Teódulo Valhuerdi & Rosario González's Fatal Crash @ La Habana 1912 (Aftermath)
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Motorsport racing was born at Cuba in 1903, when the Club de Autos de La Habana organised the first racing event, in which four racers participated. Dámaso Laine in a Darracq won the race. In 1906 the first international race was held at La Habana. At the time the best drivers of Cuba were Rodolfo Lusso, the brothers Dámaso and Honoré Laine, and Ernesto Carricaburu, who operated as chauffeur for don Tomás Estrada Palma, then President of the Republic of Cuba.
On Sunday, 10 March 1912 afternoon, an International Automobile Race was held on the Almendares track at La Habana for local and foreign competitors, including the American Bob Burman, who was the winner at the wheel of a 200Hp Blitzen Benz.
On the 2nd lap of the race, while approaching a fast bend driver Teódulo Valhuerdi lost control of his Mercer 30HP which crashed into a fence and overturned on top of the mechanic side, ending into a pole. The riding-mechanic Rosario González sustained injuries, being killed at the scene. Valhuerdi was thrown into the air, and died shortly afterwards.
R.I.P
On Sunday, 10 March 1912 afternoon, an International Automobile Race was held on the Almendares track at La Habana for local and foreign competitors, including the American Bob Burman, who was the winner at the wheel of a 200Hp Blitzen Benz.
On the 2nd lap of the race, while approaching a fast bend driver Teódulo Valhuerdi lost control of his Mercer 30HP which crashed into a fence and overturned on top of the mechanic side, ending into a pole. The riding-mechanic Rosario González sustained injuries, being killed at the scene. Valhuerdi was thrown into the air, and died shortly afterwards.
R.I.P