Argentinian Turismo Carretera

[Mekola]

Do not forget Parga hairpin... where the battle Castellano-Ledesma started at the end of lap 17 to conclude in the Salotto curve on the next lap in favour of the Chevy driver.

BTW Buenos Aires is one of the very few tracks I knew that has two sectors named after motorsports journalists (Alberto Salotto in the big curve around the lake and Alfredo Parga in the hairpin area).

[Belatti]

Boring race at the new Neuquen track this april 18th.

Ugalde the winner, Lopez with gear problems and Ledesma (17th) as championship leader.

In the TC Pista race, Sebastian Porto, once Moto 250cc winner and title contender against Dani Pedrosa and Lorenzo, won his first race.

[Belatti]

Originally Posted by FIRE

Next Turismo Carretera race at Neuquen (don't say this word to a Dutch speaking man ) at April 18.

What does Neuquen means?

[Dani Filth]

highlights of the Buenos Aires race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ2KgLrK47A

[NaBUru38]

According to Corsa, 2010 TC champion Emanuel Moriatis wants to test a Nascar Nationwide car next June and race at least six times in 2011.

[Belatti]

Good race the one from Termas de Rio Honda

results:

http://www.turismocarretera.com/modu...at=1&idround=8

The winner was Rossi

[Belatti]

A NEW RECORD FOR TC QUALIFYING!!!

36 cars - 1 second
45 cars - 1.2 seconds

Where in the world can you see 4 different chasis, 3 different engines and 36 drivers between 1 second?

Pos. Nº PILOTO MARCA Vtas. TIEMPO DIF.

1 2 ALTUNA, MARIANO CHEVROLET 0 01:32.730

2 18 WERNER, MARIANO FORD 0 01:32.740 0.010

3 13 ROSSI, MATÃ*AS CHEVROLET 0 01:32.769 0.039

4 31 BONELLI, PRóSPERO FORD 0 01:32.780 0.050

5 17 PONCE DE LEóN, GABRIEL FORD 0 01:32.806 0.076

6 10 SILVA, JUAN MANUEL FORD 0 01:32.869 0.139

7 49 PERNÃ*A, LEONEL CHEVROLET 0 01:32.981 0.251

8 23 GIANINI, JUAN PABLO FORD 0 01:33.046 0.316

9 5 AVENTIN, DIEGO FORD 0 01:33.098 0.368

10 1 MORIATIS, EMANUEL FORD 0 01:33.144 0.414

11 100 LARRAURI, LEONEL DODGE 5 01:33.155 0.425

12 20 DE BENEDICTIS, JUAN BAUTISTA FORD 0 01:33.176 0.446

13 69 TREBBIANI, JORGE DODGE 5 01:33.181 0.451

14 28 JUAN, MAXIMILIANO FORD 0 01:33.216 0.486

15 14 MARTÃ*NEZ, OMAR FORD 0 01:33.246 0.516

16 6 FONTANA, NORBERTO TORINO 0 01:33.297 0.567

17 9 CASTELLANO, JONATAN DODGE 0 01:33.353 0.623

18 22 ALAUX, SERGIO CHEVROLET 0 01:33.377 0.647

19 32 SAVINO, JOSé FORD 0 01:33.384 0.654

20 4 ORTELLI, GUILLERMO CHEVROLET 0 01:33.396 0.666

21 35 FALASCHI, GUIDO FORD 0 01:33.409 0.679

22 36 ANGELINI, JUAN MARCOS DODGE 0 01:33.413 0.683

23 7 LEDESMA, CHRISTIAN CHEVROLET 0 01:33.438 0.708

24 30 NOLESI, MATHIAS FORD 0 01:33.461 0.731

25 3 LóPEZ, JOSé MARÃ*A CHEVROLET 0 01:33.483 0.753

26 24 BASSO, MARTÃ*N TORINO 0 01:33.515 0.785

27 16 TANONI, OMAR FORD 0 01:33.520 0.790

28 77 ZUGHELLA, GABRIEL FORD 5 01:33.552 0.822

29 8 UGALDE, LIONEL FORD 0 01:33.555 0.825

30 21 SPATARO, EMILIANO CHEVROLET 0 01:33.580 0.850

31 11 CANAPINO, AGUSTÃ*N CHEVROLET 0 01:33.587 0.857

32 26 CATALáN MAGNI, JULIO DODGE 0 01:33.598 0.868

33 29 ROBBIANI, ARIEL DODGE 0 01:33.643 0.913

34 40 OKULOVICH, CARLOS CHEVROLET 0 01:33.663 0.933

35 88 PONTE, MARTÃ*N TORINO 5 01:33.707 0.977

36 15 CIANTINI, JOSé CHEVROLET 0 01:33.768 1.038

37 95 ALONSO, FEDERICO CHEVROLET 5 01:33.816 1.086

38 25 VERNA, RAFAEL FORD 0 01:33.817 1.087

39 47 PISANDELLI, PEDRO TORINO 5 01:33.899 1.169

40 37 PICHINI , MAURO FORD 0 01:33.908 1.178

41 175 URRETAVIZCAYA, TOMáS DODGE 5 01:33.967 1.237

42 86 SOLÃ*S, GUSTAVO FORD 5 01:33.970 1.240

43 43 DOSE, CHRISTIAN CHEVROLET 0 01:33.992 1.262

44 78 BUGLIOTTI, MARCELO CHEVROLET 5 01:34.003 1.27345 12 JALAF, MATÃ*AS FORD 0 01:34.004 1.274

[HdP]

Termas de Rio Hondo, last sunday.

TC Pista final, TC series and final.

http://es.justin.tv/awaras119/b/263480298

[Dani Filth]

Originally Posted by Belatti

A NEW RECORD FOR TC QUALIFYING!!!

36 cars - 1 second
45 cars - 1.2 seconds

Where in the world can you see 4 different chasis, 3 different engines and 36 drivers between 1 second?

In Moto2 .. sort of

[NaBUru38]

Moto2 has a spec engine and professional drivers. TC has three totally different engines (not to mention chassis and bodies) and drivers ranging from professional to amateur.

[Dani Filth]

I did say "sort of" ..

[Belatti]

Yep, Dani said sort of... well, maybe cause of his lycanthroat voice we just heared anything

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

Moto2 has a spec engine and professional drivers. TC has three totally different engines (not to mention chassis and bodies) and drivers ranging from professional to amateur.

However, engines are strongly ecualizated by the ACTC year after year and every advantage one engine gets they automatically reduce the compresion ratio to it.

[HdP]

Stream TC Round 6: Rafaela qualifying here:

http://es.justin.tv/hd21#r=CW7qRQ0~

[Belatti]

Castellano and his orange Dodge finally got their deserved win at Rafaela oval (with chicanes) this last sunday.

http://www.turismocarretera.com/modu...w/?idnews=4899

[Belatti]

Emiliano Spataro, the two times TRV6 champion, finally got a deserved win this last sunday in Posadas TC race.

http://www.turismocarretera.com/modu...ults/index.php

He was running 2nd after Gabriel Ponce de Leon that had pole position on saturday, won his sprint race and was leading until something in the suspension broke, but he is still leading the championship.

[Belatti]

Good news for TC fans!!!

Next sunday 4th of July the will race in Buenos Aires but without the chicane in the "Ciervo S" at the end of the main straight.

This will make the cars reach faster speeds before "Salotto" big curve



From google earth it may not look that tight, but the chicane has huge curbs and obliges the cars to brake a lot more...

[Mekola]

Buenos Aires race is in course, MatÃ*as Rossi got the pole and won the first heat. Second heat was taken over by Emanuel Moriatis. Third heat is about to go.

Meanwhile, José MarÃ*a López continues his dismal 2010 TC season after a spinoff caused by fuel pump problems at Parga hairpin just before the end of 2nd heat.

[Mekola]

Third heat won by Norberto Fontana; two hours remaining for the final race.

[Belatti]

The 2nd win for the season to Rossi, who controlled the race with no problems.

2nd place to Gabriel Ponce de Leon, who leads the championship but still has no final race win, wich he needs to clinch the 2010 "copa de oro" (golden Cup playoffs)

[Belatti]

And now finally Ponce de Leon had the much needed win in the Rio Cuarto track at Cordoba to fight for the championship.

The 2nd in the race, Gabriel Werner was disqualified due to technical issues after the race (his engine had 2 cylinders with 0,1 higher compression than what is allowed and even the average was still high enough to end with empty hands)

News and results here:

http://www.actc.org.ar/modules/results/?cat=1&idround=8

[Belatti]

This weekend defined the 12 racers that will go for the "Copa de Oro" (Golden Cup).

Marcos Angelini in a Dodge was the winner and this allowed him to enter the playoffs in the 12th place just 1 point ahead of Martinez and 2 points ahead of Silva.

1º 17 Ponce De Leon Gabriel 189.00

2º 1 Moriatis Emanuel 126.00

3º 7 Ledesma Christian 125.00

4º 20 De Benedictis J. Bautista 115.50

5º 11 Canapino Agustin 114.50

6º 9 Castellano Jonatan 113.00

7º 13 Rossi Matias 110.50

8º 5 Aventin Diego 107.00

9º 2 Altuna Mariano 104.00

10º 18 Werner Mariano 98.50

11º 8 Ugalde Lionel 97.00

12º 36 Angelini Juan Marcos 96.50

[NaBUru38]

El Pato Silva has had a terrible year both in TC and TC2000.

[Belatti]

Results for this weekend in Parana:

The heats were won by Werner, Altuna and Canapino.

Final race:

1° 2 Mariano Altuna 38:59.049
2° 18 Mariano Werner 38:59.193 0.144
3° 13 Matias Rossi 38:59.473 0.424
4° 11 Agustin Canapino 38:59.756 0.707
5° 8 Lionel Ugalde 39:00.940 1.892
6° 17 Gabriel Ponce De Leon 39:01.168 2.119
7° 6 Norberto Fontana 39:01.905 2.856
8° 10 J. Manuel Silva 39:02.266 3.217
9° 1 Emanuel Moriatis 39:02.833 3.785
10° 44 Nestor Girolami 39:16.967 17.918


There are only 2 races to go (La Plata and Buenos Aires) and there are 10 drivers with realistic chances of winning the playoff.

1 18 Werner M. 64,5
2 8 Ugalde L. 50
3 2 Altuna M . 48,5
4 11 Canapino A. 46,5
5 10 13 Rossi M. 35
6 17 P. de León G. 33,5
7 7 Ledesma C. 33,5
8 5 Aventin D. 33
9 1 Moriatis E. 32
10 9 Castellano J. 30,5

and 11 with mathematical -and very unrealistical- chances if we count that the last race gives you 150% of the points.

This playoff copycut of NASCAR rules is what me

This are the REAL championship standings of the whole season:

1º 17 Ponce De Leon Gabriel 215.50
2º 18 Werner Mariano 163.00
3º 11 Canapino Agustin 161.00
4º 7 Ledesma Christian 158.50
5º 1 Moriatis Emanuel 158.00
6º 2 Altuna Mariano 152.50
7º 8 Ugalde Lionel 147.00
8º 13 Rossi Matias 145.50
9º 9 Castellano Jonatan 143.50
10º 5 Aventin Diego 140.00
11º 20 De Benedictis J. Bautista 119.50
12º 36 Angelini Juan Marcos 113.50

And Im saying this even though I dont like Ponce de Leon and I want Rossi, Castellano or De Benedictis to win...

[Belatti]

Yesterday the race in La Plata was won by Rossi in the Chevy.

Championship "playoffs" standings are:

1 18 Werner M. 80
2 11 Canapino A. 64
3 13 Rossi M. 60
4 2 Altuna M . 56,5
5 8 Ugalde L. 55
6 5 Aventin D. 45
7 1 Moriatis E. 38,5
8 17 P. de León G. 38
9 9 Castellano J. 36
10 7 Ledesma C. 36

The big problem that Werner and Canapino have is that they both havent won a final heat in all the season so they cant be champions, no matter how many points they have. There is only one race left in BsAs and if neither Werener or Canapino wins, Rossi, Altuna, Ugalde, Aventin and less likely Moriatis, Ponce de Leon or even Castellano and Ledesma can win it.

The nice thing of the weekend was that there was an exibition thanks to a guy that bought one of the Williams Cosworth that Carlos Reutemann raced in 1981, here a pic of it:

[Belatti]

I recently came across the laptimes of the Williams in the exibition. It was driven by Mazzacane (a slow but steady F1 driver from Minardi and Prost) at 1.18.902.

As a reference, TC pole was set by Norberto Fontana (another ex-F1) at 1.28.057


Another thing that worths mention is that yesterday Giallombardo won another TC Pista race...