Everything went to Agustín Canapino (Chevrolet Camaro). On the La Plata circuit, The man from Reef won the last Road Tourism (TC) final of the year, taking first place in the tournament and Gold Cup standings became champion Represented for the fifth time in the most traditional category of national motorsport.
The former IndyCar driver arrived on the final day with a big lead over his pursuers and went into the race with a title secured, having enough to lead his series. Still, he didn’t relax and pushed through Mariano Werner (Ford Mustang) And José Luis Di Palma (Chevrolet Camaro) and finished the competition with 259.5 points. His escort was Matias Rossi (Toyota) with 168.74 during Santiago Mangoni (Chevrolet Camaro) He took third place with 163.75.
The competition format was the same as previous seasons. In the first 10 rounds, the drivers collected points for the overall standings and the first 12 went into the Gold Cup, from which the champion of the highest motorsport category emerged. Three “last minute” cars were added to this ranking on the final day, which also had the opportunity to win the crown. To become champion, you had to win at least one race a year.
Canapino climbed to the fourth step in the rankings with his fifth TC title and also became the most victorious driver in the history of national motorsports with 16 stars, one more Juan Maria Traverso. The former IndyCar driver met “Flaco” last weekend when he won the TC 2000, and in a few days he will be fighting for the TC Pick Up crown, where he will arrive as the leader until the final day. If he wins this competition, he will become the first driver in history to receive the Triple Crown.
In its 88-year history, the TC has had 41 different winners of 81 titles (between 1942 and 1946 it was not contested due to World War II). The one who has won the trophy the most times is Juan Gálvez, with nine coronations (1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1960). They follow him Guillermo Ortelli with seven stars (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2011 and 2016) and Juan Maria Traverso with six (1977, 1978, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999).
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