Ángel Lo Valvo

Ángel Lo Valvo (August 11, 1909 in Arrecifes, Buenos Aires Province – January 8, 1978) was an Argentine race-car driver who won the first-ever Turismo Carretera competition in 1937. Lo Valvo also won the first Turismo Carretera Championship in 1939.

He entered some races using pseudonym Hipómenes, a Spanish-language term for Greek mythology personage, Hippomenes.

Sporting positions
Preceded by None	Turismo Carretera champion 1939	Succeeded by Juan Manuel Fangio

Turismo Carretera

Champion drivers	1939 Ángel Lo Valvo 1940-41 Juan Manuel Fangio 1947-48, 1953-54, 1960 Oscar Alfredo Gálvez 1949-52, 1955-58, 1961 Juan Gálvez 1959 Rodolfo de Álzaga 1962-65 Dante Emiliozzi 1966 Juan Manuel Bordeu 1967 Eduardo Copello 1968 Carlos Pairetti 1969 Gastón Perkins 1970-71 Rubén Luis di Palma 1973 Nasif Estéfano 1974-76 Héctor Gradassi 1977-78, 1995-97, 1999 Juan María Traverso 1979-80 Francisco Espinosa 1980-81 Antonio Aventín 1982 Jorge M. Boero 1983-85 Roberto Mouras 1986 Oscar Angeletti 1987-89 Oscar Castellano 1990 Emilio Satriano 1991-92 Oscar Aventín 1993 Walter Hernández 1994 Eduardo Ramos 1998, 2000-02, 2008, 2011 Guillermo Ortelli 2003 Ernesto Bessone 2004 Omar Martínez 2005 Juan Manuel Silva 2006 Norberto Fontana 2007 Christian Ledesma 2009 Emanuel Moriatis 2010 Agustín Canapino 2012 Mauro Giallombardo 2013 Diego Aventín 2014 Matías Rossi 2015 Omar Martínez

Cars	Chevrolet Dodge Ford IKA-Renault

Current circuits (2012)	Buenos Aires Junín La Pampa La Plata Mar de Ajó Neuquén Olavarría Paraná Posadas Rafaela Río Cuarto San Luis San Martín Termas de Río Hondo Trelew

Former circuits	Bahía Blanca Balcarce Comodoro Rivadavia El Zonda Neuquén Nueve de Julio Río Gallegos Salta

External links

(English) Profile at HistoricRacing.com

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