Oscar Aventín

Oscar Raúl El Puma Aventín (born December 26, 1946 in Morón ^[1]) is a retired race car driver from Argentina. He competed in the Turismo Carretera (TC) series together with his brother Antonio.

After taking part in some zonal races, Aventín started racing in Turismo Carretera in 1977, first with his brother Antonio (Tony), who was TC Champion 1980-1981 at the wheel of a Dodge. Oscar was triple vice-champion from 1979 to 1982 and won eight races. As of 1983, he switched to a Ford, although he made brief comebacks in his Dodge until 1988. He clinched the 1991 and 1992 Championships at the wheel of a Ford Falcon.

He announced his retirement in 1993, but returned from 1994 onwards driving for Dodge and then for Chevrolet. He officially retired from car racing in 1997 and became president of ACTC board, which he currently presides over as of 2001.

Oscar and Antonio are the only brothers who managed to emulate Óscar and Juan Gálvez as TC Champions. Oscar's son, Diego is an active Turismo Carretera driver.

References

↑ Profile at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Emilio Satriano	Turismo Carretera champion 1991-1992	Succeeded by Walter Hernández

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

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