The 6 Hours of Bogotá (Spanish: 6 Horas de Bogotá) is an automobile endurance race that is held annually in December at the Autódromo de Tocancipá, 20 km (12 mi) north of Bogotá, in the city's metropolitan area. It is the most prestigious endurance motorsport race in Colombia, it brings together national and international drivers and teams and has been held since 1986. It is held on the first Saturday of December each year.[1] It is managed as an independent race, and the final race of the Campeonato Nacional de Automovilismo (CNA).[2]

6 Hours of Bogotá
Campeonato Nacional de Automovilismo
VenueAutódromo de Tocancipá
First race1986
Duration6 Hours

History edit

The race had its first edition in mid-1986 as a result of the idea of having a long-term race in the country. Its first edition was called the "Premio Wagner Cofre Motor" and it was held over one hundred laps, in the Tocancipá Circuit of 2040 meters. This was disputed by small-cylinder touring cars along with cars with V8 engines. Its first winner was Pablo Gómez in a Simca. For the second edition in 1987, it was decided to change the one hundred laps for a duration of three hours. In 1988, it went to its current duration of six hours.[3]

Race winners edit

Year Drivers Car
1986[4]   Pablo Gómez Simca
1987[4]   Honorato Espinosa   Lucio Bernal Fiat
1988[4]   Felipe Solano   Álvaro Mejía   John Estupiñán Renault 4
1989[4]   Andrés Chiriboga   Miguel Morejón Porsche
1990[4]   Ricardo Cano   Jorge Cortés Mazda
1991[5]   John Estupiñán   R. Wilson   P. Bickenbach BMW
1992[5]   Juan Carlos Rojas   Diego Guzmán Camaro
1993[5]   Juan Carlos Rojas   Oswaldo Fajardo   Diego Guzmán Oldsmobile
1994[5]   Jorge Cortés   Ricardo Cano   Luis Méndez Spice
1995[5]   Jorge Cortés   Juan Pablo Montoya   Diego Guzmán Spice
1996[6]   Jorge Cortés   Juan Pablo Montoya   Jorge Arango Spice
1997[6]   Jorge Cortés   Juan Pablo Montoya   Diego Guzmán Spice
1998[6]   Jorge Cortés   Diego Guzmán Camaro
1999[6]   Jorge Cortés   Jaime Guerrero   Diego Guzmán Spice
2000[6]   Felipe Solano   Jaime Guerrero Camaro
2001[7]   Felipe Solano   Jaime Guerrero Mustang
2002[7]   Felipe Solano   Jaime Guerrero   Roberto José Guerrero Ford Mustang
2003[7]   William Rudd   Jiro Cifuentes   Jaime Mantilla   Guillermo Olarte Radical Suzuki
2004[7]   F. Monfardin   F. Ballabio   Camilo Zúrcher Radical Suzuki
2005[7]   Henry Taleb   Sebastián Merchán Prototipo Ecuador
2006[8]   Juan Espinosa   Mario Moncayo JEC Toyota
2007[8]   Sebastián Martínez   Julián Martínez Radical
2008[8]   Sebastián Martínez   Julián Martínez Radical
2011[9]   Gustavo Yacamán   Javier Castillo   Felipe Triana   Julián Albarracín Prototipo Niko Salamandra
2012[10]   Alex Popow   Gaetano Ardagna   Ryan Dalziel Daytona Prototipo
2013[11]   Julián Martínez   Sebastián Martínez   Santiago Lozano Radical
2014[12]   Juan Manuel González   Juan Alzate   Gabby Chaves Prototipo Niko Salamandra
2015[13]   Javier Villagómez   Miguel Villagómez   Juan Rivera   José Moltalto Radical SR3 1.5
2016[14]   José Forero   Sebastián Villamil Radical SR3
2017[15]   Javier Villagómez   Miguel Villagómez   Juan Rivera   Julio Moreno Radical SR3 1.500
2018[16]   Óscar Tunjo   John Estupiñán   Jaime Guerrero   Jorge Cortés West Turbo
2019[17]   Óscar Tunjo   John Estupiñán   Jaime Guerrero   Juan Manuel González SRT No. 45
2020[18]   David Méndez   Andrés Méndez   Thomas Steuer Radical SR3
2021[17]   Miguel Villagomez   Mateo Villagomez   Juan Rivera   Xavier Villagomez Radical SR3

References edit

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