Top Race V6
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{{Infobox motorsport championship
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| category = Touring car racing
| country/region = {{ARG}}
| inaugural2 = 1997
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| tyres = Pirelli
| champion driver = {{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Azar (Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina)
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| website = {{Official website|http://www.toprace.com.ar/trv6/index.html}}
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Top Race V6 is a touring car race series held in Argentina. It was founded in 1997.
The cars
The Top Race V6 category sees the vehicles presented in silhouette form, with identical, strictly controlled mechanical specifications. Body styles currently running in the series are the Ford Mondeo, Chevrolet Vectra (aka Vauxhall/Opel Astra), Peugeot 407, Mercedes C-Class and Volkswagen Passat, all in sedan form. In previous seasons, Renault Laguna and Citroën C5 bodies were also used.
Engines are identical 3.0 litre V6 units tuned by Kit Berta to produce approximately 350 hp. Chassis (tubular steel), suspension (control front, independent rear), tires (Pirelli PZero slicks on 18 inch cast aluminium wheels) and gearboxes (Mark Saenz H-Pattern 5 speed) are all identical control items. The vehicles also run a uniform body kit consisting of front splitter/air dam, side skirts, and rear wing. Body modifications are allowed to present a more race oriented look (such as flared wheel arches and widened bodies), but this is also strictly controlled to keep all the vehicles even.
As a result, racing is cost effective as well as being close and highly competitive.
Champions
=Former Top Race=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Driver ! Car |
| 1997
| {{Flagicon|Argentina}} Omar Martínez |
| 1998
| {{Flagicon|Argentina}} Juan María Traverso |
| 1999
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Juan María Traverso |
| 2000
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Omar Martínez |
| 2001
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Guillermo Ortelli | BMW 320i |
| 2002
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Aventín | BMW 320i |
| 2003
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Juan María Traverso | BMW 320i |
| 2004
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Ernesto Bessone |
| 2005
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Claudio Kohler | BMW 320i |
= Top Race V6 =
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Driver ! Car |
| 2005
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Guillermo Ortelli |
| 2006
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Omar Martínez |
| 2007
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Emiliano Spataro |
| 2008
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Emiliano Spataro |
| 2009
| {{flagicon|ARG}} José María López |
| Copa América 2010
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Guido Falaschi |
| Close Tournament 2010
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Agustín Canapino |
| 2011
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Agustín Canapino |
| 2012
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Agustín Canapino |
| 2013
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Agustín Canapino |
| 2014
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Agustín Canapino |
| 2015
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Matías Rodríguez |
| 2016
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Agustín Canapino |
| 2017
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Agustín Canapino |
| 2018
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Franco Girolami |
| 2019
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Matías Rossi |
| 2020
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Matías Rossi |
| 2021
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Azar |
| 2022
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Azar | Lexus |
=Support series=
| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |Year ! colspan="2" |Top Race Series ! colspan="2" |Top Race Junior ! colspan="2" |Top Race NOA |
| Driver
! Car ! Driver ! Car ! Driver ! Car |
|---|
| 2007
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" | |{{flagicon|ARG}} Federico Bathiche | Alfa Romeo 156 | colspan="2" rowspan="5" | |
| 2008
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Gonzalo Perlo | Ford Mondeo |
| 2009
|{{flagicon|URU}} Gerardo Salaverría |Chevrolet Vectra II |{{flagicon|ARG}} Germán Giles | Chevrolet Vectra |
| Copa América 2010
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Federico Lifschitz |Ford Mondeo II |{{flagicon|ARG}} Humberto Krujoski | Ford Mondeo |
| 2012
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Humberto Krujoski |Ford Mondeo III |{{flagicon|ARG}} Facundo Della Motta | |
| 2013
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Henry Martin |Volkswagen Passat V | colspan="2" |Cancelled |{{flagicon|ARG}} Eduardo Maidana |Ford Mondeo |
| 2014
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Lucas Ariel Guerra |Fiat Linea Series | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | |{{flagicon|ARG}} Peter Olaz |Ford Mondeo |
| 2015
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Fabián Flaqué |Mercedes-Benz CLA Series |{{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Ortega |Audi S6 NOA |
| 2016
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Lucas Valle | rowspan="1" |Chevrolet Cruze Series |{{flagicon|ARG}} Giovanni Elizalde | rowspan="1" |Audi S6 Junior | colspan="2" rowspan="7" | |
| 2017
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Bruno Boccanera |Fiat Tipo Series |{{flagicon|ARG}} Martín Ferreyra |Chevrolet Cruze Junior |
| 2018
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Gastón Crusitta |Chevrolet Cruze Series |{{flagicon|ARG}} Santiago Piovano |Citroën C4 Junior |
| 2019
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Bruno Boccanera |Ford Mondeo Series |{{flagicon|ARG}} Ariel Persia |Toyota Corolla Junior |
| 2020
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Franco Morillo | Fiat Cronos Series | {{flagicon|ARG}} Thomas Micheloud | Chevrolet Cruze Junior |
| 2021
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Verriello | Fiat Cronos Series | {{flagicon|ARG}} José Malbrán | Mercedes-Benz CLA Junior |
| 2022
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Sebastian Alzamendi | Toyota Corolla | {{flagicon|ARG}} Franco Beatini | Mercedes-Benz CLA Junior |
| 2023
| | | | | | |
| 2024
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Luis José Di Palma{{Cite web |title=Top Race - TOPRACE - Campeonato General 2024 |url=https://toprace.com.ar/toprace/campeonato-general/2024.html |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=toprace.com.ar}} |Fiat Cronos Series |{{flagicon|ARG}} Lucas Bohdanowicz{{Cite web |title=Top Race - TRSERIES - Campeonato General 2024 |url=https://toprace.com.ar/trseries/campeonato-general/2024.html |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=toprace.com.ar}} |Toyota Corolla Junior | | |
Point system
File:Peugeot 408 de Top Race Series.jpg
The points are given in the following order:
| class="wikitable" |
| Position
! Points ! Position ! Points |
|---|
| 1
| 18 | 8 | 8 |
| 2
| 16 | 9 | 7 |
| 3
| 14 | 10 | 6 |
| 3
| 12 | 11 | 5 |
| 4
| 12 | 12 | 4 |
| 5
| 11 | 13 | 3 |
| 6
| 10 | 14 | 2 |
| 7
| 9 | 15 to 20 | 1 |
Video Game
There was a Top Race v6 video game made in 2009 based on the racing series.{{Citation |last=2PEZ |title=Top Race V6 |date=2009-01-01 |url=https://archive.org/details/top_race_V6/top_race03.jpg |access-date=2025-04-20}}
External links
{{Commonscat}}
- {{Official website|http://www.toprace.com.ar/trv6/index.html}} {{in lang|es}}
- [http://arogeraldes.blogspot.com/2007/09/top-race-el-ftbol-sobre-ruedas.html Article about Top Race in Kicker China] {{in lang|es}}