2023-07-30 03:01:00
Just give rise to an Argentine and he will revolutionize everything that surrounds him. He will take his fascinating stories around the world, describe his experiences and it will be clear that without the concept of ‘passion’ it would be impossible for a foreigner to understand what is daily in this part of the planet. As an ambassador of national customs and with the scrolls of the most folkloric and popular automotive discipline in the world, such as Road Tourism and his 85 years, Agustín Canapino amazed his Indycar colleagues not only with his crazy personal story but also with the anecdotes from his years driving in Argentina. Suddenly, the chance to coexist on their calendars was opened for the last races of both categories and the man from Reef took up the challenge. He will return to the TC in Buenos Aires on August 19 and 20 to later add the five Gold Cup appointments with a Chevrolet from the JP Carrera team with a particularly sentimental charge. For more, hypnotized with the madness of the Argentine boys, the Indycar drivers also want to live the TC experience in first person and, if possible, race. Unthinkable.
For now, the first commitment of the TC calendar for Canapino is close. On August 20 at the Oscar and Juan Gálvez Autodrome in Buenos Aires, the Regular Stage of the contest will conclude, classifying the 12 best of the annual sum of points to fight for the title of champion in the play-offs called the Gold Cup. In order to compete in the final section of the tournament, by regulation, Agustín had to run at least once during the year, so it was essential that he do so in Buenos Aires.
Yankee furor for the TC
About how a simple announcement on social networks generated a giant snowball and how the Argentines stopped it from their chests, one might say. As soon as Canapino told him that he would run once more in TC, the Indycar drivers went crazy to accompany him… It started with Scott McLaughlig, who runs in one of the best teams (Penske) and they offered him a car: “The Chevy is ready for Scotty” , said the preparer Gustavo Lema. Agustín showed him the cameras on board the TC “with more than 50 cars, the best sound in the world, the fans, the passion and Scott was going crazy because he had never seen anything like it”, revealed. Several more joined, such as former Formula 1 Romain Grosjean, Mexican Patricio O’Ward, Dutch Rinus VeeKay and current tournament leader with four wins Alex Palou. Will there be cars available? Will their contracts allow such madness? Difficult to know, but just in case the ACTC opened its doors. “We are going to wait for the orders and they will surely be authorized,” launched Hugo Mazzacane, president of the entity, clarifying that “as we are in the definition stage, they will not add points.”
“Know that I am going with the mentality of winning all six races”
The team that gave him a free hand to travel with Juncos Hollinger Racing to conquer North America, Gustavo Lema’s JP Carrera, kept a Chevy well known to the four-time champion. This is the car with which he achieved seven of his 15 victories between 2019 and mid-2022. In fact, he forged one of the greatest characteristics of the 33-year-old from the reef for his knowledge of mechanical engineering and tuning when his father, the well-remembered builder and preparer Alberto Canapino did not travel to the races and used the information he collected with Agustín and his trusted group to work remotely on the car. Winning the 2019 title in this way concluded Alberto’s training work for his son as a driver of excellence, so it is much more than a car that goes fast… and that also won three races last year and will have the same colors as in Indy.
Buenos Aires promises to host a festival like no other. As soon as this return was known, the preferential tickets to the Boxes of the Buenos Aires Coliseum were sold out and at the close of this edition very few Generals were left available because the Fierrera homeland is preparing to pay homage to those who dazzle abroad. And it will continue with the following Gold Cup races: In San Luis (09/17), San Nicolás (10/01) province of Buenos Aires, the fast Santa Fe oval of Rafaela (10/29), Toay (11/12 ) very close to the Pampean capital and in San Juan (03/12) to close the year.
A contest for the new Torino
The Mustang and the Camaro according to Bricco Design
Progress is being made in the renewal of TC cars for 2024 and the first models are expected to be presented at the end of the current season. They are armed Ford Mustang Mach 1, Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 y Dodge Challenger SRT just as the Toyota Camry is renewed, but what will happen to Torino? The iconic product of Industrias Kaiser Argentina, whose intellectual property belongs to Renault Argentina, has been discontinued and there is no modern version that suits it. But it will not be left out: The ACTC will launch a contest for designers who dare to a ‘restyling’ of the great Argentine car following certain technical guidelines. Thus, everyone will adapt to the change to live with the current ‘Toro’ and the Falcon, Chevy and GTX.
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