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Larraauri Wins Round 9 of the South American Touring Car Championship

6 October 1998

 Argentinian Oscar Larrauri (BMW
 320i), won the ninth round of the South-American Touring Car
 Championship, last sunday at the Oscar Alfredo Galvez circuit, in
 Buenos Aires.

This was his fifth triumph of the season and gives Larrauri a total
 of 118 points, 20 points more than Brazilian Cacá Bueno, who finished
 fourth on his Peugeot 406.

Oscar Fineschi (Toyota Corona)
 and Ernesto Bessone (Chrysler Stratus), joined Larrauri at
 the podium of the race.

The race had to been red flagged with 5 laps to go due an accident with
Pablo Peón (Chrysler
 Stratus).

To show how competitive this series are, vive different manufacturers -
BMW, Toyota, Chrysler, Peugeot and Alfa Romeo -, were among the top five

 finishers in this race, that was partially raced under strong rain.



 Race Result:
 1.) Oscar Larrauri, Argentina, BMW 320i, 25 laps in 46'59"844, Average
speed of 109,082 k/h;
2.) Oscar Fineschi, Argentina, Toyota Corona, at 0"943;
3.) Ernesto Bessone, Argentina, Chrysler Stratus, at 1"464;
4.) Cacá Bueno, Brazil, Peugeot 406, at 2"662;
5.) Cocho Lopez, Argentina, Alfa Romeo 155 at 3366;
6.) Juan Manuel Fangio II, Argentina, Peugeot 496, at 4"814;
7.) Anibal Zaniratto, Argentina, Alfa Romeo 155, at 6"241;
8.) Daniel Marrocchi, Argentina, Honda Accord, at 7"534;
9.) Ricardo Risatti, Argentina, Ford Mondeo, at 8"541;
10.) Miguel Angel Guerra, Argentina, at 9"198.

 Championship:
1.) Larrauri, 118 points;
2.) Bueno, 98;
3.) Lopez, 83;
4.) Fangio, 79;
5.) Hoffmann, 75;
6.) Bessone, 46;
7.) Guerra, 40;
7.) Spataro, 40;
9.) Croceri, 34;
10.) Fineschi, 25.

Marc Zimmermann -- The Auto Channel