1954 1000 km Buenos Aires

The 1954 1000 km Buenos Aires was a motor race for sports cars which was held on January 24 at the Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz, (Buenos Aires, Argentina). It was the opening race of the 1954 World Sportscar Championship and was also the inaugural 1000 km Buenos Aires. The race was won by Giuseppe Farina and Umberto Maglioli, driving a Ferrari 375 MM thumb|Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz - Buenos Aires 1000km (1954) Report thumb|The 1954 1000 km Buenos Aires was won by a Ferrari 375 MM Entry A grand total 38 racing cars were registered for this event, of which only 36 arrived for practice and qualifying. This being the first major sports car races of the year, the race was supported by the work of teams of Ferrari and Maserati . Both teams were represented by one car in the race. Ferrari with a 375 MM, which was piloted by Giuseppe Farina and the young Umberto Maglioli. The factory Maserati was piloted Emilio Giletti and Luigi Musso. With Osca came another factory teams from Italy. France was represented by Gordini, and from the UK came Aston Martin’s entered by David Brown with Jaguar prepared and raced by Ecurie Ecosse. Also, the German works team of Borgward took the long journey to Buenos Aires.:de:1000-km-Rennen von Buenos Aires 1954August 2026 Qualifying Carroll Shelby took pole position for the privateer entry from Roy Cherryhomes team, in their Allard-Cadillac J2X. http://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Buenos_Aires-1954-01-24-2301.html 1000 km Buenos Aires 1954 - Racing Sports Cars Race The race was held over 106 laps of the 5.888 miles Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz, giving a distance of 624.162 miles (1,000 km). In the race, the factory Ferrari won ahead of the privately entered Ferrari 250 MM of Alfonso de Portago and Harry Schell, as well as the Aston Martin DB3S by Peter Collins and Pat Griffith. At the lap 14, car number 42 (private Aston Martin DB3 chassis number one) driven by Greene and Stabile) got under fire and caused death of Eric Forrest Greene. Car number 10, driven by Farina and Maglioli took an impressive victory, winning in a time of 6hrs 41:50.8 mins., averaging a speed of 93.197mph. Second place went to de Portago and Schell, albeit three laps adrift. The podium was complete by the winner of the 1953 RAC Tourist Trophy, Collins and Griffiths who in turn were a further lap down.:de:1000-km-Rennen von Buenos Aires 1954http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1954/54ba.html 1954 Buenos Aires 1000 KM 2014-09-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20090108040427/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1954/54ba.html 2009-01-08 dead http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1954.html Archived copy 2014-09-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20141021083459/http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1954.html 2014-10-21 dead Official Classification Class Winners are in Bold text. Pos No ClassDriver Entrant Chassis Laps Reason Out 1st 10 S+3.0 Italy Giuseppe Farina Italy Umberto Maglioli Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 375 MM 6hr 41:50.8, 106 2nd 30 S3.0 USA Harry Schell Spain 1945 Alfonso de Portago Alfonso de Portago Ferrari 250 MM Vignale Spyder 103 3rd 40 S3.0 GBR Peter Collins GBR Pat Griffith David Brown Aston Martin DB3S 102 4th 22 S+3.0 GBR James Scott Douglas GBR Ninian Sanderson Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar C-Type 100 5th 34 S3.0 Argentina Luis Milán Argentina Elpidio Tortone Ferrari 625 TF 99 6th 54 S3.0 Italy Emilio Giletti Italy Luigi Musso Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCS 97 7th 12 S+3.0 France Louis Rosier France Maurice Trintignant Equipe Louis Rosier Ferrari 375 GP 96 DNF 32 S+3.0 Argentina Roberto Bonomi Argentina Carlos Menditéguy Ferrari 625 TF 91 Gearbox 8th 50 S3.0 Argentina Angel Maiocchi Argentina Lucio Bollaert Ferrari 225 S Vignale Spyder 87 9th 58 S1.5 Guatemala Jaroslav Juhan Guatemala Antonio Asturias Hall Jaroslav Juhan Porsche 550 Spyder 87 10th 6 S+3.0 USA Carroll Shelby USA Dale Duncan Roy Cherryhomes Allard-Cadillac J2X 86 11th 74 S1.5 France Michel Collange Argentina David Aperoni Osca Osca MT4 1100 Coupé 85 12th 64 S1.5 Argentina Oscar J. Gonzalez Argentina Pedro Escudero Porsche 356 79 13th 68 S1.5 Guatemala José Sala Herrarte Ariano Porsche 550 Spyder 79 14th 18 S+3.0 USA Masten Gregory Masten Gregory Jaguar C-Type 79 15th 70 S1.5 Argentina Jorge Chaves Argentina Alberto Rodríguez Larreta Porsche 550 72 16th 66 S1.5 Argentina Juan Antonio Gatti Argentina Julio Angel Gatti Porsche 550 70 DNF 38 S3.0 GBR Reg Parnell GBR Roy Salvadori David Brown Aston Martin DB3S 65 Distributor drive shaft DNF 60 S1.5 West Germany Hans-Hugo Hartmann West Germany Adolf Brudes Borgward Borgward Hansa 1500 RS 44 Oil system DNF 28 S+3.0 Argentina F. Molina Zubiria Argentina German Pesce Jaguar XK120 38 DNF DNF 26 S+3.0 Argentina José M. Millet Argentina Nicolas Dellepiane Jaguar C-Type 27 DNF DNF 24 S+3.0 Argentina Adolfo Schwelm Cruz Argentina Miguel Schroeder Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar C-Type 26 DNF DNF 44 S3.0 Argentina Roberto Mieres Argentina Carlo Tomasi David Brown Aston Martin DB3S 24 Final drive DNF 20 S+3.0 GBR Ian Stewart GBR Jimmy Stewart Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar C-Type 16 Accident DNF 36 S3.0 France Jean Behra Italy Franco Bordoni Automobiles Gordini Gordini T24S 16 Accident DNF 42 S3.0 Argentina Eric Forrest-Greene Argentina Carlos Stabile E.F. Greene Aston Martin DB3 14 Fatal Accident(Forrest-Greene) DNF 16 S+3.0 USA Phil Hill USA Dave Sykes Allen Guiberson Ferrari 340 Mexico Vignale 13 Clutch DNF 14 S+3.0 Argentina José-Maria Ibanez Argentina Ignacio Jancies José-Maria Ibanez Ferrari 375 MM Spyder 11 Accident DNF 48 S3.0 Argentina Pedro J. Llano Argentina Ernesto Tornquist Ferrari 225 S 9 DNF DNF 46 S3.0 Argentina Nicolas Dellepiane Argentina Martin Berasategui Ferrari 225 S 5 DNF DNF 72 S1.5 USA Bob Said USA George Moffett Jack Frierson Osca MT4 1350 5 Gearbox DNF 62 S1.5 Argentina Tomas Mayol Argentina Juan Mayol Porsche 550 2 DNF DNF 8 S+3.0 Argentina Carlos Najurieta Argentina Alberto Gomez Ford-Maserati V8 0 DNF DNF 53 S3.0 France Élie Bayol France Roger Loyer Automobiles Gordini Gordini T15S Lost wheel / Accident DNS 2 S+3.0 Argentina Enrique Saenz Valiente Argentina Jorge Camano Boliari Arauz-Cadillac http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1954.html Archived copy 2014-09-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20141021083459/http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1954.html 2014-10-21 dead http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Buenos_Aires-1954-01-24-2301.html 1000 km Buenos Aires 1954 - Race Results - Racing Sports Carshttp://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1954/54ba.html 1954 Buenos Aires 1000 KM 2014-09-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20090108040427/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1954/54ba.html 2009-01-08 dead Fastest Lap: Giuseppe Farina, 3:34.6secs (98.779 mph)http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1954.html Archived copy 2014-09-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20141021083459/http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1954.html 2014-10-21 dead http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1954/54ba.html 1954 Buenos Aires 1000 KM 2014-09-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20090108040427/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1954/54ba.html 2009-01-08 dead Class Winners Class Winners Sports +3000 10 Ferrari 375 MM Farina / Maglioli Sports 3000 30 Ferrari 250 MM Vignale Spyder Schell / de Portago Sports 1500 58 Porsche 550 Spyder Juhan / Asturias Hall http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Buenos_Aires-1954-01-24-2301.html 1000 km Buenos Aires 1954 - Race Results - Racing Sports Carshttp://www.historicracing.com/driver_az.cfm?type=drivers_alpha&tStartRow=1&AlphaIndex=F&driverID=2406 Eric Forrest-Greene 2015-07-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20150829111208/http://www.historicracing.com/driver_az.cfm?type=drivers_alpha&tStartRow=1&AlphaIndex=F&driverID=2406 2015-08-29 dead Standings after the race Pos Championship Points 1 Italy Ferrari 8 2 UK Aston Martin 4 3 GBR Jaguar 3 4 Italy Maserati 1 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. References 30em 1954 World Sportscar Championship 1953 Carrera Panamericana 12 Hours of Sebring Category:1000 km Buenos Aires 1000 km Buenos Aires Buenos Aires