TC 2000 Championship

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Category	Touring cars
Country or region	Argentina
Inaugural season	1979
Drivers' champion	Matías Rossi
Teams' champion	Toyota Team Argentina
Makes' champion	Toyota
Official website	tc2000.com.ar
Current season

The TC 2000 Championship (Turismo Competición 2000) is a touring car racing series held in Argentina since 1979. It's considered the most advanced racing car series in South America and one of the top 10 touring car series in the world^{[citation needed]}.

Rules[link]

Engines are limited to 2000 cc and modifications are limited to reduce running costs and bring equal opportunities to every team. Variable valve timing, variable intake geometry, anti-lock braking systems and traction control are forbidden.

Starting in 2012 season, V8 engines will be replacing actual ones. They will be provided by Radical Performance Engines.

TC 2000 teams[link]

TC-2000 in Santa Fe streets.

Mégane Argentina TC2000 racing car in 2006.

Chevrolet Official Team Cruze racing car in 2011.

Works teams include:

• Ford YPF - Ford Focus Mk3^[1]
• Equipo Oficial Chevrolet - Chevrolet Cruze^[1]
• Honda Petrobras - Honda Civic Si^[1]
• Toyota Team Argentina - Toyota Corolla^[1]
• Renault LoJack Team - Renault Fluence^[1]
• Peugeot Team Cobra - Peugeot 307 CC^[1]
• Equipo Fiat Oil Combustibles - Fiat Linea^[2]

There are also many private teams, which use cars such as the Volkswagen Golf, Chevrolet Astra and Honda Civic. In the 1980s cars like the Renault Fuego, Ford Taunus and Peugeot 504 were used.

Scoring system[link]

Champions[link]

Season	Champion	Car	Team Champion
1979	Osvaldo López	Peugeot 504
1980	Jorge Omar del Río	Volkswagen 1500	Pianetto Competición
1981	Jorge Omar del Río	Volkswagen 1500	Pianetto Competición
1982	Jorge Omar del Río	Volkswagen 1500	Pianetto Competición
1983	Rubén Luis di Palma	Volkswagen 1500	Di Palma Competición
1984	Mario Gayraud	Ford Taunus	Herceg Competición
1985	Rubén Daray	Ford Sierra	Akel Competición
1986	Juan María Traverso	Renault Fuego	Berta Sport
1987	Silvio Oltra	Renault Fuego	Benavidez Competición
1988	Juan María Traverso	Renault Fuego	Berta Sport
1989	Miguel Ángel Guerra	Renault Fuego	Berta Sport
1990	Juan María Traverso	Renault Fuego	Berta Sport
1991	Juan María Traverso	Renault Fuego	Berta Sport
1992	Juan María Traverso	Renault Fuego	Berta Sport
1993	Juan María Traverso	Renault Fuego	Berta Sport
1994	Guillermo Maldonado	Volkswagen Gol	VW YPF Motorsport
1995	Juan María Traverso	Peugeot 405	Peugeot Sport
1996	Ernesto Bessone	Ford Escort	Esso Competición
1997	Henry Martin	Ford Escort Zetec	Ford YPF Berta Motorsport
1998	Omar Martínez	Honda Civic	Honda Team Pro Racing
1999	Juan Manuel Silva	Honda Civic	Honda Team Pro Racing
2000	Daniel Cingolani	Ford Escort Zetec	Ford Repsol YPF Berta Motorsport
2001	Gabriel Ponce de León	Ford Escort Zetec	Ford Repsol YPF Berta Motorsport
2002	Norberto Fontana	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Team Argentina
2003	Gabriel Ponce de León	Ford Focus	Ford YPF Berta Motorsport
2004	Christian Ledesma	Chevrolet Astra	Chevrolet Pro Racing
2005	Gabriel Ponce de León	Ford Focus	Ford YPF Berta Motorsport
2006	Matías Rossi	Chevrolet Astra	Chevrolet Pro Racing
2007	Matías Rossi	Chevrolet Astra	Chevrolet Pro Racing
2008	José María López	Honda Civic Si	Honda Petrobras
2009	José María López	Honda Civic Si	Equipo Petrobras
2010	Norberto Fontana	Ford Focus	Ford-YPF
2011	Matías Rossi	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Team Argentina

See also[link]

• Stock Car Brasil
• Turismo Carretera

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: TC2000

• Official site

Christian Rado (born July 30, 1975 in Reading, Pennsylvania^[1] ) is a professional racing driver from the United States.

He is chiefly notable for his partipication in import drag racing, currently driving a factory backed Scion tC in the Pro FWD category in the NHRA Sports Compact series for his own team, WORLD Racing in addition to other series such as the NOPI Drag Racing Series and Battle of the Imports. In addition to this, Rado also partipicates in time attack events also in a tC particularly in National Auto Sport Association (NASA) time attack, Super Street Super Lap Battles and Redline Time Attack.^[2]

Beside his factory sponsor, Rado's sponsors include WORLD electronics, a family run company run by his father, NOS Energy Drink, Bullseye Power, JE Pistons, Turbonetics, Sperco, Need for speed (video game), Mishimoto Automotive, Advanced Clutch Technology, and Continental Tire.

History[link]

In 2002 Chris founded WORLD Motorsports, Inc. As one of the leaders on the professional compact drag racing circuit, Chris has always been viewed as an innovator paving the way for others to follow.^[3] Chris is the owner of WORLD Racing, a professional drag race, time attack, and show circuit team that has captured the hearts of millions of motorsports fans over a thirteen year time span.^[4]

A large sponsor of Chris's is WORLD electronics, his family business, which builds high-tech circuit boards for companies such as Lucent and other cutting-edge communications companies. Since Chris Rado's father, Joe Rado, bought it in 1986, it boomed from an eight-person company in the basement of a house in West Chester, PA to become a 125-employee powerhouse in a 85,000-square-foot (7,900 m²) facility in Reading, PA. The first product released was a hit in the import-racing world. The company's Total Boost Controller (TBC-1), is a proportional controller that allows the user to control boost over time, over gear, and over rpm. It is adjustable from 0-100 psi with accuracy claimed to be within .10-psi and comes with a built-in ignition retard. A super-high-contrast LCD screen makes entering input a snap even under harsh daylight conditions and it's shielded from RFI and EFI interference.^[5] Rado's current Chief Mechanic is Gary Kubo, the husband of import drag racer Lisa Kubo^[6]

Achievements[link]

2009[link]

•Set the fastest FWD quarter mile time at 6.94 in his Scion tC.
•1st Place! New FWD Record 1:03.623 Phoenix International Raceway, AZ Taking FIRST OVERALL
•1st Place!New FWD Record 2.27.xxx Spring Mountain Motorsprots Park Pahrump, NV
•1st Place!New FWD Record 1:35.989 Carolina Motorsports Park,SC. Taking 3rd overall.
•1st Place!New FWD Record 1:03.084 Nashville Super Speedway, TN. Taking 2nd overall.
•1st Place! New FWD Record 1:22.623 Willow Springs, Rosemond, CA. Taking 5th overall.
•1st Place! New FWD Record 1:30.717 Autobahn Country Club, Joliet, IL

2008[link]

• Broke his record from the previous year at Willow Springs International Motorsports Park. He currently holds the title of the fasted lap in the FWD Unlimited Class with a time of 1:27.30

• 1st Place FWD Record Summit Point Motorsports Park

2007[link]

• Set a new lap record for FWD with a 1:29.34 and took first place at Willow Springs.
• Chris went his fastest in a FWD car 7.34 seconds in the 1/4 mile

2006[link]

• Pepsi spokesperson for Car Culture & Street Motion Tour
• Factory Scion tC Drag Program spokesperson
• Raced in the NDRA & NHRA Drag Series
• Large presence with race and project vehicles at major car shows including: DUB, Hot Import Nights, Hot Import Days & the Super Street Tour

2005[link]

• Debut of the most radical FWD Drag Race Car in the World
• Chris also revved up the MTV Special: Life in the Fast Lane- documenting the wild lifestyle and heavy foot of Pro Drag Racer Chris Rado. The show has resulted in some of the highest ratings on MTV and MTV2, introducing the sport compact era to mainstream TV

2004[link]

• 4 event Wins
• 2 event Runner Ups
• #1 Qualifier in 8 straight events
• NHRA points Championship Runner-Up in Pro FWD
• NDRA points Championship Runner-Up in Pro FWD
• NDRA National ET & MPH record holder

2003[link]

• First NHRA Sports Compact Toyota factory-team driver
• Toyota development and transition year in NHRA
• 4 event Wins

2002[link]

• "Quickest & Fastest Pro FWD unibody vehicle in the World"
• First PRO FWD into the "8s" (8.91 @ 159.8 MPH)
• Held the World Speed Record (8.94 @ 161.8 MPH)
• NIRA Points Championship Runner-Up in Pro FWD
• 6 event wins

2001[link]

• "Quickest and Fastest Pro FWD uni-body"
• 8 event wins
• World Record Speed for uni-body Pro FWD (9.25 sec. / 159 MPH)
• NHRA Points Championship runner-up in Pro FWD

2000[link]

1999[link]

• 10 event wins
• Super Street "Rookie of the Year"
• First NHRA import winner ^[7]

References[link]