Roberto Urretavizcaya in triumph in the TC in 1997 with his son, Tomás, who is also a pilot (@tomyurreta)

Shock in Argentinian motorsport due to the accident suffered by a former driver Roberto Urretavizcaya, that this midday he had an incident while riding his motorcycle on a rural road that connects the towns of Chacabuco and Bragado. He was hospitalized and, according to local media, his condition is serious.

Tito, as he is known, suffered a serious head injury and was admitted to the intensive care unit of the municipal hospital in his town, Chacabuco, according to the portal. Network Chacabuco. He was stabilized and referred to the Clínica Centro de Junín for his intervention. Your status is reservedadded said site.

The 65-year-old former racer won the affection of the public during his 25 years in road touring, a category in which he started racing with Chevrolet, then moved to Ford and later raced with Dodge.

In the divisional octogenarian, he played a total of 352 tracks (until 2017, he held the record for appearances in the category). He scored 10 wins (6 with Ford and 4 with Chevrolet), 6 pole positions, 46 sets, 26 podiums and set 12 lap records..

I shoot with the Chevrolet of the Supertap team at the fork of the Buenos Aires autodrome in 1986 (Photo: Armando Contreras - CORSA Archive)
I shoot with the Chevrolet of the Supertap team at the fork of the Buenos Aires autodrome in 1986 (Photo: Armando Contreras – CORSA Archive)

His first victory is one of the most remembered by fans since it dates back to January 1989 when the previous championship was defined. It happened in San Lorenzo, Santa Fe, when on January 8, 1989, a train passing through the competition site forced the suspension of a race. As Tito was then leading the general classification, he was declared the winner.

His high school debut was on September 7, 1986, in Junín with a Chevrolet from the Supertap team. In the same city of Buenos Aires where he definitively retired from professional motorsport, on August 7, 2011 with a Ford from the Savino Sport team.

Urreta then joined the executive of the Road Tourism Corridors Association (ACTC) and is currently a member of the Board of Directors, serving as 1st Alternate Member and Safety Car Driver of Entity Controlled Categories.

Tito in the pits of Autodrome Roberto Mouras (@Campeonesnet)
Tito in the pits of Autodrome Roberto Mouras (@Campeonesnet)

Tito rose to national prominence in 1982 when the Formula Renault champion was crowned with a Crespi chassis from the team that ran Hugo Cuervo. This year swept away and was consecrated early.

Then he continued in single shifts and made the leap to Formula 2 Codasur, a category that marked motorsport in the first five years of the eighties and caused a stir in the region racing in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and reaching have a date in Colombia in 1996.

He also raced the TC 2000 in the team which had the official support of Chevrolet in 1997 and had as a partner Guillermo Ortelli.

Tapeless when it comes to speaking, a great storyteller, spontaneous and always ready with the public, Tito’s warmth has won him the hearts of all domestic motorsports and his contagious smile is commonplace at the racetracks where he interprets the TC and its minor divisions of the ACTC.

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