El Loco, who knows how to have a spicy rivalry with El Flaco, had some words on social networks upon learning of the death of the legend of Road Tourism.
On Saturday night the sad news of the death of Juan María Traverso, a legend of Road Tourism, at 73 years old in his native Ramallo after going through some health problems recently. Thin, six-time TC champion (in addition to seven times in TC 2000 and three times in Top Race) in his extensive career in which he competed both in Ford as in Chevrolethad a remembered the rivalry with Marcos Di Palmathat made him fire an emotional message on social networks.
“May you rest in peace, brother! Idols never die, thank God we talked a lot when we last met.. Tell beautiful anecdotes that only you and I live and We know how we solved them. Thank you for everything you have given to this motorsport.”Loco wrote to Flaco on his Instagram account. “I always felt we would meet again on the slopes. A big hug from heaven, you will surely be with my old man and Tell him I miss him and see you there.”complete.
The rivalry between Traverso and Di Palma
Traverso knows how to have a good friendship with Luis Di Palma, and then moved it to one of his sons, Marcoswith whom he had a bitter rivalry with Tourism Roadeven with crossed statements after some controversial maneuvers and even invitations to fight.
The strongest is in 2004, in Paranáwhen Marquitos and his brother Patricio turned Flaco into a ‘sanguchito’, until Loco had an accident and Traverso was also thrown off the track. “The two Di Palmas made a maneuver that ruined my racethey turned my exhaust pipe and I didn’t give up. “He braked (for Marcos) to let the blonde (for Patricio) pass and they took me off the track.”, declared in front of the newspaper. “Don’t be mad, these are races, you have to go and have fun”replied Fool.
In crosses since 1998, in 2005 there was talk of a possible retirement for Flaco, but Di Palma wanted him on the slopes. “I’m glad he’s going on, he has to keep going, he doesn’t have to stop running. We have a lot of fun, even if we mess up, sometimes too much. I have fun with him. El Flaco has a championship and someone wants to vaccinate him, I am one of the most vaccinated of him. In Paraná it is beautiful, He went down in a rage and I was having fun like crazy. “I want to have fun with him,” he said to the media.
“He is one of the sons of a great friend of mine, He’s a boy doing his best to get ahead in the tough world of motorsports. Sometimes he does things that one might not agree with, actually I don’t agree with most.“But it’s his way of being and I’m not angry.”said Traverso, who finally stopped competing in 2005 and managed to regain his friendship with Di Palma despite the feud.
Source: Tycsports
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