The TC 2000 Championship (Turismo Competición 2000) is a touring car racing

Touring car racing

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 series held in Argentina

Argentina

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 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.

Rules

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 valve timing

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, variable intake geometry, anti-lock braking system

Anti-lock braking system

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s and traction control

Traction control system

A traction control system , also known as anti-slip regulation , is typically a secondary function of the anti-lock braking system on production motor vehicles, designed to prevent loss of traction of driven road wheels...

 are forbidden.

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

TC 2000 teams

Works teams include:

• Ford YPF - Ford Focus Mk3
• Equipo Oficial Chevrolet - Chevrolet Cruze
  Chevrolet Cruze
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• Honda Petrobras - Honda Civic Si
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• Toyota Team Argentina - Toyota Corolla
  Toyota Corolla
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• Renault LoJack Team - Renault Fluence
  Renault Fluence
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• Peugeot Team Cobra - Peugeot 307 CC
  Peugeot 307
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• Equipo Fiat Oil Combustibles - Fiat Linea
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There are also many private teams, which use cars such as the Volkswagen Golf

Volkswagen Golf

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, Chevrolet Astra and Honda Civic

Honda Civic

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.
In the 1980s cars like the Renault Fuego

Renault Fuego

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, Ford Taunus

Ford Taunus

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 and Peugeot 504

Peugeot 504

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 were used.

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	Pole
Points	26	21	18	16	14	12	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Champions

Season	Champion	Car	Team Champion
1979	Osvaldo López Osvaldo López Osvaldo "Cocho" López , is a retired Argentine racing driver. He won the TC2000 championship in 1979. -References:...	Peugeot 504 Peugeot 504 The Peugeot 504 is a large family car manufactured by French automaker Peugeot between 1968 and 1983, with licensed production continuing until 2006.-1968 — introduction:...
1980	Jorge Omar del Río Jorge Omar del Río Jorge Omar del Río is a former Argentine racing driver. He won the TC2000 championship three times in succession between 1980 and 1982, and currently runs a racing school in Benavídez, Tigre Partido, Buenos Aires.-References:...	Volkswagen 1500	Pianetto Competición
1981	Jorge Omar del Río Jorge Omar del Río Jorge Omar del Río is a former Argentine racing driver. He won the TC2000 championship three times in succession between 1980 and 1982, and currently runs a racing school in Benavídez, Tigre Partido, Buenos Aires.-References:...	Volkswagen 1500	Pianetto Competición
1982	Jorge Omar del Río Jorge Omar del Río Jorge Omar del Río is a former Argentine racing driver. He won the TC2000 championship three times in succession between 1980 and 1982, and currently runs a racing school in Benavídez, Tigre Partido, Buenos Aires.-References:...	Volkswagen 1500	Pianetto Competición
1983	Rubén Luis di Palma Rubén Luis di Palma Rubén Luis di Palma was an Argentine racing driver. He won the TC2000 championship once and finished runner-up on three other occasions and the Turismo Carretera championship back-to-back in 1970 and 1971...	Volkswagen 1500	Di Palma Competición
1984	Mario Gayraud Mario Gayraud Mario Rodolfo Gayraud , is a retired Argentine racing driver. He won the TC2000 championship in 1984.-References:...	Ford Taunus Ford Taunus The Ford Taunus is a family car sold by Ford in Germany and other countries. Models from 1970 onward were similar to the Ford Cortina in the United Kingdom...	Herceg Competición
1985	Rubén Daray Rubén Daray Rubén Cesar Daray , is a retired Argentine racing driver. He won the TC2000 championship in 1985.-External Links:*...	Ford Sierra Ford Sierra The Ford Sierra is a large family car that was built by Ford Europe from 1982 until 1993. It was designed by Uwe Bahnsen, Robert Lutz and Patrick le Quément. The code used during development was "Project Toni"....	Akel Competición
1986	Juan María Traverso Juan María Traverso Juan María El Flaco Traverso , is a retired car racing driving, now living in Beccar...	Renault Fuego Renault Fuego The Renault Fuego is a four-seater, three-door hatchback produced by French automaker Renault from 1980 to 1992, replacing the Renault 15 and 17 coupés of the 1970s.- Development :...	Berta Sport
1987	Silvio Oltra Silvio Oltra Silvio Hector Oltra in Buenos Aires, was an Argentine racing driver. He won the TC2000 championship in 1987....	Renault Fuego Renault Fuego The Renault Fuego is a four-seater, three-door hatchback produced by French automaker Renault from 1980 to 1992, replacing the Renault 15 and 17 coupés of the 1970s.- Development :...	Benavidez Competición
1988	Juan María Traverso Juan María Traverso Juan María El Flaco Traverso , is a retired car racing driving, now living in Beccar...	Renault Fuego Renault Fuego The Renault Fuego is a four-seater, three-door hatchback produced by French automaker Renault from 1980 to 1992, replacing the Renault 15 and 17 coupés of the 1970s.- Development :...	Berta Sport
1989	Miguel Ángel Guerra Miguel Ángel Guerra Miguel Ángel Guerra is a former racing driver from Argentina. He participated in four Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 15 March 1981. He qualified for only one of these, the 1981 San Marino Grand Prix, in which his Osella was hit by the March of Eliseo Salazar on the first lap...	Renault Fuego Renault Fuego The Renault Fuego is a four-seater, three-door hatchback produced by French automaker Renault from 1980 to 1992, replacing the Renault 15 and 17 coupés of the 1970s.- Development :...	Berta Sport
1990	Juan María Traverso Juan María Traverso Juan María El Flaco Traverso , is a retired car racing driving, now living in Beccar...	Renault Fuego Renault Fuego The Renault Fuego is a four-seater, three-door hatchback produced by French automaker Renault from 1980 to 1992, replacing the Renault 15 and 17 coupés of the 1970s.- Development :...	Berta Sport
1991	Juan María Traverso Juan María Traverso Juan María El Flaco Traverso , is a retired car racing driving, now living in Beccar...	Renault Fuego Renault Fuego The Renault Fuego is a four-seater, three-door hatchback produced by French automaker Renault from 1980 to 1992, replacing the Renault 15 and 17 coupés of the 1970s.- Development :...	Berta Sport
1992	Juan María Traverso Juan María Traverso Juan María El Flaco Traverso , is a retired car racing driving, now living in Beccar...	Renault Fuego Renault Fuego The Renault Fuego is a four-seater, three-door hatchback produced by French automaker Renault from 1980 to 1992, replacing the Renault 15 and 17 coupés of the 1970s.- Development :...	Berta Sport
1993	Juan María Traverso Juan María Traverso Juan María El Flaco Traverso , is a retired car racing driving, now living in Beccar...	Renault Fuego Renault Fuego The Renault Fuego is a four-seater, three-door hatchback produced by French automaker Renault from 1980 to 1992, replacing the Renault 15 and 17 coupés of the 1970s.- Development :...	Berta Sport
1994	Guillermo Maldonado Guillermo Maldonado Guillermo Maldonado , is an Argentine racing driver. He won the TC2000 championship in 1994.-External Links:*...	Volkswagen Gol Volkswagen Gol The Volkswagen Gol is a subcompact car manufactured by Volkswagen do Brasil since 1980 as Volkswagen's entry-level car in the South American market—where it succeeded the South American VW Beetle ...	VW YPF Motorsport
1995	Juan María Traverso Juan María Traverso Juan María El Flaco Traverso , is a retired car racing driving, now living in Beccar...	Peugeot 405 Peugeot 405 The Peugeot 405 is a large family car released by the French automaker Peugeot in July 1987 and which continues to be manufactured under licence outside France. It used TU/XU petrol and XUD diesel engines....	Peugeot Sport
1996	Ernesto Bessone Ernesto Bessone Ernesto Tito Bessone II is an Argentine racing driver. He is currently racing in Turismo Carretera series. He also took part from TC2000 and other categories from Argentina. His son Ernesto III is also a race car driver....	Ford Escort	Esso Competición
1997	Henry Martin Henry Martin (racecar driver) Henry Martin is an Argentine racing driver. He has run in different series, with major success in Turismo Carretera, TRV6 and TC 2000.- Career :*1979: Championship Sudamericano Júnior...	Ford Escort Zetec	Ford YPF Berta Motorsport
1998	Omar Martínez Omar Martínez Omar Gurí Martínez is an Argentine racing driver. He currently competes in Turismo Carretera, TC2000 and Top Race V6. His nickname Gurí is a common Guaraní term used in his hometown to refer to a young boy.-Career:Martínez started his career in domestical Formula Entrerriana in 1983, being...	Honda Civic Honda Civic The Honda Civic is a line of subcompact and subsequently compact cars made and manufactured by Honda. The Civic, along with the Accord and Prelude, comprised Honda's vehicles sold in North America until the 1990s, when the model lineup was expanded...	Honda Team Pro Racing
1999	Juan Manuel Silva Juan Manuel Silva Juan Manuel Silva , nicknamed el Pato is an Argentine racing driver. In 1999 he was the champion of the TC 2000 competition and in 2005 he was the champion of the Turismo Carretera competition....	Honda Civic Honda Civic The Honda Civic is a line of subcompact and subsequently compact cars made and manufactured by Honda. The Civic, along with the Accord and Prelude, comprised Honda's vehicles sold in North America until the 1990s, when the model lineup was expanded...	Honda Team Pro Racing
2000	Daniel Cingolani Daniel Cingolani Daniel Cingolani , is an Argentine racing driver. He won the TC2000 championship in 2000.-References:...	Ford Escort Zetec	Ford Repsol YPF Berta Motorsport
2001	Gabriel Ponce de León Gabriel Ponce de León Gabriel Ponce de León is an Argentine racing driver. He has run in different series, with major success in Turismo Carretera and TC 2000.- Career :*1996: Argentine Formula Renault...	Ford Escort Zetec	Ford Repsol YPF Berta Motorsport
2002	Norberto Fontana Norberto Fontana Norberto Edgardo Fontana is an Argentine racing driver. He participated in four Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on June 29, 1997. His opportunity to race came as a result of two separate injuries sustained by regular Sauber driver Gianni Morbidelli during the 1997 season...	Toyota Corolla Toyota Corolla The Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact and compact cars manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the best selling nameplate in the world, with over 35 million...	Toyota Team Argentina
2003	Gabriel Ponce de León Gabriel Ponce de León Gabriel Ponce de León is an Argentine racing driver. He has run in different series, with major success in Turismo Carretera and TC 2000.- Career :*1996: Argentine Formula Renault...	Ford Focus	Ford YPF Berta Motorsport
2004 2004 TC 2000 season The 2004 TC 2000 season was the 26th Turismo Competicion 2000 season.-Final standings:-Race calendar and winners:...	Christian Ledesma Christian Ledesma Christian Ledesma is an Argentine racing driver. He has run in different series, with major success in Turismo Carretera and TC2000 .-Junior series:...	Chevrolet Astra	Chevrolet Pro Racing
2005 2005 TC 2000 season The 2005 TC 2000 season was the 27th Turismo Competicion 2000 season.-Final standings:-Race calendar and winners:...	Gabriel Ponce de León Gabriel Ponce de León Gabriel Ponce de León is an Argentine racing driver. He has run in different series, with major success in Turismo Carretera and TC 2000.- Career :*1996: Argentine Formula Renault...	Ford Focus	Ford YPF Berta Motorsport
2006 2006 TC 2000 season The 2006 TC 2000 season was the 28th Turismo Competicion 2000 season.-Final standings:-Race calendar and winners:...	Matías Rossi Matías Rossi Matías Rossi is an Argentine racecar driver. He is the youngest person to win back-to-back TC2000 championships, in 2006-2007....	Chevrolet Astra	Chevrolet Pro Racing
2007 2007 TC 2000 season The 2007 TC 2000 season was the 29th Turismo Competicion 2000 season.-Final standings:-Race calendar and winners:...	Matías Rossi Matías Rossi Matías Rossi is an Argentine racecar driver. He is the youngest person to win back-to-back TC2000 championships, in 2006-2007....	Chevrolet Astra	Chevrolet Pro Racing
2008 2008 TC 2000 season The 2008 TC 2000 season was the 30th Turismo Competicion 2000 season.-Final standings:-Race calendar and winners:...	José María López José María López José María "Pechito" López is a race car driver. He raced in the 2006 GP2 Series for the Super Nova team, and previously for the DAMS team, and the CMS team in Formula 3000. He was also at Renault F1 as a test driver...	Honda Civic Si Honda Civic Si The Honda Civic Si is a sport compact / hot hatch version of the Civic built by the Japanese automaker Honda. The Si trim, which stands for "Sport Injected," was introduced for the third generation of Honda Civics in both Japan and North America...	Honda Petrobras
2009 2009 TC 2000 season The 2009 TC 2000 season was the 31st Turismo Competicion 2000 season. It began on April 5 and ended on November 29 after 12 races. José María López won his second successive title for Equipo Petrobras.-Teams and drivers:-Race calendar and results:...	José María López José María López José María "Pechito" López is a race car driver. He raced in the 2006 GP2 Series for the Super Nova team, and previously for the DAMS team, and the CMS team in Formula 3000. He was also at Renault F1 as a test driver...	Honda Civic Si Honda Civic Si The Honda Civic Si is a sport compact / hot hatch version of the Civic built by the Japanese automaker Honda. The Si trim, which stands for "Sport Injected," was introduced for the third generation of Honda Civics in both Japan and North America...	Equipo Petrobras
2010 2010 TC 2000 season The 2010 TC 2000 season is the 32nd Turismo Competicion 2000 season.-Teams and drivers:* For the Buenos Aires 200 km, each entry implemented two drivers per car.-Race calendar and results:...	Norberto Fontana Norberto Fontana Norberto Edgardo Fontana is an Argentine racing driver. He participated in four Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on June 29, 1997. His opportunity to race came as a result of two separate injuries sustained by regular Sauber driver Gianni Morbidelli during the 1997 season...	Ford Focus Ford Focus The Ford Focus is a compact car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company since 1998. Ford began sales of the Focus to Europe in July 1998 and in North America during 1999 for the 2000 model year....	Ford-YPF
2011 2011 TC 2000 season The 2011 TC 2000 season is the 33rd Turismo Competicion 2000 season.-Teams and drivers:-Race calendar and results:-Championship standings:*Points were awarded as follows:...	Matías Rossi Matías Rossi Matías Rossi is an Argentine racecar driver. He is the youngest person to win back-to-back TC2000 championships, in 2006-2007....

External links

• Official site