: 1953 Carrera Panamericana
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: The 1953 Carrera Panamericana was the fourth running of the Carrera
: Panamericana Mexican sports car racing event, and the first
: edition as a part of the World Sportscar Championship. The race
: was run from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, to Ciudad Juárez,
: Chihuahua, over 8 stages and 3,077 kilometres (1,912 mi).[1] 182
: cars started the race, and 60 finished all 8 stages. The race
: was won by Juan Manuel Fangio and Gino Bronzoni in a
: works-entered Lancia D24. The pair finished the race in 18 hours
: and 11 minutes, averaging 169.221 kilometres per hour (105.149
: mph).

: Race

: Both Lancia and Lincoln came to the race highly organized and both
: factories swept 1–2–3 finishes in their respective
: categories. The Europeans dominated the sports categories, and
: the Americans the stock. Large Sports Cars was won by Juan
: Manuel Fangio of Argentina and Gino Bronzoni of Italy in a
: Lancia, Small Sports Cars by José Herrarte and Carlos González
: from Guatemala in a Porsche. Large Stock Cars was won by Chuck
: Stevenson and Clay Smith of the United States in a Lincoln and
: Small Stock Cars by C.D. Evans and Walter Krause, Jr., also of
: the U.S., in a six-cylinder Chevrolet. Stevenson has the
: distinction of being the only person to ever win twice in the
: original race.

: The race was marred by the death of a number of competitors. The
: co-driver and pacenote systems championed by the Mercedes-Benz
: teams of the previous year were vindicated by the failure of an
: alternative system used by some other works drivers, notably
: those of Lancia. During pre-race runs of the route at much safer
: speeds, Felice Bonetto and Piero Taruffi, winner of the 1951
: edition of the race, painted warning signals on the road to
: remind themselves of particular hazards. This resulted in the
: death of Bonetto who, leading the race under pressure from
: Taruffi, missed his own warning signs. Entering the village of
: Silao, he encountered rough pavement at excessive speed and
: impacted a building, killing him instantly.

: Results

: Class winners are marked in bold.
: Pos Class No. Entrant Driver(s) Car Stages Time
: 1 S+1.6 36 Scuderia Lancia Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio
: Italy Gino Bronzoni Lancia D24 Pinin Farina 8 18:11:00

: 2 S+1.6 22 Scuderia Lancia Italy Piero Taruffi
: Italy Luigi Maggio Lancia D24 Pinin Farina 8 18:18:51

: 3 S+1.6 38 Scuderia Lancia Italy Eugenio Castellotti
: Italy Carlo Luoni Lancia D23 Pinin Farina 8 18:24:52

: 4 S+1.6 26 Scuderia Guastalla Italy Guido Mancini
: Italy Fabrizio Serena di Lapigio Ferrari 375 MM Pinin Farina
: Berlinetta 8 19:40:29

: 5 S+1.6 6 Club Francia Amigos de la Panamericana France Louis
: Rosier Talbot-Lago T26GS 8 20:11:22

: 6 S+1.6 23 Scuderia Guastalla Italy Mario Ricci
: Italy Forese Salviati Ferrari 375 MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta 8
: 20:16:28

: I bought this unique Pre-Carrera from a old Italien
: Heuer-Collector , perhaps it was the part of a Italien-race-team
: on the 1953 Carrera Panamerica race in Mexico, where the 5 of
: the first 6 placed teams came from Italy !!

: Enjoy the pics... Jasper[/red

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