Luis Rubén di Palma

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Luis Rubén di Palma
24 Hours of Le Mans career

Nationality	Argentine
Years	1973 -
Teams	North American Racing Team
Best finish	29th (1973)
Class wins	0

Luis Rubén di Palma (October 27, 1944 in Arrecifes – September 30, 2000 in Carlos Tejedor) was an Argentine racing driver. He won the Sport Prototipo Argentino championship in 1971 and 1972, the Turismo Carretera championship 1970 (Formula A) and 1971, the Fórmula 1 Mecánica Argentina championship in 1974 and 1978 and the TC2000 championship in 1983.^[1] He died in September 2000, when the Robinson R44 helicopter he was flying spun out of control and crashed near Carlos Tejedor, Buenos Aires Province.^[2]

24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit]

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1973	North American Racing Team	Nestor García-Veiga	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	GT 5.0	211	29th	10th

References[edit]

^ "Rubén Luis "Loco" Di Palma". driverdb.com. 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
^ Murió Luis Rubén Di Palma y no se habrá sorprendido Página 12, October 1, 2000 (in Spanish)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Gastón Perkins	Turismo Carretera champion 1970-1971	Succeeded by Héctor Luis Gradassi
Preceded by Jorge Omar del Río	TC2000 champion 1983	Succeeded by Mario Gayraud

v t e Turismo Carretera Champions
Nine-time	Juan Gálvez
Seven-time	Guillermo Ortelli
Six-time	Juan María Traverso
Five-time	Oscar Alfredo Gálvez
Four-time	Dante Emiliozzi Héctor Gradassi Agustín Canapino
Three-time	Roberto Mouras Oscar Castellano Mariano Werner
Two-time	Juan Manuel Fangio Rubén Luis di Palma Francisco Espinosa Antonio Aventín Oscar Aventín Omar Martínez
One-time	Ángel Lo Valvo Rodolfo de Álzaga Juan Manuel Bordeu Eduardo Copello Carlos Pairetti Gastón Perkins Nasif Estéfano Jorge Martínez Boero Oscar Angeletti Emilio Satriano Walter Hernández Eduardo Ramos Ernesto Bessone Juan Manuel Silva Norberto Fontana Christian Ledesma Emanuel Moriatis Mauro Giallombardo Diego Aventín Matías Rossi José Manuel Urcera

TC2000 Championship/Súper TC2000

1st Division

TC 2000	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Súper TC2000	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
TC2000	2022 2023

2nd Division

TC2000	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
TC2000 Series	2022 2023

Current cars (2023)

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