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Latin American Races 1956

Round	Date	Race	State
1		Vuelta de la Cordialidad	CO
2	25.3.1956	Chiraque-Bogotá	CO
3	15.4.1956	GP Encosta da Serra	BR
4	6.6.1956	500 mile Rafaela	RA
5	5.8.1956	Marcay	YV
6	19.8.1956	San Diego-Tequendama	CO
7	23.9.1956	Melgar-Bogotá	CO
8	4.11.1956	GP Venezuela	YV
9	24.11.1956	Mil Milhas Brasileiras	BR
10		National Rafaela	RA
11		National Buenos Aires	RA
12		Coppa Rio Caracas	YV
13		GP Guatemala	GUA
14		Caracas	YV

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Latin American Races	Round: 1

Vuelta de la Cordialidad

Vuelta de la Cordialidad - January	Date: 1956

Circuit lenght:

Race distance: 278,417 km

Winner's average speed:

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Time/retired	Pos.	Group
1.	-	Joao Rozende Dos Santos (YV)	Ferrari 2.9
2.	-	Alfredo Camacho	Mercedes-Benz 300SL
	-	Gilberto Caputo	Fiat 1100		1.	IC2
	-	Ramón Lopez (YV)	Ferrari 2.0		1.	IC1
	-	Budd Weltschoff	MG Special		2.	IC2
	-	Miguel Ortega	Triumph TR2		2.	IC1
	-	Pablo Obregon	Triumph TR2		3.	IC1
	Did not finish:
	-	Gabriel Salazer	Porsche	DNF
	-	Italo Salamina	Triumph TR2	DNF

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Latin American Races	Round: 2

Chiraque-Bogotá

Chiraque-Bogotá	Date: 25.3.1956

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice

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Latin American Races	Round: 3

GP Encosta da Serra

6° Grande Prémio Encosta da Serra	Date: 15.4.1956

Circuit lenght:

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 113,000 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Time/retired
1.	-	Diogo Ellwanger (BR)	Carretera Ford	Diogo Ellwanger	2:19:00,000
2.	-	Júlio Andreatta (BR)	Carretera Chevrolet	Julio Andreatta
3.	-	José Cury (PR)	Carretera Cadillac	José Cury (PR)
4.	-	Joăo Galvani (BR)	Carretera Chevrolet	Joăo Galvani

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Latin American Races	Round: 4

500 mile Rafaela

500 Millas Argentinas, Rafaela	Date: 6.6.1956

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Time/retired
1.	-	Carlos Najurieta (RA)	Ferrari 375 MM
2.	-	Jésus Iglesias (RA)	Chevrolet
3.	-	Ricardo Grandio (RA)	Maserati A6GCS
4.	-	Alfredo Pián (RA)	Ford
5.	-	Luis Milán (RA)	Ferrari 625
	Did not finish:
	-	Ramón Requejo (RA)	Chrysler	DNF
	-	José Félix Lopes (RA)	Chevrolet	DNF
	Other starters:
	-	Franco Bruno (RA)	Allard - Cadillac
	-	Miguel Schroeder (RA)	Jaguar
	-	César Rivero (RA)	Ford
	-	Ernesto Blanco (RA)	Alfa Romeo 308

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Latin American Races	Round: 5

Marcay

Marcay	Date: 5.8.1956

Circuit lenght:

Race distance: 249,448 km

Winner's average speed:

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car
1.	-	Piero Drogo (I)	Mercedes-Benz 300SL
2.	-	Ramón Lopez (YV)	Ferrari
3.	-	xxx	A.C.

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Latin American Races	Round: 6

San Diego-Tequendama

San Diego-Tequendama	Date: 19.8.1956

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice

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Latin American Races	Round: 7

Melgar-Bogotá

Melgar-Bogotá	Date: 23.9.1956

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice

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Latin American Races	Round: 8

GP Venezuela

Gran Premio de Venezuela, Caracas	Date: 4.11.1956

Circuit lenght: 4,040 km

Race distance: 343,400 km

Winner's average speed: 135,504 km/h

Fastest lap:

Stirling Moss

No. 8

Maserati 300S

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group
1.	8	Stirling Moss (GB)	Maserati 300S 3062	Maserati	85	2:31:49,000	1.	S+2.0
2.	2	Juan Manuel Fangio (RA)	Ferrari 860 Monza 0602M	Scuderia Ferrari	85	2:32:09,000	2.	S+2.0
3.	10	Jean Behra (F)	Maserati 200S 2401				1.	S2.0
4.	52	Masten Gregory (USA)	Ferrari 500 Mondial 0652?				2.	S2.0
5.	16	Jo Bonnier (S)	Alfa Romeo Disco Volante 00125				3.	S+2.0
6.	22	Piero Carini (I)	Ferrari 500 TR 0648?				3.	S2.0
7.	18	Franco Bordoni (I)	Maserati 3000 3063				4.	S+2.0
8.	36	Piero Drogo (I)	Ferrari 500 TR 0618MD or 0632?				4.	S2.0
9.	30	Ottavio Guarducci (I)	Ferrari 500 Mondial 0534				5.	S2.0
10.	44	Sergio Vivaldi (YV) Lino Fayen (YV) - DNP	Osca TN1500				1.	S1.5
11.	20	Franco Cortese (I)	Ferrari 500 TR 0640MDTR	Franco Cortese			6.	S2.0
12.	50	Porfirio Rubirosa (DR)	Ferrari LM 2.5 0644				5.	S+2.0
13.	24	Joao Rozende Dos Santos (YV)	Gordini T15S 2.0 0043	Gordini			7.	S2.0
	Did not finish:
	4	Alfonso de Portago (E)	Ferrari 857S 0584M/0578M	Alfonso de Portago	79	DNF		S+2.0
	6	Harry Schell (USA)	Ferrari 3.5			DNF		S+2.0
	12	Isabelle Haskell (USA)	Maserati 1500 1653			NC		S1.5
	14	Alessandro de Tomaso (RA)	Maserati 1500 1660			NC		S1.5
	26	Hermano da Silva Ramos (BR)	Gordini T15S 3.0 0017S	Gordini		Magnetto		S+2.0
	28	Julio Pola (YV)	Maserati 2000			NC		S2.0
	34	Fabrizio Serena di Lapigio (I)	Gordini 3.0			NC		S+2.0
	46	Ramón Lopez (YV)	Ferrari 500 Mondial 0418MD?			DNF		S2.0
	54	Lino Fayen (YV)	Aston Martin DB3S 107?			NC		S+2.0
	58	Ettore Chimeri (YV)	Ferrari 2000 0562?			DNF		S2.0
	62	Alfonso Gomez-Mena (C)	Jaguar D-type XKD521			NC		S+2.0
	64	Mauricio Marcotulli (YV)	Maserati 2000			NC		S2.0
	Did not start:
	40	Gustavo Gutierrez	Porsche 1500					S1.5

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Latin American Races	Round: 9

Mil Milhas Brasileiras

I Mil Milhas Brasileiras, Interlagos	Date: 24.11.1956

Circuit lenght:

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 99,000 km/h

Fastest lap:

Chico Landi

No.

Carretera Ford

4:16

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Laps	Time/retired
1.	-	Catharino Andreatta (BR) Breno Fornari (BR)	Carretera Ford	201	16:16:02,000
2.	-	Eugenio Martins (BR) Christian Heins (BR)	Volkswagen	197
3.	-	Aristides Bertuol (BR) Valdir Rebeschini	Chevrolet	192
4.	-	Euclides Bastos Germano Shooyal	Ford	192
5.	-	Claudio Daniel Rodrigues (BR) Luciano Bonini	Ford	188
6.	-	Ciro Cayres (BR) Andrade	Volvo	186
7.	-	Haroldo Dreux (BR) Aldo Costa (BR)	Volkswagen	185
8.	-	José Asmuz (BR) Raul Wigner	Ford	184
9.	-	José Giudini Luis Ambrósio	Jaguar	181
10.	-	Flavio Beneducce Filho Hélio Rossi (BR)	Ford	180
11.	-	Alfredo Santilli (BR) Valdemar Santilli	Cadillac	180
12.	-	Aido Finardi (BR) Orlando Menegas (BR)	Ford	180
13.	-	Nativo Pedro Camozzato Dirceu Oliveira (BR)	Ford	180
14.	-	Luís Américo Margarido (BR) Manuel Luis Canteiro	Chevrolet	178
15.	-	Luiz Valente (BR) Djalma Pezzolato	Ford	177
16.	-	Cirilo Previdi José Cury (PR)	Cadillac	174
17.	-	Fernando Pirajá Gilberto Pereira do Valle	Simca	173
18.	-	Paulo Alves Mota José Luis Andrade	Jaguar	170
19.	-	José Otero (BR) Nicanor Ollé	Ford	167
20.	-	Haroldo Vaz Lobo (BR) Rosalvo Mansur Francisco	Ford	157
	Did not finish:
	-	Diogo Ellwanger (BR) José Madri	Ford		DNF
	-	Chico Landi (BR) Jair Melo de Viana (BR)	Carretera Ford		DNF
	-	Júlio Andreatta (BR) Alcides Schroeder (BR)	Ford		DNF

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Latin American Races	Round: 10

National Rafaela

Rafaela	Date: 1956

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car
1.	-	Carlos Najurieta (RA)	Ferrari 4.5
2.	-	Ricardo Grandio (RA)	Maserati 2.0
3.	-	Luis Milán (RA)	Ferrari 2.5
	Other starters:
	-	Franco Bruno (RA)	Allard - Cadillac
	-	Miguel Schroeder (RA)	Jaguar

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Latin American Races	Round: 11

National Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires	Date: 1956

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	-	Luis Milán (RA)	Ferrari 5.0

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Latin American Races	Round: 12

Coppa Rio Caracas

Coppa Rio Guyas, Caracas	Date: 1956

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Pos.	Group
1.	-	xxx	?
2.	-	xxx	?
3.	-	Sergio Vivaldi (YV)	Osca	1.	S1.5

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Latin American Races	Round: 13

GP Guatemala

Guatemala GP	Date: 1956

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car
1.	-	Manfredo Lippmann (GUA)	Mercedes-Benz 300SL
2.	-	Zinion	Mercedes-Benz 300SL
3.	-	Wiesse	Porsche

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Latin American Races	Round: 14

Caracas

Caracas	Date: 1956

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
3.	-	de Portago	Ferrari 860 Monza 0602M

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Latin American Races 1956

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Vuelta de la Cordialidad

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Chiraque-Bogotá

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GP Encosta da Serra

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500 mile Rafaela

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Marcay

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San Diego-Tequendama

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Melgar-Bogotá

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GP Venezuela

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Mil Milhas Brasileiras

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National Rafaela

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National Buenos Aires

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Coppa Rio Caracas

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GP Guatemala

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Caracas

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