The two-time champion of Turismo Carretera established a time of 1m29s351 to travel the 4,500 meters of the puntano racetrack, escorted by the platense Gaston Mazzacane (Chevrolet) and the Rio Negro Jose Manuel Urcera (Turin).
The top ten were closed by Facundo Ardusso (Torino) from Santa Fe, Agustin Canapino from Arrecife and Santiago Mangoni from Balcar (both with Chevrolet), Jonatan Castellano (Dodge) from Lober, Juan Cruz Benvenuti (Torino) from Neuquén, Kevin Candela from Braga and Lanusense Emiliano Spataro, both with Torino.
The first qualifying series of the TC Pista, five rounds, was won by Santiago Álvarez from Buenos Aires (Dodge), followed by Otto Fritzler and Rodrigo Lugón from Córdoba, both with Ford.
Diego Azar (Torino) from Delvis prevailed in the second battery, escorted by Jeremías Olmedo and Gabriel Gandulia, two Fords.
The winner of the regular stage, Canapino, will start the Gold Cup with 39 points. Benvenuti, Germán Todino (Torino), Mangoni, Urcera and Leonel Pernía (Torino) from Tandil will do so with 8.
The other seven classified for the Gold Cup, which will define the champion, are Werner (Ford), who this Saturday added two points for pole position, Matías Rossi (Toyota Camry) from Delvis, Esteban Gini (Torino) from Quilm, and Uruguayan Mauricio Lambiris (Ford), Mendoza’s Julián Santero (Ford), and “Pinchito” Castellano.
For the first time since 2008, when the Gold Cup (final stage of the races to define the crown) was created, the cars will unload the ballast accumulated in the regular phase.
As for the TC Pista, which will dispute the Silver Cup, Fritzler will start with 23 points, followed by Álvarez with 23 and Neuquén Lautaro De la Iglesia (Dodge) with 8.
Tomorrow, at 9.40, 10.05 and 10.30, the three qualifying series of the Turismo Carretera will be run, at five laps each.
At 12 o’clock the final of the TC Pista will start, 20 laps or 40 minutes long; and at 1:30 p.m. the TC final will start, 25 laps or 50 minutes long.
Source: Ambito
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