Rio Grand Prix (Gavea) 1934 – 1937

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  • May 26, 2018 at 11:35 pm #7023
    Arthur

      In the 1930’s the Grande Prêmio da Cidade de Rio de Janeiro were held on the infamous 11.16km long Gavea track known locally as Trampolin do Diablo (“The devil’s spring board”). This course followed the coast on the edge of a cliff and returned to Gavea up in the mountains where it featured a series of hairpins in hazardous terrain… a wonderful historic course! And the vehicles that raced there ranged from lowly Ford V8’s to Alfa’s, Ferrari’s, Bugatti’s and yes – even an Autounion!

      Click on the attached .pdf below to review this article – it features interesting facts with numerous pictures about an obscure Grand Prix course and the pilots and their cars that navigated it… Enjoy! :yahoo:

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      • May 26, 2018 at 11:48 pm #7026
        Arthur

          1934 winner Irineu Correa’s fatal accident on the first lap of the 1935 Grand Prix in Rio – he and his car catapult into the canal:

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        • May 28, 2018 at 9:03 am #7050
          Avatar photof1nutz

            Wow That’s crazy!

          • May 28, 2018 at 9:22 am #7051
            Avatar photof1nutz

              Great article! I didn’t realize Brazilian racing history went back that far

               

            • May 28, 2018 at 4:21 pm #7058
              Avatar photoMiA

                Delving back into historic races is one of the great things about this little hobby. Remembering things long forgotten while researching a car is fun, finding out new stories from even further back is fascinating, especially when the stories have lots of Alfas!!

                Thanks Art. :good:

              • July 13, 2018 at 8:25 pm #7532
                Avatar photoMiA

                  Spectacular job on Mr. Correa and his Ford!!!  Not sure, but it may have been a 1932 Model 18 V8 (perhaps why the #32). Regardless, great job on not only the car and chassis but an especially good job on Mr. Correa himself!

                  Car goes remarkably well despite the height and looks ‘Just Right’!! Can’t get any more authentic than that!!

                • July 14, 2018 at 7:05 pm #7626
                  Avatar photof1nutz

                    Great job on the Ford!

                    Lots of customization on that one.

                    Can’t wait to see it in person.

                  • July 14, 2018 at 7:06 pm #7627
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                      Watched a bit of Goodwood this evening and they had some interesting pre war oddities. It was streaming on youtube.

                       

                    • August 13, 2020 at 5:29 pm #15870
                      Avatar photoMiA

                        I will see if I can find the video (old VHS) with a short glimpse of this car at the start of the 1935 Rio GP. It is in an Auto Union video. If I do, the next step will be to see If I can get it into this thread?? :wacko:

                      • August 14, 2020 at 2:02 pm #15873
                        Avatar photoMiA

                          I may have posted this link before, as it is mostly Auto Union. However at 18:37 there is a glimpse of what might be this car :scratch: at the start of the 1937 Rio Grand Prix amidst a field of other marques. An excellent video regardless.

                        • August 17, 2020 at 8:05 am #15891
                          Avatar photoKen

                            Cool video MIA. Thanks for posting. :good:

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