Ángel Lo Valvo

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Ángel Lo Valvo (Arrecifes, Buenos Aires Province, August 11, 1909 - January 8, 1978) was an Argentine race-car driver who won the first-ever Turismo Carretera competition in 1937. Lo Valvo also won the first Turismo Carretera Championship in 1939.

He entered some races using pseudonym Hipómenes, a Spanish-language term for Greek mythology personage, Hippomenes.


Sporting positions
Preceded by
None		 Turismo Carretera champion
1939		 Succeeded by
Juan Manuel Fangio
v • d • e
Flag of Argentina Turismo Carretera
Champion
drivers

1939 Ángel Lo Valvo · 1940-41 Juan Manuel Fangio · 1947-48, 1953-54, 1960 Oscar Alfredo Gálvez · 1949-52, 1955-58, 1961 Juan Gálvez · 1959 Rodolfo de Álzaga · 1962-65 Dante Emiliozzi · 1966 Juan Manuel Bordeu · 1967 Eduardo Copello · 1968 Carlos Pairetti · 1969 Gastón Perkins · 1970-71 Rubén Luis di Palma · 1973 Nasif Estéfano · 1974-76 Héctor Gradassi · 1977-78, 1995-97, 1999 Juan María Traverso · 1979-80 Francisco Espinosa · 1980-81 Antonio Aventín · 1982 Jorge M. Boero · 1983-85 Roberto Mouras · 1986 Oscar Angeletti · 1987-89 Oscar Castellano · 1990 Emilio Satriano · 1991-92 Oscar Aventín · 1993 Walter Hernández · 1994 Eduardo Ramos · 1998, 2000-02 Guillermo Ortelli · 2003 Ernesto Bessone · 2004 Omar Martínez · 2005 Juan Manuel Silva · 2006 Norberto Fontana 2007 Christian Ledesma
Cars

Chevrolet · Dodge · Ford · Torino
Circuits

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