Rally Argentina
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The Rally Argentina is an Argentine rally competition and a stage of the World Rally Championship. It's currently the only South American event in the World Rally Championship, and it's held in the Calamuchita area near Villa Carlos Paz in Córdoba Province, on narrow slope roads best known for their watersplashes.
It also has a parallel junior competition that forms part of the Junior WRC 1600.
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[edit] History
The rally was first run in 1980, in Tucumán Province and organized by the Automovil Club Argentino. The winners of that first edition were Walter Rohrl and Christian Geistdorfer (Fiat 131 Abarth). In 1981 the rally took again place in Tucumán, but in 1982 was not held. In 1983 it was moved to San Carlos de Bariloche, but in 1984 was moved to Córdoba Province, where it has been held ever since.
[edit] 2006
It was held on April 28, 2006 through April 30, 2006 as the fifth rally on the World Rally Championship schedule for 2006, and the 26th Argentine rally.
[edit] Winners since 1980
- 2006– Sébastien Loeb, Citroën
- 2005– Sébastien Loeb, Citroën
- 2004– Carlos Sainz, Citroën
- 2003– Marcus Grönholm, Peugeot
- 2002– Carlos Sainz, Ford
- 2001– Colin McRae, Ford
- 2000– Richard Burns, Subaru
- 1999– Juha Kankkunen, Subaru
- 1998– Tommi Mäkinen, Mitsubishi
- 1997– Tommi Mäkinen, Mitsubishi
- 1996– Tommi Mäkinen, Mitsubishi
- 1995– Jorge Recalde, Lancia
- 1994– Didier Auriol, Toyota
- 1993– Juha Kankkunen, Toyota
- 1992– Didier Auriol, Lancia
- 1991– Carlos Sainz, Toyota
- 1990– Miki Biasion, Lancia
- 1989– Mikael Ericsson, Lancia
- 1988– Jorge Recalde, Lancia
- 1987– Miki Biasion, Lancia
- 1986– Miki Biasion, Lancia
- 1985– Timo Salonen, Peugeot
- 1984– Stig Blomqvist, Audi
- 1983– Hannu Mikkola, Audi
- 1981– Guy Fréquelin, Talbot
- 1980– Walter Röhrl, Fiat
[edit] External links
- Official site
- All winners and venues - Sports 123.
- Rally Calamuchita - Statistics (Spanish)
| Rallies in the World Rally Championship: |
| 2007 championship events: Monte Carlo | Sweden | Norway | Mexico | Portugal | Argentina | Sardinia | Greece |
| Past championship events include: Arctic | Australia | Brazil | China | Côte d'Ivoire | Cyprus | Indonesia |
