Jorge Recalde (rally driver)

Jorge Raúl Recalde(August 9, 1951 – March 10, 2001) was anArgentinerallydriver born inMina Clavero.

Jorge Recalde

Personal information
Nationality	Argentine
Born	(1951-08-09)August 9, 1951
Died	March 10, 2001(2001-03-10)(aged 49)
World Rally Championshiprecord
Active years	1980–2000
Co-driver	Hector Moyana Enrique Tettamanti Nestor Straimel Jorge Del Buono Pierangelo Scalvini Martin Christie José Garcia Diego Curletto
Teams	Audi,Lancia,Mitsubishi
Rallies	69
Championships	0
Rally wins	1
Podiums	8
Stage wins	58
Total points	218
First rally	1980Rally Portugal
First win	1988Rally Argentina
Last rally	2000Rally Argentina

Biography

Recalde had a great knowledge of the roads of theSierras de Córdoba,and began racing in 1970 in the "Turismo Mejorado" class. He won his first rally in 1971.

NicknamnedElCóndordeTraslasierra,Recalde was an enthusiastic promoter of motorsports in theCórdobaregion of Argentina. He was the only Argentine to have won theRally Argentina,doing so in aLancia Delta Integralein1988,also becoming the only Argentine and South American to win aWorld Rally Championshipround. He won the event again in1995,when it was part of the 2-litre world championship due to the WRC round rotation system.

Recalde died ofmyocardial infarctionwhile competing in the ninth edition of theVilla Doloresrally. On March 10, 2001, theArgentine National Congresspassed national law number 26,030 declaring Recalde's home town of Mina Clavero as the national capital of rally and the date of his death March 10 as "Día Nacional del Rally Argentino" (National day of Argentine rally) in his honour.

External links

• Biography(in Spanish)
• News of his deathArchived2008-06-09 at theWayback Machine(in Spanish)
• Sporting profile(in Spanish)