone at Mid-Ohio and Infineon due to Romancini's lack of sponsorship.

On February 24, 2012, the Conquest Endurance racing team announced Plowman, David Heinemeier Hansson, and Francesco Dracone as co-drivers for the team's brand new entry in the LMP2 division of the American LeMans Series for the 2012 season.