1955 1000 km Buenos Aires
# 1955 1000 km Buenos Aires

The 1955 1000 km Buenos Aires took place on 23 January, on the Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz, (Buenos Aires, Argentina). It was the second running of the race, and once again, it was opening round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. For this event, a longer section of the Autopista General Pablo Riccheri route was added, making the circuit 17.136 km in length.

## Report

### Entry

A grand total of 55 racing cars were registered for this event, of which all arrived for practice and qualifying. Although this was the first major sports car race of the year, the race was poorly supported by the work of teams. Only Ferrari and Equipe Gordini sent cars from Europe. Both teams were represented by two cars in the race. Ferrari send a Ferrari 376 S for Maurice Trintignant and José Froilán González, and a 750 Monza for Umberto Maglioli and Clemar Bucci. Meanwhile, France was represented by a Gordini T24S in the hands of Élie Bayol and Harry Schell, and a T15 for the Argentine pairing of Adolfo Schwelm Cruz and Pedro J. Llano. The remainders of the field were cars from South America.

### Qualifying

The French Grand Prix racer, Trintignant took pole position for Scuderia Ferrari, in their Ferrari 376 S.

### Race

The race was held over 58 laps of the 10.648 miles, Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz, giving a distance of 617.574 miles (993.888 km). In the race, both factory Ferraris were disqualified, leaving the privately entered Ferrari 375 Plus of Enrique Saenz Valiente and José-Maria Ibanez to win by nearing five minutes. Car number 4, took an impressive victory, winning in a time of 6hrs 35:15.4 mins., averaging a speed of 93.748 mph. In second was another locally prepared Ferrari, of Carlos Najurieta and César Rivero. The podium was complete by Equipo Presidente Peron’s Maserati A6GCS of José M. Faraoni and Ricardo Grandio, who were two laps adrift, but did win their class.

## Official Classification

Class Winners are in Bold text.

| Pos | No | Class | Driver | Driver | Entrant | Chassis | Laps | Reason Out |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1st | 4 | S+3.0 | Enrique Saenz Valiente | José-Maria Ibanez | | Ferrari 375 Plus | 6hr 35:15.4, 58 | |
| 2nd | 8 | S3.0 | Carlos Najurieta | César Rivero | | Ferrari 375 MM | 6hr 40:12.1, 58 | |
| 3rd | 30 | S3.0 | José M. Faraoni | Ricardo Grandio | Equipo Presidente Peron | Maserati A6GCS/53 | 56 | |
| 4th | 34 | S1.5 | Jaroslav Juhan | Jorge Salas Chaves | | Porsche 550 Spyder | 56 | |
| 5th | 14 | S3.0 | Élie Bayol | Harry Schell | Equipe Gordini | Gordini T24S | 54 | |
| 6th | 26 | S3.0 | Jorge Camano | Oscar Camaňo | | Ferrari 225 S Vignale Spyder | 54 | |
| 7th | 32 | S3.0 | Alejandro de Tomaso | César Reyes | | Maserati A6GCS | 52 | |
| 8th | 52 | Mod. T | Oscar Alfredo Gálvez | Eduardo Martins | | Ford V-8 | 52 | |
| 9th | 18 | S3.0 | Luis Milán | Elpidio Tortone | | Ferrari 625 TF | 51 | |
| 10th | 50 | Mod. T | Juan-Carlos Garavaglia | Manuel Rodríguez | | Ford V-8 | 51 | |
| 11th | 66 | Mod. T | Guillermo G. Airaldi | Douglas Marimon | | Alfa Romeo 1900 | 49 | |
| 12th | 102 | Mod. T | Angel de la Rosa | Angel Antenine | | Ford V-8 | 48 | |
| 13th | 96 | Mod. T | Hector della Romana | | | Ford V-8 | 45 | |
| 14th | 48 | S1.5 | Patricio Badaracco | Ernesto Tornquist | | Cisitalia-Abarth 202 | 44 | |
| 15th | 92 | Mod. T | Eugenio Modica | Ignacio Espina | | Ford V-8 | 43 | |
| 16th | 24 | S3.0 | Angel Maiocchi | Carlos Lostalo | | Ferrari 225 S Vignale Spyder | 42 | |
| 17th | 70 | Mod. T | Antonio Pereyra | A. Cea | | Ford V-8 | 42 | |
| 18th | 22 | S3.0 | Alvaro Piano | Miguel Schroeder | | Ferrari 225 S | 42 | |
| DNF | 12 | S+3.0 | José M. Millet | Gabriel Gabin | | Jaguar C-Type | 41 | Fuel tank |
| DNF | 40 | S3.0 | Adolfo Schwelm Cruz | Pedro J. Llano | Equipe Gordini | Gordini T15S | 40 | Gearbox |
| 19th | 90 | Mod.T | Juan V. Carrica | J. Arias Moreno | | Ford V-8 | 39 | |
| DISQ | 20 | S3.0 | Umberto Maglioli | Clemar Bucci | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 750 Monza | 33 | Push start |
| DISQ | 10 | S+3.0 | Maurice Trintignant | José Froilán González | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 376 S | 27 | Incorrect entry into pits |
| NC | 38 | S1.5 | Curt Delfosse | | | Gordini-Porsche T15 Special | 22 | |
| DNF | 2 | S+3.0 | Franco Bruno | Carlos Bruno | | Allard-Cadillac J2X | 19 | Brakes |
| DNF | 6 | S+3.0 | Roberto Bonomi | Ernesto Florenico Castro Cranwell | | Ferrari 375 MM Speciale | 7 | Fuel system |
| DNF | 16 | S3.0 | Alberto Rodriguez Larreta | David Speroni | | Ferrari 250 MM Pinin Farina | | Brakes |
| DNF | 36 | S1.5 | Tomas Mayol | Juan Gobbi | | Porsche 356 Super | | Axle |
| DNF | 40 | S1.5 | Ernesto Tornquist | Miguel Nadie | | Porsche 550 Spyder | | Accident |
| DNF | 42 | S1.5 | Lucio Bollaert | Carlos Stabile | | Gordini T15S | | Gearbox |
| DNF | 46 | S1.5 | Jorge B. Saggese | Rafaele Sedano Acosta | | Abarth 207A Spyder Sport | | Engine |
| DNF | 54 | Mod. T | Ernesto Petrini | Domingo Colanero | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNF | 56 | Mod. T | Felix Alberto Peduzzi | Eduardo del Molino | | Chevrolet Bel Air | | DNF |
| DNF | 58 | Mod. T | Jorge Descote | | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNF | 60 | Mod. T | Pablo Birger | | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNF | 62 | Mod. T | Esteban Sokol | E. Ojea | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNF | 64 | Mod. T | Ernesto Blanco | N. Larocca | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNF | 68 | Mod. T | Juan Fernando Piersanti | J. Colanero | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNF | 74 | Mod. T | Juan C. Navone | D. Teseire | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNF | 76 | Mod. T | Marcelo Aloe Velcher | B. Marciulevicus | | Chevrolet Bel Air | | DNF |
| DNF | 78 | Mod. T | Elmer J. Oppen | | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNF | 80 | Mod. T | Rodolfo de Ălzaga | R. Luro | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNF | 82 | Mod. T | José Lorenzetti | | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNF | 84 | Mod. T | Enrique D’Ascanio | Hugo Vázquez | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNF | 86 | Mod. T | Luis F. González | J. N. Soto | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNF | 88 | Mod. T | Plinio Rosetto | | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNF | 94 | Mod. T | Raul Alonso | | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNF | 98 | Mod. T | Antonio Gomez | | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNF | 100 | S+3.0 | “Carming” | Carlos Guimarey | | Maserati-Ford | | DNF |
| DNF | 104 | Mod. T | Francisco de Ridder | Carlo Tomasi | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNF | 106 | Mod. T | Segundo Ale | E, Canriero | | Chevrolet Bel Air | | DNF |
| DNF | 110 | Mod. T | Elmer J. Oppen | | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNF | 111 | Mod. T | Emilio Boretto | | | Ford V-8 | | DNF |
| DNS | 3 | S1.5 | Ernesto Tornquist | | | Gordini T11S | | Engine |
| DNS | 44 | S1.5 | Oscar J. González | Jorge Malbrand | | Porsche 550 Spyder | | |
| DNS | 72 | Mod.T | Tadeo Taddia | Sebastián Messino | | Chevrolet Bel Air | | |

* Fastest Lap: José Froilán González, 6:06.1secs (104.704 mph)

### Class Winners

| Class | Winners | | |
| - | - | - | - |
| Sports +3000 | 4 | Ferrari 375 Plus | Saenz Valiente / Ibanez |
| Sports 3000 | 30 | Maserati A6GCS/53 | Faraoni / Grandio |
| Sports 1500 | 34 | Porsche 550 Spyder | Juhan / Salas Chaves |
| Modified Touring | 52 | Ford V-8 | Gálvez / Martins |

## Standings after the race

| Pos | Championship | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Ferrari | 8 |
| 2 | Maserati | 4 |
| 3 | Porsche | 3 |
| 4 | Gordini | 2 |

* Note: Only the top five positions are included in this set of standings. Championship points were awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by additional cars. Only the best 4 results out of the 6 races could be retained by each manufacturer. Points earned but not counted towards the championship totals are listed within brackets in the above table.
