Luciano Viaro and the Automobilismo Storico's glorious Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 SS were in unstoppable form on the 1000 Millas Sport where the duo teamed up once again. The Italian official museum's Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Super Sport (1928), which won the 1928 "Mille Miglia" driven by Campari and Ramponi, was flown over specially for the event.

Luciano Viaro and the Automobilismo Storico's glorious Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 SS were in unstoppable form on the 1000 Millas Sport where the duo teamed up once again, running in the colours of the newly-formed Scuderia Storica Alfa Romeo Argentina as they raced to overall victory.

It was a highly impressive display by the Scuderia Storica Alfa Romeo Argentina team with three of its cars finishing in the final top six. Set up only this summer with the aim of contributing to the development of the Automobilismo Storico Alfa Romeo, Modena Alfa S.A, the exclusive sales representative of Alfa Romeo in Argentina, and Uruguay Modena Alfa S. A., formed in the Scuderia Storica Alfa Romeo Argentina. After several successful outings the team would be facing its biggest challenge yet on the 1000 Millas Sport, and several cars and crews were flown over from Italy especially for the event.

The 1000 Millas Sport Argentina is the most important race within the Argentine Sport Motor Vehicles Historic Regularity Championship. This international event was created by the Sport Automobiles Club of Argentina (CAS), and is now part of the FIVA (International Federation of Ancient Motor Vehicles) world calendar. Each year it gathers the lovers of classic cars, featuring FIVA Sport vehicles manufactured between 1920 and 1982, grouped as follows: Sport, Grand Touring and Touring – approved by FIVA – which travel over 1000 km around the Patagonia lakes, valleys and mountains, fighting for the first position in teams, divided into competitions by brand, capacity, ladies, journalists, personalities, newcomers, and habitués awards.

On this occasion, as well as in the past years, the 1000 Millas took place in Patagonia. The roadmap includes cities and towns such as San Carlos de Bariloche, San Martín de los Andes, Villa la Angostura, Junín de los Andes, Circuito Chico, Villa Catedral, El Bolsón, and the Puyehue Hot Springs, in Chile. The impressive Llao Llao –Hotel & Resort– was the venue for the start and finish of each stage.

The event swung into motion on November 17th with delivery of the competing cars for the trip to San Carlos de Bariloche by truck. The teams arrived at San Carlos de Bariloche four days later, and with a short trip to Llao Llao Hotel, before the checking of serial numbers, technical verification, and delivery of documentation. Then it was onto the first stage of the event (22nd): Llao Llao, Bariloche, Villa la Angostura, Paso Samore, Chile and the Hotel Termas de Puyehue (lunch) before returning to Llao Llao. The second stage (23rd) saw the crews leave Llao Llao, heading towards Bariloche, Confluencia, Alicura, Junín de los Andes and Collon Cura (lunch) before returning once more to Llao Llao. The third and final stage (24th) comprised a route of Llao Llao, Arelauquen, El Bolsón, Lago Puelo and (lunch), then back to Llao Llao, with a meeting in the hotel lobby and a Gala Dinner with Awards Ceremony. November 25th saw the departure of teams and cars to Buenos Aires.

The Italian official museum's Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Super Sport (1928), which won the 1928 "Mille Miglia" driven by Campari/Ramponi, was flown over specially for the event and driven by this year's Mille Miglia winner, Luciano Viaro, a victory gained with the same car, and co-driven on this occasion by Juan C. Sanchez Mariño; the pair raced to an impressive overall victory ahead of Buga/Tina (Bentley).

Making it two of the team's cars on the final podium in San Carlos de Bariloche was the Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport (1931) which Tazio Nuvolari drove to victory in the "Mille Miglia" in 1930 and 1931. It was driven in Argentina last week by Claudio Scalise, who is twice a previous winner of the “1000 Millas Argentinas” (2004 and 2005) and for four consecutive years the Argentinean championship of “Sport Histórico” (2002 to 2005). He was paired together on the 1000 Millas Sport with the experienced Argentinean pilot Gustavo Pecoroff, and they almost made it a 1-2 vfinish for the Scuderia Storica Alfa Romeo Argentina.

There was even more joy as the Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Le Mans (1931) driven by Daniel Claramunt, Sporting Director of Scuderia Storica Alfa Romeo Argentina, and Maurizio Colpani, finished in an impressive sixth place. The team's fourth and final car, an Alfa Romeo Duetto Spider Veloce 1750 (1969), was driven by Jorge Rendo and his son to a solid 69th place.

by Claudio Perlini

XIX 1000 Millas Sport - Final Results (Pos/No/Pilot/Co-Pilot/Car and Year/Points)

1 5 Viaro, Luciano/Sanchez Mariño, Juan C. ALFA ROMEO 6C 1500 SS 1928 368.64
2 3 Buga/Tina BENTLEY 4 1/2 SUPERCHARGED 1929 370.23
3 6 Scalise, Claudio/Pecoroff, Gustavo ALFA ROMEO 1750 6C GS 1931 370.73
4 17 Tonconogy, Juan/Berisso, Guillermo AUSTIN HEALEY 100M 1956 404.04
5 15 Zeziola, Ricardo Del/Buono, Héctor FORD T BAQUET 1924 426.40
6 7 Claramunt, Daniel/Colpani, Maurizio ALFA ROMEO 8C 2300 LE MANS 1931 488.63
7 30 Don Segundo Sombra/Reami, Raul FORD THUNDERBIRD 1956 546.00
8 8 Eliçabe, Manuel/Varalla, Alejandro BUGATTI T 37 1926 558.18
9 32 Gonzalez, Rodolfo/Fernandez, Juan Carlos ALFA ROMEO GIULIETTA SPIDER 1961 611.80
10 31 Tait, Alejandro/Tait, Carlos FIAT 1200 SPIDER 1959 701.19
11 85 Gallo, Gustavo/Basso, Carlos Federico PORSCHE 356 SC 1964 780.64
12 88 Castro, Martín/Cinque, José TRIUMPH VITESSE 1966 786.84
13 34 Tonconogy, Alberto/Geoghegan, Tomás JAGUAR XK 140 1956 787.80
14 61 Schmid, Guillermo/Guizzardi, Claudia JAGUAR MK II 1960 872.00
15 83 Nocetti, Fernando/Canedo, Coco TRIUMPH TR3B 1962 899.10
16 33 De Arbelaiz, Carlos/Waterhouse, Patricio MERCEDES BENZ 190 SL 1959 907.89
17 84 Lara, Pablo/Mantarás, Lucas MG B ROADSTER 1963 935.62
18 24 Boscolo, Matías/Argüelles, Federico GARDNER 1926 936.18
19 53 Conticello, Jorge/Fowler, Walter ALFA ROMEO GIULIETTA SPIDER 1960 982.40
20 123 Zerbini, Luis/Zerbini, Leonardo ALFA ROMEO GIULIA GT 1969 1037.66
21 28 Augustoni, Pedro/Eliçabe, María José TRIUMPH TR2 1955 1167.15
22 110 Erejomovich, Daniel/Pelaya, Agustín JAGUAR E TYPE SI 1967 1225.78
23 73 Sanchez Zinny, Fernando/Marcela Sanchez, Zinny FORD MUSTANG 1966 1278.20
24 25 Argüelles, Lucas/Di Paolo, Mariano AUSTIN HEALEY MK 1 1960 1289.60
25 96 Allende, Alejandro/Allende, Wanda MERCEDES BENZ 280 SL 1965 1295.25
26 54 Pozzoli, Damian/Egidy, María ALFA ROMEO GIULIETTA SPIDER 1962 1349.46
27 133 Cejas, Roberto/Cejas, Emiliano PORSCHE 911 1971 1424.43
28 157 Pagano, Federico/Pagano, Osvaldo PORSCHE 924 1979 1482.12
29 58 Gutierrez Eguia, Diego/Ceva, Ana PORSCHE 911 T 1969 1502.41
30 108 Costantini, Rodolfo/Bellora, Jose PORSCHE 911 1967 1533.06
31 37 Licandro, Gustavo Diaz/Rial, Inés FIAT 1100 1953 1585.08
32 4 Van Lierde, Daniel/Van Lierde, Nadine HUDSON BESTIUM 1926 1624.14
33 109 Novak, Alejandro/Blanco, Eugenio JAGUAR E TYPE SI 1967 1641.61
34 132 Gato/Mancha PORSCHE 911 1974 1699.98
35 52 Corcias, Nathalie/Reynal, Shalimar ASTON MARTN DB6 1966 1718.10
36 121 Olmedo, Gustavo/Olmedo, Josefina TRIUMPH TR 6 1969 1769.43
37 86 Cavarischia, Omar/Bameule, Francisco ALFA ROMEO GIULIA SUPER 1965 1801.80
38 165 Mirochnik, Pablo/Crespo, Salvador PORSCHE 911 SC 1982 1830.92
39 82 Belcastro, Juan Carlos/Belcastro, Karina TRIUMPH TR3A 1960 1849.60
40 74 Ruprecht, Maximiliano Arnau, Mariano CHEVROLET CORVETTE 1956 1865.76
41 137 Carelli, Enrique/Carelli, Lucas PORSCHE 911 S 1972 1883.40
42 146 Steverlynck, Juan María/Lefebvre, Georges PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 1974 1938.36
43 163 Garabatos Bonard/D. Girotti, Marcelo BMW 320 1980 1962.00
44 38 Acevedo, Guillermo/Acevedo, Ignacio JAGUAR XK 120 1954 1965.04
45 76 Lopez, Alejandro/Gourovich, Gabriel MERCEDES BENZ 190 SL 1959 1997.04
46 26 Nalbandian, David/Ligato, Marcos JAGUAR XK 120 DHC 1953 2041.02
47 56 Verardo, Eduardo/Caimi, Silvia ALFA ROMEO GIULIETTA SPIDER VEL 1961 2086.56
48 143 Mieres, Antonio/Mieres, Gonzalo MERCEDES BENZ 280 SE 1971 2094.75
49 50 Miguens, Carlos/Robirosa, Tonia AUSTIN HEALEY 3000 MK II 1962 2123.82
50 75 Bameule, Luis Miguel/Bameule, Patricio ALFA ROMEO GIULIETTA SPIDER 1961 2141.30
51 124 Soroet, Simón/Soroet, Alicia PORSCHE 911 1970 2298.40
52 120 Mirochnik, Osvaldo/Popik, Carlos FORD MUSTANG 1969 2349.10
53 155 Gomez, Alejandro/Campo, Ricardo MERCEDEZ BENZ 280 1980 2374.20
54 154 Miguens, Tristán Basaldúa, Agustina MG B ROADSTER 1979 2445.14
55 46 Pulenta, Hugo/Pulenta, Nina PORSCHE 356 D 1959 2493.12
56 142 Bigliani, Fernando/Malamute, Fernando MG B GT 1973 2577.70
57 45 Alfonso, Francisco/Alfonso, Carolina ALFA ROMEO SPIDER 2000 TOURING 1959 2625.09
58 138 Juarros, Gastón/Roca, Sebastian PORSCHE 911 T 1972 2650.52
59 87 Juda, Roberto/Asad, Pablo AUSTIN HEALEY 3000 MK III 1965 2775.30
60 44 Amadeo, Eduardo/Amadeo, Beatriz JAGUAR MK 1 1958 3273.76
61 117 Zichy Thyssen, Marlene/Scafati, Aleandra JAGUAR E TYPE SII 1970 3289.50
62 141 Rodriguez, Eduardo/Imhoff, Marcelo ALFA ROMEO GIULIA GTV 2000 1972 3336.80
63 47 Alvarez Castillo, Federico/Luparia, Juan Bautista JAGUAR XK 120 DHC 1954 3367.98
64 57 Eliçabe, José Manuel/Lepphaille, Julian MERCEDES BENZ 300 SL 1956 3436.68
65 10 Diez, Jesús Medel/María Soledad MG K 3 SUPERCHARGED 1934 3521.52
66 93 Rappallini, Martin/Gatti, Enrique AUSTIN HEALEY 3000 MK III 1963 3752.26
67 152 Iribarne, Sebastian/Mairal, Carolina MG B ROADSTER 1979 3773.32
68 122 Rodriguez, Carlos/Urcola, Martín MERCEDES BENZ 280 SL 1969 3773.77
69 111 Rendo, Jorge/Rendo, Jorge ALFA ROMEO SPIDER VELOCE 1750 1969 3963.05
70 94 Ortiz Basualdo, Luis Ortiz/Basualdo, Miguel MG B ROADSTER 1963 4026.10
71 49 Fernandez Barrio, Pinky/Dorignac, Valeria JAGUAR XK 150 1960 4392.00
72 66 Cayo/Hueso CHEVROLET CORVETTE STING RAY 1967 4582.48
73 156 Fernandez, Juan Manuel/Maldini, Daniel PORSCHE 911 SC 1978 4670.72
74 55 Parra, Alejandro/Flynn, Juan Patricio MG A 1961 4799.41