Day 2 (Monday 14th November 2016)
Mar Del Plata to Bahia Blanca 518 kms
First stop was the town of Balcarce, the birthplace of Juan Manuel Fangio and lots of locals out to greet us and photograph the cars. The first man to speak with us was a son of Fangio and he was very interested in our Morgan as he is building a replica. Everyone knows Phil's opinion of replicas but on this occasion he was able to keep his mouth shut. Details were exchanged so that he could send us photographs of his work in progress.
It is a great little museum with an extraordinary amount of silverware and cups won by Fangio during his racing career. The museum shop did a roaring trade with the guys buying souvenir stickers, mugs, books caps. No exception with us even with car space at a premium.
Next stop was the Fangio Autodromo Circuit just out of town. One lap around each circuit was the go and smiles on all the drivers' faces at the end. The Morgan hit 100mph on the main straight and we got a reasonable time for the lap of 2min 55secs. We were flagged off on our lap by the same descendant of Fangio.
Lunch was by the sea at Necochea and again locals came out to photograph the cars. Even roadside workers stop what they are doing and pull out their smart phones to take pictures, wave and cheer.
Today's transport stages were long through wheat and agricultural areas. The wind was strong and buffeted the car (and us) for hundreds of kilometres.
The night stop for the tired and dusty rally participants was Bahia Blanca, a town with a large number of traffic lights and potholed roads. Unfortunately the hotel bar ran out of cold beer.
Mar Del Plata to Bahia Blanca 518 kms
First stop was the town of Balcarce, the birthplace of Juan Manuel Fangio and lots of locals out to greet us and photograph the cars. The first man to speak with us was a son of Fangio and he was very interested in our Morgan as he is building a replica. Everyone knows Phil's opinion of replicas but on this occasion he was able to keep his mouth shut. Details were exchanged so that he could send us photographs of his work in progress.
It is a great little museum with an extraordinary amount of silverware and cups won by Fangio during his racing career. The museum shop did a roaring trade with the guys buying souvenir stickers, mugs, books caps. No exception with us even with car space at a premium.
Next stop was the Fangio Autodromo Circuit just out of town. One lap around each circuit was the go and smiles on all the drivers' faces at the end. The Morgan hit 100mph on the main straight and we got a reasonable time for the lap of 2min 55secs. We were flagged off on our lap by the same descendant of Fangio.
Lunch was by the sea at Necochea and again locals came out to photograph the cars. Even roadside workers stop what they are doing and pull out their smart phones to take pictures, wave and cheer.
Today's transport stages were long through wheat and agricultural areas. The wind was strong and buffeted the car (and us) for hundreds of kilometres.
The night stop for the tired and dusty rally participants was Bahia Blanca, a town with a large number of traffic lights and potholed roads. Unfortunately the hotel bar ran out of cold beer.
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