Carrera Panamericana 1954

Overall winner Umberto Maglioli

The fifth and final Carrera Panamericana , also V Carrera Panamericana Mexico, Competencia Internacional , took place from November 23 to 27, 1954 and was the sixth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The 1954 Carrera was the last road race under this name until the event was reintroduced as a historic race in 2006. The winner was Italian Umberto Maglioli in a Ferrari 375 Plus Pinin Farina . This race was also overshadowed by fatal accidents, a circumstance that contributed to the suspension. Six people, including four race participants, died. The two Argentinians Juan Antonio Gatti and Alfredo Doura had a fatal accident before the race in a training accident. Ford Robinson, Jack McAfee's co-driver , died after the Ferrari 375 Plus rolled over during the first stage. Another co-driver, Leopoldo Olvera Zabado, lost his life during the fifth stage; In this section of the route, two spectators were also killed when the Argentine Patricio Achurra lost control of his Ford and drove into a group of people.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	Driver / passenger	vehicle	Travel time
1	S + 1.5	19th	Erwin Goldschmidt	Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari 375 Plus Pinin Farina	17: 40: 26,000
2	S + 1.5	20th	Allen Guiberson	Phil Hill Richie Ginther	Ferrari 375MM Vignale	18:04: 50,000
3	S 1.5	55	Dist. VW. Central SA	Hans Herrmann	Porsche 550 Spyder	19: 32: 23,000
4th	S 1.5	56	Jaroslav Juhan	Jaroslav Juhan	Porsche 550 Spyder	19: 33: 09,000
5	S + 1.5	22nd	Prado Américas	Franco Cornacchia Enrico Peruchini	Ferrari 250 Monza	19: 45: 06,000
6th	S + 1.5	24	John Shakespeare	Luigi Chinetti John Shakespeare	Ferrari 375MM Pinin Farina	20: 10: 28,000
7th	S + 1.5	11	Akton Miller	Acton Miller Douglas Harrison	Caballo de Hiero	20: 21: 09,000
8th	S 1.5	54	Monte Carlo Auto Sport	Louis Chiron Robert Delpech	OSCA MT4 1500	20: 34: 56,000
9	T +3.5	149	Lincoln	Raymond Crawford Enrique Iglesias	Lincoln Capri	20:40: 19,000
10	T +3.5	103	Lincoln	Walt Faulkner Francis Hainley	Lincoln Capri	20: 42: 07,000
11	T + 3.5	127	Barry Motor Sales	Keith Andrews Blue Plemond	Cadillac Series 62	20: 43: 14,000
12	S 1.5	58	Dist. VW. Central SA	Fernando Segura Herbert Linge	Porsche 550 Spyder	20: 46: 23,000
13	S +1.5	9	Jean Trévoux	Jean Trévoux Armonda Gonzales	Packard motto special	20: 48: 31,000
14th	T + 3.5	110	Adolph Otterstein	Edward Stringer Truman Wood	Cadillac Series 62	21: 15: 13,000
15th	TE 1.9	251	Alfa Romeo Finmeccanica	Consalvo Sanesi Giuseppe Cagna	Alfa Romeo 1900TI	21: 50: 42,000
16	T +3.5	111	Coca-Cola Mexico	Luis Leal Solares Alfredo Garcia Avila	Buick Century	21: 51: 17,000
17th	T +3.5	113	Coca-Cola Mexico	Ricardo Ramiez Josefat Larios Zuniga	Buick Century	22: 28: 36,000
18th	TE 1.9	256	Alfa Romeo Finmeccanica	Sergio Mantovani Bruno Chiappa	Alfa Romeo 1900TI	22: 06: 25,000
19th	TE 1.9	267	Alfa Romeo Finmeccanica	Mario Dalla Favera Egidio Campigotto	Alfa Romeo 1900TI	22:06: 50,000
20th	TE 1.9	255	Alfa Romeo Finmeccanica	Piero Carini Giuseppe Sambrotta	Alfa Romeo 1900TI	22: 19: 04,000
21st	T + 3.5	119	Pacheco y Cia	Douglas Ehrlinger Louis Solorio	Packard Clipper	22: 23: 34,000
22nd	T + 3.5	115	Coca-Cola Mexico	Julio Mariscal Luis Pombo Rivadeneyra	Buick Century	22: 30: 39,000
23	TS	226	Tommy Drisdale	Tommy Drisdale Walter Krause	Dodge V-8	22: 35: 53,000
24	TS	217	Dickshire	CD Evans Armando Velazquez	Dodge V-8	22: 50: 44,000
25th	T + 3.5	133	Abraham Yunes	Raimundo Corona Illescas Enrique Ortega Aguillar	Packard	22: 51: 20,000
26th	T + 3.5	124	Abraham Yunes	Raimundo Corona Illescas Enrique Ortega Aguillar	Packard	22: 51: 20,000
27	TS	231	Ray Elliott	Ray Elliott Edward Stark	Dodge V-8	22: 52: 16,000
28	S 1.5	51	Calzado Canadá SA	Salvador López Chavez	Porsche 550 Spyder	22: 57: 31,000
29	TS	211	Arturo Alvarez Tostado	Arturo Alvarez Tostado Alfredo Cabrero Porras	Dodge V-8	23:00: 18,000
30th	TE 1.9	252	Atoyac	Adolfo Velazquez Horacio Ruiz	Alfa Romeo 1900TI	23:00: 57,000
31	TS	238	Scott Yantis	Scott Yantis	Studebaker Commander	23:02: 04,000
32	TS	208	Dehler	Moisés Solana Enrique Doblado	Dodge V-8	23:08:40,000
33	TS	209	Oscar Cabalén	Oscar Cabalén Genaro Silva	Ford V-8	23: 08: 55,000
34	TS	331	Floyd Clymer	Piero Taruffi Bob Feurchelm	Ford 6	23: 15: 51,000
35	TS	237	Ferreteria del Sol	Romario Aguilar Alfonso Franco	Dodge	23: 18: 45,000
36	TS	201	Refrescos Jarrito	Octavio Anza Johnny Mantz Constantia Ruiz	ford	23: 19: 06,000
37	T + 3.5	117	Tony de Rosa	Tony de Rosa Alfonso Bustos	Lincoln Capri	23: 27: 31,000
38	TS	219	Malcolm Eckart	Malcolm Eckart Carroll Hamplemann	Hudson Wasp	23: 28: 09,000
39	TS	218	Puebla	Francisco Rodriguez Sanchez Roberto Vargas	Dodge Royal	23: 37: 47,000
40	TS	220	Manuel Meneses	Manuel Meneses	Studebaker Commander	23: 47: 42,000
41	TS	232	Felix Alberto Peduzzi	Felix Alberto Peduzzi Eduardo del Molino	ford	23: 56: 10,000
42	TS	326	Raimundo Caparrós	Raimundo Caparrós Heldi Paladino	Chevrolet Bel Air	24: 01: 33,000
43	TS	243	Osvaldo Jose Mantega	Osvaldo Jose Mantega Ernesto Nunez	Chevrolet Bel Air	24: 07: 51,000
44	TS	213	Abelardo Matamoros	Abelardo Matamoros Raul Blancas	Studebaker Commander	24: 12: 47,000
45	TS	320	Vicente Tirabasso	Vicente Tirabasso Ruben Giscoman	Chevrolet Bel Air	24: 13: 16,000
46	TS	216	Jorge Descote	Jorge Descote Antolin Sanchez Marin	Chevrolet Bel Air	24: 13: 17,000
47	TS	340	Tadeo Taddia	Tadeo Taddia Sebastián Messino	Chevrolet Bel Air	24: 16: 41,000
48	TS	342	Baltazar Alaimo	Baltazar Alaimo Eliseo Rodriguez	Chevrolet Bel Air	24: 18: 18,000
49	TS	229	Marcos Ciani	Marcos Ciani Juan Munguin	Chevrolet Bel Air	24: 20: 28,000
50	TS	227	Enrique Paredes	Enrique Paredes Louis Herrastri	ford	24: 22: 58,000
51	TS	245	Raul Jaras	Raul Jaras Tomas Bravo	Chevrolet Bel Air	24: 28: 47,000
52	TS	205	Union de Choferes	Roberto Belmar Felix San Roman	Studebaker Commander	24: 32: 28,000
53	TS	330	Robert Lilienthal	Robert Lilienthal Wendell Anderson	ford	24: 37: 27,000
54	T + 3.5	130	Guillermo Suhr Contreras	Guillermo Suhr Contreras Oscar Alfonso Aguilar	Oldsmobile Super 88	24: 42: 00,000
55	TS	221	Rafael Larocca	Rafael Larocca Virginio Aguilar	Chevrolet Bel Air	24: 43: 48,000
56	TS	301	Jorge Zorzi Olazabal	Jorge Zorzi Olazabal Oreste Botta	Chevrolet Bel Air	24: 49: 46,000
57	TS	310	Ernesto Beronio	Ernesto Beronio	ford	24: 54: 46,000
58	TS	247	Hernan Videla	Hernan Videla Domingo Venturelli	Chevrolet Bel Air	24: 58: 20,000
59	TS	240	Salvador Torisse	Salvador Torisse Enrique Torrente	Chevrolet Bel Air	25: 03: 34,000
60	TS	303	Angel de la Rosa	Angel de la Rosa Angel Antenone	Chevrolet Bel Air	25: 11: 40,000
61	T + 3.5	107	Manuel Acosta Munoz	Manuel Acosta Munoz Fernando Najera	Buick Century	25: 15: 09,000
62	TS	241	Pablo Gulle	Pablo Gulle Domingo Reyes	Chevrolet Bel Air	25: 33: 21,000
63	TS	233	Andres Ferreno Barreiro	Andres Ferreno Barreiro Luis Maria Martorani	ford	25: 43: 39,000
64	TS	314	Daniel Musso	Daniel Musso Alejandro Navarro	ford	25: 52: 59,000
65	TS	321	Melvin Stickney	Melvin Stickney Walter von Schoenfeld	ford	25: 53: 38,000
67	S 1.5	59	Otto Becker Estrada	Otto Becker Estrada	Porsche 356 1500 Super	26: 07: 59,000
68	TS	323	Joaquin Salas Ferrer	Joaquin Salas Ferrer Carlos Buenaventura Perez	ford	26: 13: 38,000
69	TS	305	Alberto Loguló	Alberto Loguló Ismael Canas	ford	26: 16: 22,000
70	S 1.5	53	Ernst-Joachim Hirz	Ernst Joachim Hirz	Porsche 356 1500 Super	26: 22: 24,000
71	TS	332	Carlos pepper	Carlos pepper	ford	26: 31: 25,000
72	TS	334	Cesar Oscar Vidales	Cesar Oscar Vidales	ford	26: 40: 32,000
73	TS	312	Oscar Cremer	Oscar Cremer Marcos Pliego	ford	26: 56: 19,000
74	TE 1.9	253	Carl Borgward	Adolf Brudes Erik Bock	Borgward Isabella	27: 02: 36,000
75	TS	316	Pedro Pedinari	Pedro Pedinari	ford	28: 15: 48,000
76	TS	242	Antonio Pingeon	Antonio Pingeon Manuel Jose Galandrino	ford	28: 18: 23,000
77	TS	313	Americo Guzzini	Americo Guzzini Bernardo Guzzini	ford	29: 02: 01,000
78	TE 1.9	261	Alfonso zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg	Alfonso zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg Alberto Alvarez	Volkswagen 1200 De Luxe	30: 14: 12,000
79	TE 1.9	263	Alfonso zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg	Manuel Hinke	Volkswagen 1200 De Luxe	30: 15: 54,000
80	TE 1.9	262	Alfonso zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg	Jan Wyers Rene Wyers	Volkswagen 1200 De Luxe	30: 17: 56,000
81	TS	246	Bartollo Abello	Bartollo Abello Adolfo Canas	ford	31: 01: 04,000
82	TE 1.9	270	Alfonso de la Pena Cardona	Alfonso de la Pena Cardona	Volkswagen 1200 De Luxe	31: 01: 43,000
83	TE 1.9	271	Alfonso zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg	Axel Wars	Volkswagen 1200 De Luxe	31: 04: 41,000
84	TE 1.9	272	Ara Arakelian	Ara Arakelian	Volkswagen 1200 De Luxe	31: 11: 07,000
85	TE 1.9	269	Juan de Aguinaco	Juan de Aguinaco	Volkswagen 1200 De Luxe	31: 15: 59,000
Disqualified
86	TS	234	Eduardo d'Alessandro	Eduardo d'Alessandro Francisco Vega Monroy	Chevrolet Bel Air	Time limit exceeded
87	S +1.5	3	Dominicana	Porfirio Rubirosa Ernie McAfee	Ferrari 500 Mondial	Time limit exceeded
88	S +1.5	4th	Erwin Goldschmidt	Roberto Bonomi Charles Peyloubet	Ferrari 375MM	Time limit exceeded
89	S +1.5	14th	Hotel del Prado	Giovanni Bracco Riccardo Livocchi	Ferrari 750 Monza	Time limit exceeded
90	S 1.5	17th	Duane Carter	Duane Carter	Kurtis 500S	Time limit exceeded
91	S 1.5	100	Jacqueline Evans	Jacqueline Evans	Porsche 356 SL	Time limit exceeded
Failed
92	T + 3.5	106	Phillips Radio Mexico	Felix Cerda Loza Raul Aguilar	Lincoln Capri
93	T + 3.5	112	Coca-Cola Mexico	Fernando Razo Maciel Sergio Campos Yanez	Buick Century
94	T + 3.5	112	Pat Zoccano	Pat Zoccano	Buick
95	TS	212	Dan Morgan	Dan Morgan Frank Valchucks	ford
96	T + 3.5	116	Super diesel	Alfonso Cesar Franco Jose Hernandez	Buick Riviera
97	TS	203	Leonel Garza	Leonel Garza Leobardo Elizondo	Chevrolet Bel Air
98	TS	210	Hollywood Deeptone	Tommy Gordon Roberto Castaneda	ford
99	TS	215	Productos Automotrices	Carlos Diaz Garcilazo Federico Carazin	Studebaker Champion
100	TE 1.9	268	Alfa Romeo Finmeccanica	Bruno Bonini Piero Zanavoni	Alfa Romeo 1900TI
101	TS	315	Victorio Menghi	Victorio Menghi Leopoldo Olvera Zabado	Chevrolet Bel Air
102	TS	319	Santos Martin	Santos Martin Horacio Zumelzu	ford
103	TS	318	Carlos Battilana Olazabal	Carlos Battilana Olazabal Oscar Martorani	ford
103	S + 1.5	13	Javier Velazquez	Francisco Ibarra Fernando Pinal	Jaguar C-Type
104	S + 1.5	16	Oscar Fano Bush	Oscar Fano Bush Roberto Barajas	Jaguar XK 120
105	TS	207	Lineas Union del Sur	Olegario Perez Pliego Ascencion Morales	ford
106	TS	222	Bujias Mexicanas	Hector Ortiz Palacios Vicente Solar	Dodge Royal
107	TS	230	Plinio Larocca	Plinio Larocca Rogelio Cruz	ford
108	TS	250	Patricio Achura	Patricio Achura Jean Safont	ford
109	S + 1.5	10	Allen Guiberson	Joaquin Palacio Pover Celso Fernandez	Pegaso Z102BS Touring
110	S + 1.5	32	Cabero	Alberto del Campo Jorge Mejia Martinez	Cabero Special
111	S 1.5	60	Carl Borgward	Karl-Günther Bechem Rudolf Herzog	Borgward Rennsport 55
112	T + 3.5	105	Gas Atlas	Miguel Garcia Bastida Pedro Gomez	Lincoln Capri
113	TS	204	Mickey Thompson	Mickey Thompson Rodger Flores	ford
114	TS	225	Frank Davis	Frank Davis Dennis Cannon	Dodge
115	TS	249	Eugenio Guerrero	Eugenio Guerrero Ricardo Varela	Dodge
116	TE 1.9	257	Alfa Romeo Finmeccanica	José Antonio Solana Luis Leguizamo	Alfa Romeo 1900TI
117	TS	311	Bartolome Ortiz	Bartolome Ortiz Aurelio Lara	ford
118	TS	341	Eugenio Modica	Eugenio Modica Ignacio Espina	Chevrolet Bel Air
119	S 1.5	52	Escuderia Espaňa	Roberto Mieres	OSCA MT4 1500
120	T + 3.5	101	Angel Acar Valle	Angel Acar Valle Heriberto Angulo	Lincoln Capri
121	TE 1.9	265	David Cerezo	David Cerezo Carlos Palacios	Alfa Romeo 1900T
122	TS	318	Antonio Gomez	Antonio Gomez	ford
123	S + 1.5	8th	Donald Mitchell Healey	Carroll Shelby Ray Jackson-Moore	Austin-Healey 100
124	S + 1.5	61	Carl Borgward	Franz-Eugen Hammernick Fritz Jüttner	Borgward Rennsport 55
125	S 1.5	62	Manfredo Lippmann	Manfred Lippmann	Osca MT4 2AD 1500 Morelli Spider
126	T + 3.5	108	Lincoln	Bill Vukovich Vern Houle	Lincoln Capri
127	T + 3.5	114	Coca-Cola Mexico	Hector Riva Palacio Roberto Garcia	Buick Century
128	T + 3.5	123	Luis Rafael Garzon	Luis Rafael Garzon Luis Alfonso Murcia	Lincoln Capri
129	TS	206	Pedro Ovies Sanchez	Pedro Ovies Sanchez Federico Tomeu	ford
130	TS	228	Pepe Russo	Pepe Russo Pedro Gonzalez	ford
131	TE 1.9	258	Pedro Llano	Pedro Llano	Alfa Romeo 1900T
132	TE 1.9	258	Guillermo Airaldi	Guillermo Airaldi	Alfa Romeo 1900T
133	S + 1.5	1	John Edgar	Jack McAfee Ford Robinson	Ferrai 375 Plus Pinin Farina
134	S + 1.5	2	Escuderia Espaňa	Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari 750 Monza
135	S + 1.5	6th	Jack Ensley	Bob Christie	Kurtis 500S
136	S + 1.5	7th	Donald Healey	Lance Macklin Donald Mitchell Healey	Austin-Healey 100
137	S + 1.5	12	Bill von Esser	Bill of Esser Ernest Pultz	Chevrolet Corvette
138	S 1.5	99	Cruz Blanca	Jim Cassidy	Cassidy Special MG
139	T + 3.5	102	Lincoln	Chuck Stevenson Chuck Daigh	Lincoln Capri
140	T + 3.5	104	Lincoln	Johnny Mantz	Lincoln Capri
141	T + 3.5	109	Lincoln	Jack McGrath Manuel Ayulo	Lincoln Capri
142	T + 3.5	120	Lincoln	Ferdinando de Leeuw Murphy Victor Becerra	Lincoln Capri
143	T + 3.5	120	Ronald Ferguson	Lenard Sutton Ronald Ferguson	Lincoln Capri
144	T + 3.5	128	Ernest Hall	Ernest Hall Louis Unser	Buick
145	T + 3.5	167	Converse Motors	Bob Korf Walter Judge	Chrysler
146	TS	202	Refrescos Jarrito	Ricardo Anza Ricardo Lopez Ramirez	Ford 6
147	TE 1.9	254	Anaconda Nacional	Guido Mancini Francisco Mijare	Alfa Romeo 1900T
148	TS	302	Jean-Manuel Bordeu	Jean-Manuel Bordeu Raul Bujeiro	Chevrolet Bel Air
149	TS	324	Humberto Maneglia	Humberto Maneglia Ramon Leal Contreras	Dodge Royal
Not started
150	TS	233	Juan Antonio Gatti	Juan Antonio Gatti Alfredo Doura	ford	1

¹ fatal accident during training

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
151	S + 1.5	67		Luigi Chinetti Dick Irish	Ferrari 375 Mexico
152	T + 3.5	121	Cesar Oscar Vidale	Cesar Oscar Vidale	Cadillac Series 62
153	T + 3.5	126	Julio Claro Vivanco	Julio Claro Vivanco
154	TS	214	Clifford Sullivan	Clifford Sullivan	Plymouth
155	TS	224	Julio Angel Gatti	Julio Angel Gatti Edmundo Doura	ford
156	TS	235	Venancio Beamonte	Venancio Beamonte
157	TS	236	Salvador Alvarez	Salvador Alvarez	ford
158	TS	239	Mario Reibaldi	Mario Reibaldi
159	TS	244	Royal Russell	Royal Russell Clarence Barbitt	Dodge
160	TS	248	Delia Borges	Delia Borges
161	TE 1.9	264	Pedro Llano	Pedro Llano	Alfa Romeo 1900T
162	TE 1.9	266	Enrique Fluchaire	Enrique Fluchaire	Alfa Romeo 1900T
163	TS	306	Juan Marchini	Juan Marchini
164	TS	307	Leonidas Meda	Leonidas Meda
165	TS	308	Nello Mascambruni	Nello Mascambruni
166	TS	309	Emilio Jose Calatayub	Emilio Jose Calatayub
167	TS	317	Manuel Cobas	Manuel Cobas
168	TS	322	Marcelo Alos Vercher	Marcelo Alos Vercher	Chevrolet Bel Air
169	TS	327	Francisco Martin	Francisco Martin
170	TS	329	Ernesto Reyes Maquerda	Ernesto Reyes Maquerda Isirdo Cuenllas

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 1.5	Umberto Maglioli		Ferrari 375 Plus Pinin Farina	Overall victory
S 1.5	Hans Herrmann		Porsche 550 Spyder	Rank 3
T + 3.5	Raymond Crawford	Enrique Iglesias	Lincoln Capri	Rank 9
TS	Tommy Drisdale	Walter Krause	Dodge V-8	Rank 23
TE 1.9	Consalvo Sanesi	Giuseppe Cagna	Alfa Romeo 1900TI	Rank 15

Racing data

• Registered: 170
• Started: 149
• Rated: 85
• Race classes: 5
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 3069.808 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 17:40: 26,000 hours
• Overall rounds of the winning team: 1
• Total distance of the winning team: 3069.808 km
• Winner's average: 173.692 km / h
• Pole position: none
• Fastest race lap: none
• Racing series: Round 6 of the 1954 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Peter Higham: International Motor Racing - A Complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car . Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Race results

Individual evidence

1. ^ The fatalities of the Carrera 1954

Predecessor race RAC Tourist Trophy 1954

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 1000 km race in Buenos Aires in 1955