1955 Buenos Aires 1000 Km


23 January 1955 - Buenos Aires (RA): Round 1, World Sports Car Championship
58 laps of a 10.648 mile/17.136 km circuit - 617.574 miles/993.888 km
Weather: hot, dry
Pos Car # Drivers Car Laps DNF Reason Group Group Pos
1 4 Enrique Saenz Valiente/Jose-Maria Ibanez Ferrari 375 Plus [0398TF] 58   Sports +3000 1
2 8 Carlos Najurieta/Oscar Rivero Ferrari 375MM [0362AM] 58   Sports +3000 2
3 30 Jose M.Faraoni/Ricardo Grandio Maserati A6GCS [2078] 56   Sports 3000 1
4 34 Jaroslav Juhan/Jorge Salas Chaves Porsche 550 Spyder [05] 56   Sports 1500 1
5 14 Elie Bayol/Harry Schell Gordini T24S [0036S] 54   Sports 3000 2
6 26 Jorge Camano/Oscar Camano Ferrari 212 54   Sports 3000 3
7 32 Alejandro de Tomaso/Cesar Reyes Maserati A6GCS 52   Sports 3000 4
8 52 Oscar Alfredo Galvez/Eduardo Martins Ford V8 52   Modified Touring 1
9 18 Luis Milan/Elpidio Tortone Ferrari 625TF [0304] 51   Sports 3000 5
10 50 Juan-Carlos Garavaglia/Manuel Rodriguez Ford V8 51   Modified Touring 2
11 66 Guillermo G.Airaldi/Douglas Marimon Alfa Romeo 1900 49   Modified Touring 3
12 102 Angel de la Rosa/Angel Antenone Ford V8 49   Modified Touring 4
13 96 Huge Della Romana Ford V8 45   Modified Touring 5
14 48 Patricio Badaracco/Ernesto Tornquist Cisitalia 202 44   Sports 1500 3
15 92 Eugenio Madica/Ignacio Espina Ford V8 43   Modified Touring 6
16 24 Angel Maiocchi/Carlos Lostalo Ferrari 225S [0216] 42   Sports 3000 6
17 70 Antonio Pereyra/A Cea Ford V8 42   Modified Touring 7
18 22 Alvaro Piano/Miguel Schroeder/Carlos Alcorta^ Ferrari 225E 42   Sports 3000 7
NRF 12 Jose M.Millet/Gabriel Gabin Jaguar C-Type 41 fuel leak Sports +3000  
NRF 28 Adolfo Schwelm-Cruz/Pedro J.Llano Gordini T15S [0043] 40 gearbox Sports 3000  
DNF 16 Alberto Rodriguez-Larreta/David Speroni Ferrari 250MM Pinin Farina [0256MM]   brakes Sports 3000  
NC 90 Juan V.Carrica/J Arias Moreno Ford V8 39   Modified Touring 8
DNF 20 Umberto Maglioli/Clemar Bucci Ferrari 750 Monza   DSQ - assistance Sports 3000  
DNF 10 Maurice Trintignant/Froilan Gonzalez Ferrari 118 LM   DSQ - off course Sports +3000  
DNF 6 Roberto Bonomi/Ernesto Florencio Castro Cranwell Ferrari 375MM   fuel system Sports +3000  
DNF 2 Franco Bruno/Carlos Bruno Allard-Cadillac J2X   brakes Sports +3000  
NC 38 Curt Delfosse Gordini-Porsche T15 [15GC] 22   Sports 1500  
DNF 42 Lucio Bollaert/Carlos Stabile Gordini T15S [0010GC]   gearbox Sports 1500  
DNF 36 Tomas Mayol/Juan Gabbi Porsche 356 Super   axles Sports 1500  
DNF 100 "Carming"/Carlos Guimarey Ford-Maserati V8     Sports +3000  
DNF 54 Ernesto Petrini/Domingo Colanero Ford V8     Modified Touring  
DNF 56 Felix Alberto Peduzzi/E Del Molino Chevrolet Bel Air     Modified Touring  
DNF 58 Jorge Descote Ford V8     Modified Touring  
DNF 60 Pablo Birger Ford V8     Modified Touring  
DNF 64 Ernesto H.Blanco/N Larocca Ford V8     Modified Touring  
DNF 68 Juan Fernando Piersanti/J Colanero Ford V8     Modified Touring  
DNF 74 Juan C.Navone/D Teseire Ford V8     Modified Touring  
DNF 76 Marcelo Aloe Vercher/B Marciulevicius Chevrolet Bel Air     Modified Touring  
DNF 78 Elmer J.Oppen Ford V8     Modified Touring  
DNF 80 Rodolfo de Alzaga/R Luro Ford V8     Modified Touring  
DNF 82 Jose Lorenzetti Ford V8     Modified Touring  
DNF 84 Enrique D'Ascanio/Hugo Vazquez Ford V8     Modified Touring  
DNF 86 Luis F.Gonzalez/J.N.Soto Ford V8     Modified Touring  
DNF 88 Plinio Rosetto Ford V8     Modified Touring  
DNF 94 Raul Alonso Ford V8     Modified Touring  
DNF 98 Antonio Gomez Ford V8     Modified Touring  
DNF 104 Francisco de Ridder/Carlo Tomasi Ford V8     Modified Touring  
DNF 106 Segundo Ale/E Canriero Chevrolet Bel Air     Modified Touring  
DNF 110 Emilio Boretto Ford V8     Modified Touring  
DNF 62 Esteban Sokol/E Ojea Ford V8     Modified Touring  
DNF 46 Jorge B.Saggese/R Sedano Acosta^ Fiat Abarth 207   engine Sports 1500  
DNF 40 Ernesto Tornquist/Miguel Nadie^ Porsche 550 Spyder   accident Sports 1500  
DNS 44 Oscar J.Gonzalez/Jorge Malbran Porsche 550 Spyder     Sports 1500  
DNS 72 Tadeo Taddia/Sebastian Messino Chevrolet Bel Air     Modified Touring  
DNS 3 Ernesto Tornquist Gordini T11S [0005GC]   engine Sports 1500  

 
Winning Time: 6h35m15.4, 93.748 mph/150.872 kph
Fastest Lap: Froilan Gonzalez #10 (Ferrari 118LM), 6m06.1, 104.704 mph/168.505 kph

* Driver listed for car, but did not participate in race meeting
^ Driver practiced car, but did not race it
RES - Reserve (Practiced, on standy-by for start)
REE - Reserve Entry
DNA - Did Not Arrive
DNS - Did Not Start
DNF - Did Not Finish
DNP - Did Not Practice
NC - Not Classified
DSQ - Disqualified
NRF - Not Running At Finish
NAC - Not Accepted



Last Updated on 25/11/00
By Darren Galpin
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