Exploring The History Of Motorsport In Colombia With Club Los Tortugas
Almost a century ago, Colombia’s flourishing taste for sports cars led to the organization of races in and around Bogotá in the early 1920s. Note that this was not long after the introduction of the publicly-accessible automobile, proving once again that the best thing to do when you have two of something on wheels is to race.
Then during the 1930s and ’40s, this universal love for the mix of cars and competition spread around the continent with a lot of influence coming from Argentina, including a transnational racing series called the GP de la América del Surthat crossed nearly the continent, from Buenos Aires, Argentina through Colombia to Caracas, Venezuela, it was a massive route once completed in its entirety. Juan Manuel Fangio competed in this cross-continental feat, among other renowned and local drivers alike….. Continue reading at Petrolicious
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