Christian Ledesma (48 years old) won the classification of the 7th date that he Road Tourism competed today at the racetrack Rafaela on board the Chevrolet Camaro of the Pradecon Racing. In this way, the man from Mar del Plata entered the history of the “maxima” as the first poleman aboard the modern Chevrolet model. Jonathan Castellano (Dodge) and Diego Ciantini (Chevrolet) were his escorts.
The man from Mar del Plata, who this weekend is fulfilling his 397 races in the TCgave the note about the end of the round by lowering the record that Castellano had established a while before to also keep the new circuit record with a time of 1m26s109just 0s216 faster than Juan Manuel Silva (Ford) in 2019.
“We came to this race with high expectations. We have worked hard since the beginning of the year, with a lot of sacrifice, and now we can give the first pole position to the Camaro. More than happy for the entire work group. There has been a lot of work in the middle and achieving this result is enormously satisfying”said the 2007 champion who became the maximum poleman in activity with a total of 31.
In this way, Ledesma not only achieved the best result for the new Chevrolet model since its debut this season, but also gave it the 3rd classification of the year for New Generation carscounting those obtained Mariano Werner in El Calafate and German Todino in Concepción, both with Ford Mustang.
“We decided to turn completely unloaded, unlike most of the New Generation cars, and the strategy worked out very well for us”said the winner who actually qualified without the splitter in the nose, without the chimney and with the aileron low, the same configuration that he had used during training.
He also became the top timed round winner on the Santa Fe circuit, equaling Castellano and Werner at 3. Precisely, the Pradecon Racing driver overtook Pinchito by 0s205, who had taken over the best time taking advantage of the suction of Santiago Mangoni (Chevrolet).
In any case, the driver from Lobería crowned his best production of the year with the Dodge of the Metalfor SAP Team. “We were able to do a nice suction lap behind the pack. Afterwards I wanted to look for a new lap alone and the time was very similar. “Tomorrow I will go for victory,” said Pinchito who wants to end a streak of 11 races without wins for the pentastar in the “Oval”.
Diego Ciantini – author of 2 pole positions this season – closed the leading trio in his last classification aboard the Chevy of the Canning Motorsport since on the next date in Posadas he will debut a Camaro. “I liked the balance of the car, although perhaps we lacked a little engine. But I see myself with a chance of winning tomorrow.”said Bochita, which is 5th in the tournament, the best positioned in the brand.
Facundo Ardussoin his 2nd race aboard the Chevrolet of RV Racing Sport, placed 4th. While Marcos Quijada finished 5th with the Camaro of the Uranga Racing. Thus, Chevrolet achieved its best classification of the year with 4 cars among the best 5 of the batch.
Esteban Gini (6th) returned to the fore in its last participation with the Toyota Camry version 2023 since from the next it will be with the updated model. Julian Santero (Ford), tournament leader, came 9th. Manu Urcera (Ford Mustang), his escort, classified 11th, while Mariano Werner (Ford Mustang), 3rd in the table, did so in 14th place.
TC Classification – Rafaela – 7th date
| Pos. | Pilot | Mca. | Type/Dif. |
| 1 | Ledesma, C. | Ch C | 01;26.109 |
| 2 | Castellano, J. | d | 0.205 |
| 3 | Ciantini, D. | Ch | 0.324 |
| 4 | Ardusso, F. | Ch | 0.423 |
| 5 | Quijada, M. | Ch C | 0.488 |
| 6 | Gini, E. | Ty | 0.514 |
| 7 | Mangoni, S. | Ch | 0.517 |
| 8 | Bonelli, N. | Ch | 0.535 |
| 9 | Santero, J. | F | 0.541 |
| 10 | Fritzler, O. | d | 0.542 |
| eleven | Urcera, J.M. | FM | 0.554 |
| 12 | Lambiris, M. | F | 0.564 |
| 13 | Mazzacane, G. | Ch | 0.660 |
| 14 | Werner, M. | FM | 0.680 |
| fifteen | Trucco, J.M. | D Ch | 0.749 |
| 16 | Craparo, E. | d | 0.752 |
| 17 | Benvenuti, J.C. | Ch | 0.770 |
| 18 | Landa, M. | T | 0.801 |
| 19 | Martínez, A. | F | 0.812 |
| twenty | Spataro, E. | F | 0.815 |
| twenty-one | Fontana, N. | Ch | 0.824 |
| 22 | Londero, A. | F | 0.944 |
| 23 | Chapur, F. | d | 0.969 |
| 24 | Agrelo, M. | d | 0.977 |
| 25 | Trosset, N. | FM | 0.981 |
| 26 | Carinelli, A. | d | 1,129 |
| 27 | Ebarlín, JJ | Ch | 1,140 |
| 28 | De Benedictis, J.B. | FM | 1,182 |
| 29 | Risatti, R. | Ch C | 1,185 |
| 30 | Todino, G. | FM | 1,212 |
| 31 | Iribarne, F. | Ch C | 1,528 |
| 32 | Ponce De Leon, G. | F | 1,589 |
| 33 | De La Iglesia, L. | d | 1,670 |
| 3. 4 | Jalaf, M. | F | 1,787 |
| 35 | Alaux, S. | Ch | 1,827 |
| 36 | Alvarez, S. | d | 1,891 |
| 37 | De Carlo, D. | Ch | 1946 |
| 38 | Vazquez, M. | d | 3,092 |
| 39 | Martínez, T. | TNG | 3,111 |
| 40 | Ferrante, G. | Ty NG | 4,853 |
| 41 | Aguirre, V. | Ch | S.T. |
| 42 | Catalan Magni, J.T. | F | S.T. |
| 43 | Jakos, A. | Ty NG | S.T. |
José Manuel Urcera He was the fastest in training. Aboard his Ford Mustang he scored 1m26s760 relegating Chevrolets from Nicolas Bonelli and Facundo Ardusso that They equalized the time and were 0s12 behind the Rio Negro.
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Schedule – TC and TC Track – Rafaela
Saturday June 15
17:05 to 17:15 – 1st TCP Series (5 Laps)
17:30 to 17:40 – 2nd TCP Series (5 Laps)
Sunday June 16
10:05 to 10:15 – 1st TC Series (5 Laps)
10:30 to 10:40 – 2nd TC Series (5 Laps)
10:55 to 11:05 – 3rd TC Series (5 Laps)
11:45 to 12:25 – TCP Final (25 Laps or 40 Minutes)
12:55 to 13:45 – TC Final (30 Laps or 50 Minutes)
