Stock Car: Matías Rossi took second place in the second race

The Argentine Matías Rossi, of the Mattheis Vogel team, finished today in the second place in the second race of the weekend for the Brazilian Stock Car of motorsport, within the framework of the call disputed at the Velopark autodrome, in Rio Grande do Sul.The driver from the Buenos Aires town of Del Viso handled his Toyota solidly and concluded, after 28 laps, in the position of escort, behind the local Nelson Piquet Jr., son of the homonymous three-time Formula 1 champion in the decade of the ’80.Rossi, 38 years old, accumulated a time of 31m. 24s. 451/1000, which reached just 1s. 152/1000 of Piquet junior., according to the official site of the category. The third position corresponded to the also Brazilian Guilherme Salas (Chevrolet Cruze), to 2s. 923/1000.In the first race of this fifth double date of the annual calendar of the division, the Argentine driver occupied the eighth place, to 12s. 097/1000 of the winner, the Brazilian Gabriel Casagrande, current champion and leader of this contest. Casagrande was at the top of the standings with 128 points, escorted by his compatriot Daniel Serra (Chevrolet Cruze), with 127; Rubens Barrichello (Toyota Corolla), 102; Bruno Bautista (Toyota Corolla), 84; Gaetano Di Mauro (Chevrolet Cruze), 82.The Buenos Aires Rossi, champion in Argentina of the Formula Super Renault, TC 2000, Super TC2000, Turismo Carretera, class 3 of the National Tourism and Top RV6, is eleventh in the championship, with 62 units. The next date of the calendar will be Sunday 31 of the current in the traditional São Paulo autodrome of Interlagos.

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