500 Millas Argentinas - more deatailed results, 1954-1961

For the older hands here, my interest in South American racing may be well known. Recently I got a copy of the Argentine magazine "500 Millas, una pasiòn que cumple 80 anos". Combined with other material, I'm now able to post the following info ... Corrections, additions and pictures would be VERY,VERY welcome ...

Special greetings from the North of Germany to South America !!!

XVII 500 Millas Argentinas
Rafaela, Santa Fe – 23 de mayo 1954
1ª serie – 86 vueltas – 4,6626 kilometros – 400,98 kilometros
1° (Q6) Roberto Bonomi, #2 Ferrari 625TF 0304TF or 0306TF, 2h33m38s
2° (Q2) Luis Brosutti, #145 Mercedes Benz – 83 vueltas
3° (Q9) Ernesto Hilario Blanco, #23 REO – 82 vueltas
4° (Q11) Federico Kloden, #95 Talbot – 81 vueltas
5° (Q16) Mario Sessarego, #69 Cadillac - 79 vueltas
6° (Q5) Alberto Fava, #173 Maserati – 78 vueltas
7° (Q14) Luis Nanzer, #151 Chevrolet – 76 vueltas
8° (Q1) José Fanto, #87 Mercedes Benz – 70 vueltas
9° (Q12) Julio Victorino, #51 Ferrari 2715 cc – 68 vueltas
(Q3) Héctor Niemiz, Alfa Romeo 8C2900A-Chrysler 412003?
(Q4) Ferrer
(Q7) Angel? Pascuali
(Q8) Victor? Zini
(Q10) Gabriel? Sagrera
(Q13) Natalio? Cataudela
(Q15) Mayol
(Q17) Coronica
2ª serie – 86 vueltas – 4,6626 kilometros – 400,98 kilometros
1° Roberto Bonomi, #2 Ferrari 625TF 0304TF or 0306TF, 2h42m18s
2° Luis Brosutti, #145 Mercedes Benz – 86 vueltas
3° Ernesto Blanco, #23 REO – 81 vueltas
4° Federico Kloden, #95 Talbot – 81 vueltas
5° Alberto Fava, #173 Maserati – 77 vueltas
6° Luis Nanzer, #151 Chevrolet – 76 vueltas
? Mario Sessarego, #69 Cadillac – 43 vueltas
Ab. José Fanto, #87 Mercedes Benz
? Julio Victorino, #51 Ferrari
Suma de tiempos
1° Roberto Bonomi, 5h 15m 57s, 152,808 kmh
2° Luis Brosutti, 169 v.
3° Ernesto Blanco, 163 v.
4° Federico Kloden, 162 v.
5° Alberto Fava, 155 v.
6° Luis Nanzer, 152 v.
7° Mario Sessarego, 122 v.
Vuelta rápida: Niemiz, 170,230 kmh
17 a partida

XVII 500 Millas Argentinas
Rafaela, Santa Fe – 29 de mayo 1955 – 172 vueltas – 4,6626 kilometros – 801,97 kilometros
1° Alberto Rodríguez Larreta, #20 Ferrari 250MM Berlinetta 0256MM, 159.824 kmh
2° José Félix López, Chevrolet Wayne
3° Carlos Najurieta, #4 Ferrari 375MM 0362AM
4° Ernesto Hilario Blanco, #40 Alfa Romeo 308C 50017
5° Oscar Caamaño, Ferrari 225S 0160
6° Jorge Froilán Ternengo, Chevrolet
7° Victor Zini, Dodge
8° Gabriel Sagrera, REO
9° Olimpio Lamas, Chevrolet
10° Arturo Santamarina, Jaguar
Ab. Héctor Niemiz, #21 Alfa Romeo 8C2900A-Chrysler 412003?
Ab. Enrique Días Sáenz Valiente, #7 Ferrari 375 Plus 0398TF
Ab. Jesus Ricardo Iglesias – 54 vueltas
Ab. Ramón Requejo – 50 vueltas
Ab. José Fanto, Mercedes Benz SSK
Ab. Héctor Abate Daga, Chevrolet
Ab. Juan Bruno, Chevrolet
? Germán Pesce, #19 Alfa Romeo 8C2900B 412041
Vuelta rápida: Valiente, 1m 31,0s
26 a partida?

XIX 500 Millas Argentinas
Rafaela, Santa Fe – 21 de junio 1956 – 172 vueltas – 4,6626 kilometros – 801,97 kilometros
1° Carlos Najurieta, #4 Ferrari 375MM 0362AM
2° (Q1) Jesús Ricardo Iglesias, #1 Chevrolet Wayne
3° Ricardo Grandío, #12 Maserati A6GCS 2078
4° Alfredo Pián, #3 Pián-Ford V8
5° Luis Milán, #26 Ferrari 625TF 0304TF
6° Juan Viaggio, Ford
7°/Ab. Ernesto Hilario Blanco, #23 Alfa Romeo 308C 50017
8° Natalio Cataudella, Ford
9° Luis Repossi, Chevrolet
10° Curt Delfosse, Porsche 1500 cc
Ab. (Q2) Ramón Requejo, Chrysler
Ab. (Q3) José Félix López, Chevrolet Wayne – 35 vueltas (con-rod)
Ab. César Riveiro, Ford
Ab. Miguel Schroeder, Jaguar
Ab. Franco Bruno, Allard-Cadillac
? Jorge Ternengo
Vuelta rápida: Iglesias

XX 500 Millas Argentinas
Rafaela, Santa Fe – 12 de mayo 1957 – 172 vueltas – 4,6626 kilometros – 801,97 kilometros
1° (Q1) Ramón Requejo, Chevrolet, 5h 10m 15s, 155,621 kmh
2° (Q2) Luis Brosutti, Studebaker – 164 vueltas
3° Alvaro Piano, Ferrari 625TF 0304 – 151 vueltas
4° Curt Delfosse, Porsche 1500 cc – 135 vueltas
5° Hugo Gimeno, Chevrolet – 133 vueltas
6°/Ab. Jorge Froilán Ternengo, Chevrolet – 127 vueltas
7°/Ab. Ernesto Hilario Blanco, #23 Alfa Romeo 308C 50017– 122 vueltas - differencial
Ab. Carlos Najurieta – 52 vueltas
(Q3) José Félix López
? Luis Repossi
? José? Fanto
? Alberto? Morosoli
? Luis Milán, Ferrari 375 Plus 0398TF
Vuelta rápida: Requejo, 180,682 kmh
16 a partida (5 finished, 7 classified)

XXI 500 Millas Argentinas
Rafaela, Santa Fe – 14 de setiembre 1958 – 39 vueltas (distance reduced, heavy rainfall)
1° José Froilán González, Ferrari-Corvette, 1h 07m 29s, 164,051 kmh
2° Jesús Ricardo Iglesias, Chevrolet Wayne 6 – 39 vueltas
3° Enrico Sticoni, Chevrolet? Plymouth? – 38 vueltas
4° José Fanto, Chevrolet V8 – 36 vueltas
5° Roberto Bonomi, Maserati 300S – 35 vueltas
6° Jorge Froilán Ternengo, Chevrolet – 35 vueltas
7° Luis Brosutti, Maserati 4CLT/48-Studebaker – 34 vueltas
8° Domingo Vita, Chevrolet V8 – 33 vueltas
9° Kurt Delfosse, Gordini Porsche – 32 vueltas
10° Natalio Cataudella, Ford – 32 vueltas
11° Angel Pascuali, Mercury bimotore
12° Alvaro Piano, Ferrari 625TF 0304
13° Luis Milán, Ferrari 375 Plus 0398TF
14° Ernesto Blanco, Alfa Romeo 308C 50017
15° Leonardo Otero, Ferrari berlina
16° Ramón Requejo, Chevrolet
17° Juan Bruno, Chevrolet
18° Alberto Morosoly, Cadillac
19° Esteban Sokol, Chevrolet
Vuelta rápida: González, 184.860 kmh

XXII 500 Millas Argentinas
Rafaela, Santa Fe – 6 de setiembre 1959 – 172 vueltas – 4,6626 kilometros – 801,97 kilometros
1° José Froilán González, Ferrari-Corvette, 4h 43m 38.2s, 170,218 kmh
2° Roberto Bonomi, Maserati 300S – 171 vueltas
3° (Q3) Luis Brosutti, Maserati-Studebaker – 166 vueltas
4° (Q5) Nasif Estéfano, Chevrolet – 156 vueltas
5° (Q2) José Fanto, Corvette Special – 144 vueltas
6° Héctor Niemitz, Pontiac – 132 vueltas
7° Gonzalo Llaser, Chevrolet – 128 vueltas
? (Q1) Jésus Ricardo Iglesias, Chevrolet Wayne
Ab. (Q4) Oscar Cabalén, #6 Alfa Romeo 308C 50017
Ab. (Q6) Victor Risatti, Ford V8
Ab. Ramón Requejo, Corvette – 56 vueltas – fuego
Ab. Angel Pascuali, ‘Bimotor’
Ab. Nestor Salerno, Ferrari 625TF/750 304TF
? Natalio Cataudella
Non. Desiderio Kuriger, Chevrolet

XXIII 500 Millas Argentinas
Rafaela, Santa Fe – 21 de noviembre 1960 – 172 vueltas – 4,6626 kilometros – 801,97 kilometros
1° (Q1) Ramón Requejo, Requejo-Corvette, 4h 59m 45s, 161,065 kmh
2° Carlos Danvila, Chevrolet – 170 vueltas
3° José Fanto, Chevrolet – 165 vueltas
4° Nasif Estéfano, Chevrolet – 160 vueltas
5° Gonzalo Llaser, Chevrolet – 147 vueltas
6° Juan Manuel Bordeu, Alfa Romeo 308C 50017 – 136 vueltas
7° Desiderio Kuriger, Oldsmobile – 117 vueltas
? Hugo Galaverna, Chevrolet
? Domingo Vita, Chevrolet
? Emilio Barbalarga, Chevrolet
Vuelta rápida: Barbalarga, 182,000 kmh

XXIV 500 Millas Argentinas
Rafaela, Santa Fe – 15 de octubre 1961 – 172 vueltas – 4,6626 kilometros – 801,97 kilometros
1° (Q2) Hugo Galaverna, Galaverna-Chevrolet Wayne (ex-Iglesias), 4h 51m 41s, 165,515 kmh
2° (Q1) Alberto Rodríguez Larreta, Ferrari-Corvette (ex-J F González) – 4h 52m 10s
3° (Q3) Ramón Requejo, Requejo-Corvette – 166 vueltas
4° Gonzalo Llaser, Chevrolet – 156 vueltas
5° Carlos Danvila, Chevrolet – 149 vueltas
6° Felipe Lehmann, Willys – 145 vueltas
7° Desiderio Kuriger, Oldsmobile – 142 vueltas
8° Abelardo Petrabissi, Willys – 140 vueltas
9° (Q4) Victor Risatti, Studebaker – 128 vueltas
? José Fanto, Corvette Special
? Domingo Pascutti, Chevrolet
? Severino Castellani, Chevrolet
? Osvaldo D’Angelo, Chevrolet
? Segundo Reinhard, Chevrolet
? Natalio Cataudella, Chevrolet
? Alberto Uría, Chevrolet
Non.? Salvador Porto, Chevrolet
Vuelta rápida: Alberto Rodríguez Larreta, 185,884 kmh
21 se inscribieron, 16 a partida

Hi Twinny, the title ... can you please correct ... it's not that deeaaatailed ... so sorry!

Wonderful stuff, as usual.

About Kloden's Talbot in 1954, it might be T26C 110 004 brought to Argentina by Peinetti in 1952.

Or maybe was it not a Talbot at all : Abeillon shows in his book "Talbot Lago de course" an argentinean T26 GS look alike built from local and american components. It may have been called a Talbot in period reports...

Could this car from the 1954 and 1955 races actually be one of the Alfa Tipo 412s, but with the Alfa motor removed, and replaced with a Chrysler? Some reports say that one of the Tipo 412s went to Spain, but other reports say it went to South America. An Alfa Tipo 412 is basically an 8c2900A, but with a 12c37 motor...

(Q3) Héctor Niemiz, Alfa Romeo 8C2900A-Chrysler 412003?

Dretceterini,

That Alfa was one of the two 8C 2900A Boticella that Ferrari sent to Brazil in 1936 to be raced by Marinoni and Pintacuda. Carlos Arzani bought one for racing in Argentina. He was quite succesful. The car then had a busy life in the hands of many local drivers (killing one of them). See Alfa Romeo Argentina for the complete story.

By the way, this link is supposed to show the Maserati 4CLT/48 that Brosutti raced with a Studebaker engine in it :

http://www.aftermark...ermarket_42.pdf (go to page 48)

Checking this story against Allen's Old Racing Cars tracing of the 4CLT/48, that would make that car 1599.

Lastly, this one is about Nestor Salerno :

http://www.nestorsalerno.com.ar

It seems he raced quite a lot of wonderful cars : Maserati 300 S and 200 SI, Lancia D24 (!!). I would love to hear comments about his current business...

Good find ERault!

I got google to translate the article and it has done a reasonably good job:

Aboard the Maserati 4CLT, Juan Manuel Fangio raced 13 races which won seven and began his exceptional career in Formula 1. This veritable jewel which allowed the balcarceño win his first Grand Prix and begin his successful campaign in Europe, had been abandoned for years. Following a careful restoration work commissioned by its current owner, Daniel Sielecki, was displayed last month for the first time in public exhibitions of classic cars from the United States and our country.

In the contest Elegance 2006 from Pebble Beach, California, the Maserati of Fangio won the "Tony Hulman" to the "most significant auto racing wheels discovered." Two weeks later, the car was emblematic of the new edition of Autoclásica Argentina, in the Hippodrome de San Isidro. With an engine 4 cylinders in line with dual compressor and 260 horsepower, this is a copy of a game total of 20 units manufactured between 1948 and 1950 by Maserati. It's painted blue and yellow, which were the colors individualizaba to Argentina in the international Grand Prix circuit. Businessman pharmacist and leader of Boca Juniors, Sielecki welcomed the coincidence of the colors with the club of his love affairs.

This 4CLT debuted in March 1948 with Alberto Ascari in San Remo, so that the model is known as "Type San Remo." Juan Manuel Fangio with this Maserati ran between 1949 and 1950. It won six Grand Prix Formula 1 and a Formula 2. His first win with this car, the Grand Prix of Mar del Plata, 1949, was the first of many victories international obtain balcarceño. His second victory in San Remo, it was the first victory that Fangio won in Europe in Formula 1 and earned him the leap to fame on the continent. Based on the series of triumphs that won this Maserati, the best Argentinean ace of all time was hired by the team as a pilot officer Alfa Romeo to compete in the first World Cup in F-1.

Originally, the car was purchased by the Automobile Club Argentino in 1949. After being used by Fangio, it went through the hands of Jose Froilan Gonzalez and Argentine pilots who tried their luck in Europe. In 1955 it was sold to pilot santafecino Luis Brosutti, who after putting an engine Studebaker V8, used to run in the category of Mechanical National Freedom Force until 1960. In subsequent years changed numerous times as owner and was led by renowned pilots as Eduardo Copello, Ruesch Carlos and Luis Di Palma. Beginning in 1969 was left to use and was abandoned.

When Sielecki bought years ago, underwent an intensive process of restoration and authentication by the house Maserati. Today is one of the most prized pieces of the invaluable collection of classic cars held by the employer of Acassuso.

PS Wonderful research Mr O!

Originally posted by ERault
Dretceterini,

That Alfa was one of the two 8C 2900A Boticella that Ferrari sent to Brazil in 1936 to be raced by Marinoni and Pintacuda. Carlos Arzani bought one for racing in Argentina. He was quite succesful. The car then had a busy life in the hands of many local drivers (killing one of them). See Alfa Romeo Argentina for the complete story.

By the way, this link is supposed to show the Maserati 4CLT/48 that Brosutti raced with a Studebaker engine in it :

http://www.aftermark...ermarket_42.pdf (go to page 48)

Checking this story against Allen's Old Racing Cars tracing of the 4CLT/48, that would make that car 1599.

Lastly, this one is about Nestor Salerno :

http://www.nestorsalerno.com.ar

It seems he raced quite a lot of wonderful cars : Maserati 300 S and 200 SI, Lancia D24 (!!). I would love to hear comments about his current business...

Thanks for the clarification.