11/27/2023 0 Comments Extreme race in cordoba![]() ![]() The first two Argentine events were known as Rally Codasur (Codasur being the collective governing body of South American motorsport – Confederacion Deportiva Automovilismo Sudamericana) and run out of Tucumán in the north of the country.ĭespite being run in the middle of a southern hemisphere winter, that first ever WRC counter – a Monday-Thursday affair in late July – was won in dry and warm conditions by Walter Röhrl and his Fiat 131 Abarth. Admittedly, there weren’t many European-spec rallies, but marathon events were increasingly popular – including the transcontinental London-Mexico which passed through both Buenos Aires and Bariloche in 1970.Ī decade on from Hannu Mikkola’s victory at the wheel of a Daily Telegraph-backed Ford Escort 1850 GT, the World Rally Championship arrived in Argentina (and then Brazil for two years in 1981/82). Rallying was well known in central and southern America as well. The history? The first Formula 1 world championship race win for a rear-engined car. ![]() Juan Manuel and José Froilán were consulted and a patch of land in the Buenos Aires suburbs, south-west of the city, were found and the Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez (named after the Gálvez racing brothers) was opened in 1052.įangio was a regular winner, but wider motorsport history was made at the 1958 Argentine Grand Prix which was won by Sir Stirling Moss driving a Cooper-Climax. Much of the early scene was dominated by closed-road races, known as ‘temporadas’ from town-to-town.Ī more formal approach was taken when the country’s then-president Juan Péron wanted to give racing a permanent home. With names like Fangio, González and Reutemann to worship, it’s little wonder motorsport developed rapidly in Argentina.
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