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Turismo Carretera

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Turismo Carretera
CategoryStock cars
CountryArgentina Argentina
Inaugural season1937
Drivers' championMariano Werner
Makes' championFord
Teams' championFadel Guri Martinez Competición
Official websiteACTC.org.ar
Current season

Turismo Carretera (Road racing, lit., Road Touring) is a popular stock car racing series in Argentina, and the oldest auto racing series still active in the world. The series is organized by Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera.

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History

The first TC competition took place in 1937 with 12 races, each in a different province. Future Formula One star Juan Manuel Fangio (Chevrolet) won the 1940 and 1941 editions of the TC. It was during this time that the series' Chevrolet-Ford rivalry began, with Ford acquiring most of its historical victories.

Until the 1960s, the majority of races were held on temporarily closed roads (hence the series' name). These improvised circuits would often present a combination of dirt and asphalt surfaces unlike those of dedicated race tracks, and in the early years consisted of both circuit races and stage races. The last street circuit event held by the series was the 1997 season-opener in Santa Teresita, with the championship phasing out road races on safety grounds.

During the 1960s the category began employing high-end technologies, with local manufacturers investing heavily for prestige. Ford Motor Argentina and Chevrolet were main contenders, with Dodge to a lesser degree. The European brand Renault, which had merged with Industrias Kaiser Argentina and thus inherited the Rambler range, was also a contender.

In the 1970s, the Sport Prototipo (modified cars in the Gran Turismo vein) category was spun off TC to allow TC to return to its stock-car roots which made it immensely popular with small-town audiences. The spin-off withered away slowly. A second spin-off was TC 2000 Championship in the 1980s which allowed the showcasing of the smaller cars most Argentines were driving, thus including Peugeot, Renault, Fiat and Volkswagen, and later, Japanese brands as well. TC 2000 soon became as popular as TC itself.

In later years, and to preserve its main draw, TC has been clinging to the older models that have mostly gone out of use in Argentine roads, and incorporated imported engines. In 2024, the series will switch to modern American pony cars.[1]

Brands in TC still have huge fan bases, with Ford and Chevrolet being the largest. General Motors decided to end manufacturing Chevy Coupé SS (Chevrolet Nova) in Argentina in 1977. Dodge and IKA-Torino are the other two participants with wins in TC.

Pyramid

There are currently four tiers on the Turismo Carretera ladder. The top rung is Turismo Carretera itself, followed by TC Pista as the second division (established in 1995), TC Mouras as the third division (established in 2004 and named after driver Roberto Mouras) and TC Pista Mouras as the fourth division (established in 2008). Pista Mouras is considered the first step for drivers from regional race series to compete nationally.

A fifth category, TC Pick Up, was introduced in 2017 as an alternative rung on the ladder whilst creating a platform for manufacturers to advertise their light commercial trucks.

Tier Championships
1 Turismo Carretera
2 TC Pista
3 TC Mouras TC Pick Up
4 TC Pista Mouras TC Pista Pick Up

Format

Championship

Since 2008, Turismo Carretera has held a NASCAR-style "playoff" format alongside its regular championship to decide the champion.

Called the Copa de Oro ("Gold Cup"), the playoffs are typically held over the final five events of a season (three in the COVID-affected 2020 season). The top twelve drivers in the championship after the final round before the playoffs make the cut. All drivers start on zero points, however the championship leader will receive a bonus 15 starting points, and every driver that won an event 'Final' (see below) will receive an additional 8 starting points per win. Ahead of the final round of the season, the top three drivers in the regular standings that did not qualify for the playoffs will be admitted along with the points they scored over the previous four rounds (two in 2020). No bonus points will be awarded to these "last chance qualifiers".

Drivers that qualify for the Copa de Oro are differentiated from regular competitors by running gold numbers on the rear-passenger windows and gold paint on the front undertray.[2]

Event

In modern Turismo Carretera, there are "normal races" and "special races" in each season.

The "normal races" have a format of one qualifying session (held on Saturday) and four races (held on Sunday) per weekend. The first three races – called Series (Heats) – split the field into three separate groups, which are formed from the results of qualifying. The fastest qualifier occupies first place in Heat 1, the second-fastest qualifier occupies first place in Heat 2, and third in Heat 3. The fourth-fastest driver in qualifying occupies second place on the grid in Heat 1, and so on until the entire field is divided into three.[3]

Each heat race is a five-lap sprint and defines the grid positions for the final race (or Final), usually held over 25 laps held in the afternoon. The winners of the three heats occupy the first three positions on the grid, in order of fastest to slowest race time. This process is then followed for the rest of the grid, with the order determined by first a drivers' heat position and then their race time. Drivers who did not finish on the lead lap in their heat race will be moved to the rear of the field for the Final, and their order will be determined by how many laps they complete in the Heats, followed by their race position and then their race time.[3]

In addition, there can be up to four "special races" (carreras especiales) held in the regular season before the playoffs. In 2023, three special races were held: one with a mandatory pitstop for refueling in La Pampa, the Carrera de los Milliones in Rafaela with a special monetary prize for the winner, and the Desafío de las Estrellas in Villicum where the grid is determined by a lottery and there are two mandatory stops to change tyres and refuel. Additionally, there is a Special Races Tournament (Torneo de Carreras Especiales) that gives the winner the opportunity to qualify for the playoffs if they have not made it through via their position the regular season standings.[4][5]

Gallery

Circuits

The circuits in 2023:

Active cars

The Dodge GTX and IKA Torino were originally equipped with Slant Six and Tornado engines respectively. In the mid-1990s, both moved to Chrysler Cherokee engines. The Toyota has exclusively run with a Cherokee engine since its' original homologation in 2022.

Champions

Brothers Juan (left) and Oscar Gálvez (right) won a combined fourteen Turismo Carretera championships between 1947 and 1961.
Year Driver Car
Campeonato Argentino de Velocidad
1937 Eduardo Pedrazzini [es] Ford
1938 Ricardo Leopoldo Risatti [es] Ford
Turismo Carretera
1939 Ángel Lo Valvo Ford
1940 Juan Manuel Fangio Chevrolet
1941 Juan Manuel Fangio Chevrolet
1942 Cancelled
1943–1946 Not held
1947 Oscar Gálvez Ford
1948 Oscar Gálvez Ford
1949 Juan Gálvez Ford
1950 Juan Gálvez Ford
1951 Juan Gálvez Ford
1952 Juan Gálvez Ford
1953 Oscar Gálvez Ford
1954 Oscar Gálvez Ford
1955 Juan Gálvez Ford
1956 Juan Gálvez Ford
1957 Juan Gálvez Ford
1958 Juan Gálvez Ford
1959 Rodolfo de Álzaga Ford
1960 Juan Gálvez Ford
1961 Oscar Gálvez Ford
1962 Dante Emiliozzi Ford
1963 Dante Emiliozzi Ford
1964 Dante Emiliozzi Ford
1965 Dante Emiliozzi Ford
1966 Juan Manuel Bordeu Chevrolet
1967 Eduardo Copello Torino
1968 Carlos Pairetti Chevrolet
1969 Gastón Perkins Torino
1970 Rubén Luis di Palma Torino
1971 Rubén Luis di Palma Torino
1972 Héctor Gradassi Ford
1973 Nasif Estéfano Ford
1974 Héctor Gradassi Ford
1975 Héctor Gradassi Ford
1976 Héctor Gradassi Ford
1977 Juan María Traverso Ford
1978 Juan María Traverso Ford
1979–1980 Francisco Espinosa Chevrolet
1980–1981 Antonio Aventín [es] Dodge
1981 Roberto Mouras Dodge
1982 Jorge Martínez Boero Ford
1983 Roberto Mouras Dodge
1984 Roberto Mouras Dodge
1985 Roberto Mouras Dodge
1986 Oscar Angeletti [es] Dodge
1987 Oscar Castellano Dodge
1988 Oscar Castellano Dodge
1989 Oscar Castellano Ford
1990 Emilio Satriano [es] Chevrolet
1991 Oscar Aventín Ford
1992 Oscar Aventín Ford
1993 Walter Hernández Ford
1994 Eduardo Ramos Ford
1995 Juan María Traverso Chevrolet
1996 Juan María Traverso Chevrolet
1997 Juan María Traverso Chevrolet
1998 Guillermo Ortelli Chevrolet
1999 Juan María Traverso Ford
2000 Guillermo Ortelli Chevrolet
2001 Guillermo Ortelli Chevrolet
2002 Guillermo Ortelli Chevrolet
2003 Ernesto Bessone Dodge
2004 Omar Martínez Ford
2005 Juan Manuel Silva Ford
2006 Norberto Fontana Dodge
2007 Christian Ledesma Chevrolet
2008 Guillermo Ortelli Chevrolet
2009 Emanuel Moriatis Ford
2010 Agustín Canapino Chevrolet
2011 Guillermo Ortelli Chevrolet
2012 Mauro Giallombardo Ford
2013 Diego Aventín Ford
2014 Matías Rossi Chevrolet
2015 Omar Martínez Ford
2016 Guillermo Ortelli Chevrolet
2017 Agustín Canapino Chevrolet
2018 Agustín Canapino Chevrolet
2019 Agustín Canapino Chevrolet
2020 Mariano Werner Ford
2021 Mariano Werner Ford
2022 José Manuel Urcera Torino
2023 Mariano Werner Ford

Other active drivers

References

  1. ^ "La guía indispensable sobre la renovación del TC en 2024" (in Spanish). SoloTC. 7 July 2023.
  2. ^ "REGLAMENTO GENERAL CAMPEONATO ARGENTINO DE PILOTOS AÑO 2022 CATEGORIA TURISMO CARRETERA FISCALIZADA POR LA C.A.F. DE LA A.C.T.C" (PDF) (in Spanish). Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b "ACTC - 07/02/2023 - Reglamento Campeonato TC 2023". actc.org.ar. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  4. ^ Caltana, Ariel (2023-02-15). "Cuántas carreras especiales tendrá el TC en 2023 | SoloTC". SoloTC | Turismo Carretera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  5. ^ Caltana, Ariel (2023-09-21). "Cuatro ganadores complicados en la Copa de Oro del TC | SoloTC". SoloTC | Turismo Carretera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-21.

External links

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