I REALLY LIKE THIS PLACE. ITS THE 1ST BEACH TOWN WITH A DECENT NUMBER OF PEOPLE SINCE I VE BEEN IN URUGUAY. ACTUALLY IT MIGHT BE A CITY. A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVE HERE ALL YEAR ROUND. SO ITS NOT THAT SNOOBY. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE. COOL PLACE.

FISHERMAN'S BEACH WITH FISHERMEN FISHING TRYING TO CATCH SOME FISH
EACH PLACE HAS ITS LIGHT HOUSE

LA PEDRERA. A TRENDY BEACH TOWN FULL OF RICH YOUNG PEOPLE WHO COME HERE BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT PUNTA DEL ESTE IS NOT COOL ENOUGH FOR THEM BECAUSE ITS FULL OLD RICH PEOPLE. A LOT OF SURF SHOPS AND EXPENSIVE BOTIQUES SELLING THE SAME STUFF THAT IS SOLD IN OTHER TOWNS FOR A 1/4 OF THE PRICE.

CHRONOLOGY OF

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25 OF MARCH, 1903: RACING CLUB IS FOUNDED

1913/14/15/16/17/18/19: DURING THE AMATEUR LEAGUE YEARS RACING IS THE ONLY TEAM THAT WAS ABLE TO WIN 7 CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A ROW EARNING THE NICKNAME THE ACADEMY.

1921: RACING ALSO WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP

1925 TO 1948: DURING THIS PERIOD THERE WERE 24 CHAMPIONSHIPS, RACING DIDN'T WIN ANY OF THEM BUT IN 23 OF THOSE THEY WERE THE TEAM THAT SOLD MOST TICKETS. DURING THESE YEARS RACING FANS EARNED THE NICKNAME "LA NUMERO 1". RACING FANS STOOD OUT FROM THE REST SINCE THEN.

1949/50/51: RACING IS THE 1ST TRIPLE CROWN WINNER IN ARGENTINEAN FOOTBALL.

1958/61/66: RACING ALSO WON THESE CHAMPIONSHIPS

1966: RACING WINS THE COPA LIBERTADORES

1967: RACING IS THE 1ST WORLD CHAMPION IN ARGENTINA WINNING THE INTERCONTINENTAL CUP 1983: RACING IS RELEGATED TO THE B DIVISION

1984: RACING SELL MORE TICKETS THAN ANY OTHER TEAM WHILE PLAYING IN THE B DIVISION, OUTSELLING ALL TEAMS INCLUDING THE FIRST DIVISION TEAMS

1985: RACING WINS THE RIGHT TO PLAY IN THE FIRST DIVISION AGAIN AFTER 2 YEARS IN THE B DIVISION

1985: JUDGE GOROSTEGUI IS ADMINISTERING A CLAIM OF DEBT FROM RACING OF 1.5 MILLION. FROM THEN ON HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN ADMINISTERING RACING DEBT

1986: BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC PROBLEMS RACING RENTS THE ENTIRE TEAM TO ARGENTINO DE MENDOZA DURING THE OFF SEASON SO THEY CAN TRY TO WIN THE RIGHT TO PLAY IN A HIGHER LEAGUE

1988: RACING WINS THE FIRST SUPERCOPA HELD AND INTERAMERICANA CUPS

1998: RACING CLUB IS DECLARED IN BANKRUPTCY, WITH A CLAIMED DEBT OF 73 MILLION DOLLARS, BUT RACING FANS PROTESTED AND HIT THE CLUBS PRESIDENT WITH A DRUM IN THE FACE. IT WAS CALLED A CONTINUING BANKRUPTCY WHICH ALLOWED RACING TO CONTINUE TO PLAY AS LONG AS THEY DIDN'T INCREASE THE DEBT. ALL OF RACING WAS NOW RUN BY THE BANKRUPTCY JUDGE GOROSTEGUI

1999: RACING HAD TO GO TO CHILE TO PLAY A FRIENDLY GAME IN EXCHANGE FOR MONEY IN ORDER TO PAY FOR A BOILER TO HEAT WATER SO THE PLAYERS CAN TAKE HOT SHOWERS

7TH OF MARCH 1999: A JUDGE DOES NOT ALLOW RACING TO PLAY THE 1ST GAME OF THE SEASON BECAUSE IT CANNOT PAY MONEY IT OWED. THAT SAME DAY RACING FANS WENT TO THE STADIUM ANYWAY EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW RACING COULDN'T PLAY AND FILLED THE STADIUM DURING THE TIME THE GAME WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYED AND SANG, CHEERED, YELLED AND DANCED FOR MORE THAN 90 MINUTES LIKE THEY WOULD OF IF RACING PLAYED THE GAME. ONCE AGAIN MAKING RACING FIRST AND ALSO ONLY TEAM/FANS TO FILL THEIR STADIUM WHILE THERE WAS NO GAME BEING PLAYED. THERE WERE MORE FANS IN RACING STADIUM THAT DAY THAN IN ANY OTHER STADIUM WHERE GAME WERE ACTUALLY BEING PLAYED. IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS RACING FANS GATHER UP MONEY IN A FUND SO THAT IT CAN BE USED TO PAY DEBT SO RACING CAN PLAY. THEY GATHERED 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS.

1999: LA NUMERO 1, RACING'S FANS WERE AWARDED THE TITLE OF FANS OF THE MILLENIUM. TO CELEBRATE THEY MADE AND SHOWED THE BIGGEST FLAG IN THE WORLD.

2000: THE JUDGE ORDERED THE AUCTIONING OF ALL VALUABLE GOODS OWNED BY RACING INCLUDING PLAYERS, STADIUMS, AND OTHER REAL ESTATE. BUT ONCE AGAIN RACING FANS CAME TO THE RESCUE, AND TOOK OVER THE STREETS AND PREVENTED THEM FROM BEING AUCTIONED BY HOLDING MARCHES AND PROTESTS TO DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS UNTIL POLITICIANS CHANGED THE COUNTRIES BANKRUPTCY LAWS PREVENTING ANYTHING FROM BEING AUCTIONED AND MAKING A DEBT RESTRUCTURING AND PAYMENT PLAN FOR NON-PROFIT SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS

2000: THE PRESEASON IS CANCELLED BECAUSE OF LACK OF MONEY

2000: RACING CLUB DIDN'T HAVE THEIR OWNED TRAINING FACILITIES, THE CLUB HAD TO RENT SPACE IN OTHER CLUBS SO THAT THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR DIVISIONS COULD TRAIN. ONE WEEKEND THE AMATEUR DIVISIONS TEAMS COULDN'T PLAY BECAUSE THEY OWED RENT TO THE OWNER OF THE FIELD IN WHICH THEY PLAYED. LOOSING ALL THE GAMES BY FORFEIT. THAT'S WHY ITS FANS STARTED A CAMPAIGN TO BUILD THE CLUB ITS OWN SPACE TO TRAIN WITH THEIR OWN MONEY AND THEIR OWN LABOR WITHOUT THE HELP OF ANY GOVERNMENTAL OR CLUB MONEY NOW RUN BY A JUDGE GOROSTEGUI SINCE RACING'S BANKRUPTCY. SINCE 1985 HE ALLOWED THE DEBT TO GROW FROM 1.5 MILLION TO 73 MILLION. FROM THE HEART, LOVE AND WORK OF THE FANS, RACING NOW HAS PREDIO TITA MATTIUSSI FOR THE AMATEUR DIVISIONS TO TRAIN AND PLAY. BUILT BY ITS PEOPLE.

29TH OF DECEMBER, 2000: AT 7:30 AT NIGHT OF THE LAST WORKING DAY OF THE YEAR, AFTER THE COURTHOUSE WAS CLOSED, JUDGE GOROSTEGUI ACCEPTS A PLAN OF PRIVATIZING RACING'S FOOTBALL IN A VERY NON-TRANSPARENT WAY

27TH OF DECEMBER, 2001: AFTER 35 YEARS OF SUFFERING, RACING, THE GLORIOUS ACADEMY WINS THE MUCH ACCLAIMED AND DESIRED LOCAL CHAMPIONSHIP. AND IT COULDN'T BE JUST ACHIEVING A CHAMPIONSHIP, IT HAS TO BE ANOTHER FIRST, BUT THIS TIME ITS A WORLDS FIRST. IT IS THE ONLY TEAM IN THE WORLD TO FILL 2 STADIUMS AT THE SAME TIME. SINCE THE LAST GAME WAS AN AWAY GAME, RACING FILLED THEIR OPPONENTS STADIUM AND THEIR OWN WHERE A GIANT TV SCREEN PLAYED THE GAME LIVE FOR MORE THAN 50000 PEOPLE. 25TH OF MARCH

2003: RACING CELEBRATES ITS 100TH YEAR IN AN UNFORGETTABLE CELEBRATION AND MATCH FOR THE COPA LIBERTADORES

2005: FANS ARE TIRED OF THE FRAUDULENT MANAGEMENT BY BLANQUICELESTE S.A. THE PRIVATE COMPANY THAT RUNS RACING. AFTER MANY FAILED ATTEMPTS IN COURT TO THE CORRUPT JUDGE GOROSTEGUI TO HAVE BLANQUICELESTE ABIDE BY THE CONTRACT SIGNED AND THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS THEY TAKE TO THE STREETS AGAIN. THE PRESIDENT OF BLANQUICELESTE, MARIN THE CROOK, IS TOO SCARED TO GO TO THE STADIUM AND DECIDES TO SELL HIS SHARES OF THE COMPANY. THE NEW CROOK, DETOMASO, BLANQUICELESTE'S VP BUYS MARIN'S SHARES AND NOW RUNS RACING. THE FANS ARE NOT FOOLED BY ALL OF THIS AND WANT THE PRIVATIZATION CONTRACT TO BE ANNULLED BECAUSE IT WAS BROKEN IN MANY WAYS BY BLANQUICELESTE AND WANT JUDGE GOROSTEGUI TO GO TO TRIAL FOR CORRUPTION.

THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

DONT LET THIS HAPPEN TO U

THE SUN IS VERY HARMFUL TO UR SKIN. IT CAUSES UR SKIN TO AGE FASTER AND EVEN CAUSES CANCER. SUN DAMAGE IS CAUSED BY FREQUENT EXPOSURE TO UV RAYS. UV IS A FORM OF RADIATION.

SO BEFORE U GET CHERNOBYLED PUT ON SOME DAMN SUN BLOCK. AT LEAST 30 SPF, YA HEARD

NOW BACK TO UR REGULAR PROGRAMMING

THIS IS MY FAVORITE PLACE IN URUGUAY. CABO POLONIO. I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A PLACE LIKE THIS. ITS A TINY TOWN BUT VERY SPREAD OUT. IT IS BUILT ILLEGALY IN A NATIONAL PARK RESERVE FOR MARINE WILDLIFE. THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE ACTUALLY KEEP THIS PLACE FROM BECOMING A BIG TOURIST PLACE WITH 5 STAR HOTELS. THE BEST PART IS THAT CABO POLONIO DOESNT HAVE ELECTRICITY OR ROADS THAT LEAD TO IT. THERE IS ELECTRICITY THAT GOES TO THE LIGHT HOUSE BUT NONE OF THE HOUSES HAVE ELECTRICITY. THERE IS A HOSTAL/RADIO STATION THAT TO POWER THE RADIO STATION THEY USE CAR BATTERIES THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE LIGHT HOUSE CHARGE FOR THEM. THE ONLY WAY TO CABO IS WALKING, ON A HORSE OR ON OLD ARMY TRUCKS THRU THE SAND DUNES OR THE FOREST. NO PRIVATE VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED. THERE ARE RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS AND LOTS OF HIPPIES THAT SELL HANDICRAFTS SELLING.

HERE IS A PIC OF A SEAL AT THE RESERVE PART OF CABO. ITS CORDONED OF SO PEOPLE CANT GO BOTHER THE ANMALS

A BEATIFUL SMALL BEACHFRONT HOUSE.

SUNSET SEEN FROM IN FRONT OF THE SMALL HOUSES

A REAL QUIET BEACH AT ANOTHER SMALL FISHING TOWN. THIS IS VALIZAS. THE DIFERENCE WITH THIS TOWN IS THAT IT HAS A LAKE THAT IS SOMETIMES CONNECTED TO THE SEA.

FISHING BOATS WITH DUNES IN THE BACK. PEOPLE GO DUNE BOARDING HERE. THERE IS NO PIC OF ME DOING THE DUNES BECAUSE I BUSTED MY AZZ.

I WANT TO SHARE TO LINKS WITH U RELATED TO RACING CLUB'S STADIUM PRESIDENTE PERON. THE FIRST IS AN INTERACTIVE 360 DEGREE VIEW FROM THE FIELD/ U CAN MOVE LEFT, RIGHT, UP AND DOWN. AND U CAN ALSO ZOOM IN AND OUT. THE SECOND LINK IS OF AN XBOX COMMERCIAL SHOWING IN EUROPE, FILMED IN THE COLISEUM AT NIGHT. IT HAS AN EXCELENT VIEW FROM ABOVE IN THE END.

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THANKS TO FORORACING.COM.AR FOR THE VIDEOS. IT IS THE BEST FORUM FOR RACING FANS WITH OVER 5000 REGISTERED USERS

RACING CLUB WAS FOUNDED AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN AVELLANEDA. ACTUALLY THEIR STADIUM HAS BEEN REMODELED MANY TIMES BUT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THE SAME PLACE. THE OFFICIAL NAME IS PRESIDENTE PERON. BUT PEOPLE CALL IT THE COLISEUM OR THE CYLINDER. WHEN IT WAS FIRST DESIGNED 106 THOUSAND PEOPLE FIT IN THE STADIUM BUT AFTER BEING REMODELED NUMEROUS TIMES THE CAPACITY HAS DECREASED BECAUSE SEATS WHERE PLACES WHERE THERE WERE STANDING SEATS. RIGHT NOW THAT CAPACITY IS 64,272 MAKING THE COLISEUM THE BIGGEST STADIUM IN ARGENTINA.

HERE IS A VIEW FROM ABOVE

A PARTIAL VIEW OF AVELLANEDA CITY

TAKEN FROM THE FLAG POLE

FROM THE INSIDE

A PIC FROM WHEN IT WAS 1ST INAUGURATED

THE BACK OF THE STADIUM WITH SWIMMING AND DIVING POOLS, TENNIS COURTS AND BASKETBALL STADIUM

THE 1ST STADIUM CALLED LA CASETA MULTIFUNCIONAL

LA CASETA WAS REMODELED MANY TIMES UNTIL IT WAS TORN DOWN TO BUILD THE COLISEUM. THIS WAS THE FINAL VERSION BEFORE IT WAS TORN DOWN.

RACING NEWS

RACING'S COACH MOSTAZA MERLO HAS DECIDED TO POSTPONE THE START OF THE PRE SEASON IN THE SEA SIDE RESORT CITY OF MAR DEL PLATA. THE REASON IS THAT THE NEW GENERAL MANAGER DE TOMASO HAS HIRED ONLY ONE NEW PLAYER OUT OF ALL THE PLAYERS THAT MERLO HAS ASKED FOR. RACING HAS DROPPED MORE THAN A DOZEN PLAYERS FROM LAST SEASON'S ROSTER. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE PLAYERS IN GOOD SHAPE BEFORE THE START OF THE SEASON, SO THIS IS WHY HE HAS DECIDED TO HOLD OF THE HARDER TRAINING OF THE PRE SEASON UNTIL THE 2ND OF JULY. HOPING THAT BY THEN HE WILL HAVE ALL THE PLAYERS NEEDED SO HE CAN GET THEM IN OPTIMAL SHAPE FOR THE START OF THE SEASON. NOT A GOOD START SO FAR. THE FANS ARE GETTING VERY IMPATIENT.

MOSTAZA MERLO (ARCHIVE PIC)

ANOTHER SMALL FISHING TOWN. AGUAS DULCES. BUT THIS ONE IS REALLY SMALL. ITS JUST ONE STREET THAT LEADS TO THE BEACH AND ANOTHER STREET THAT BORDERS THE BEACH. I GUESS THIS PLACE DOESNT HAVE EVEN A 100 PEOPLE LIVING IN IT WHEN ITS NOT THE TOURIST SEASON.

LAGUNA NEGRA OR THE BLACK LAGOON. ITS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. JUST COWS, SHEEP AND HORSES. ITS AN ANCIENT BURRIAL GROUNDS. U CAN SEE THE LAKE WAY IN THE BACK

THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN FROM THE SWIMMING POOL OF THE CAMPSITE IN PUNTA DEL DIABLO. 1000S OF ACRES OF FOREST GOT BURNED, MANY ANIMALS DIED AND MANY PEOPLE LOST THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF THIS FIRE. THE CAMPSITE WAS SAVED BY USING THE WATER IN THE SWIMMING POOL TO PUT OUT THE FIRE AROUND IT. FIRE IS NO JOKE. BE CAREFUL, AND DONT DO IDIOTIC THINGS

NOW BACK TO UR REGULAR PROGRAMMING

THIS IS PUNTA DEL DIABLO. A REALLY COOL FISHING TOWN THAT BECAME TRENDY AND NOW ITS FULL OF BARS AND SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS. THE ARQUITECTURE IS REALLY DIFERENT. SOME OF THE HOUSES ARE VERY PRECARIOUS BUT STILL EXPENSIVE TO RENT. AT NIGHT THE STREETS GET FILLED WITH ARTISANS SELLING ALL KINDS OF THINGS MADE FROM SHELLS AND OTHER SEA THINGS. IN THE BEGINNING I DIDNT LIKE THIS PLACE BUT IT GREW ON ME

I STAYED AT THIS CAMPSITE WITH A SWIMMING POOL

SINCE RACING STARTED TO TRAIN TODAY I WILL GIVE U SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLUB.

RACING CLUB WAS FOUNDED ON THE 25TH OF MARCH 1903. DURING THE AMATEUR ERA, RACING WON THE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, AND 1921. RACING HAS THE RECORD OF CHAMPIONSHIPS WON IN A ROW (7)

DURING THE PROFESSIONAL ERA RACING WON THE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1966 AND APERTURA 2001. RACING IS THE 1ST TEAM TO WIN 3 CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A ROW DURING THE PROFFESIONAL ERA.

RACING HAS ALSO WON THE COPA LIBERTADORES OF 1966, COPA INTERCONTINENTAL OF 1967, SUPERCOPA AND INTERAMERICANA OF 1988. RACING IS THE 1ST WORLD CHAMPION IN ARGENTINA.

RACING HAS STARTED TO TRAIN AFTER THE WINTER BREAK WHILE THE WORLD CUP IS STILL BEING PLAYED. THE BIGGEST NEWS IS THAT MOSTAZA MERLO THE COACH WHO IN 2001 GAVE RACING THEIR FIRST LOCAL CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 1966 HAS COME BACK TO MANAGE THE TEAM. AFTER THE CHAMPIONSHIP RACING FANS MADE A STATUE OF HIM. HE IS VERY LOVED BY THE FANS.

IN 2001

THE STATUE

I WANT TO SHARE SOME BABY PICS WITH EVERYONE. THIS IS MY 1ST PIC

THIS IS BEFORE MY 1ST PICNIC

THIS IS ME IN MY ROOM. I WAS SO CUTE

THIS IS SANTA TERESA NATIONAL PARK ITS A COOL PARK WITH A HUGE CAMPSITE. ITS RUN BY THE ARMY BECAUSE THERE IS AN OLD FORT IN IT, SO ITS KIND OF LIKE AN ARMY BASE/NATIONAL PARK

THIS IS THE BEACH PART OF THE PARK

THIS IS A BETTER PIC OF THE FORT

THE PARK ALSO HAS AN ANIMAL FARM WITH ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS. THERE IS A MONKEY CAGE AND ONE OF THE MONKEYS WAS VERY FRIENDLY AND GRABBED MY HAND

THIS IS THE BEACH AT LA CORONILLA

THE TOWN AND THE BEACH IS DIVIDED BY THIS SMALL RIVER. CHECK THE HANGING BRIDGE IN THE BACK

I AM IN URUGUAY!!! I TOOK A BOAT ACROSS THE RIO DE LA PLATA FROM TIGRE IN BUENOS AIRES TO CARMELO IN URUGUAY. THEN I TOOK A BUS TO THE CAPITAL MONTEVIDEO. THEN I TOOK ANOTHER BUS TO CHUI. ITS A CITY THAT IS HALF IN BRAZIL HALF IN URUGUAY ON THE SOUTH EAST. THIS PIC IS OF THE RIVER THAT DIVIDE URUGUAY FROM BRAZIL. I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A BORDER LIKE THIS. ITS COOL HOW A RIVER SEPARATES BOTH COUNTRIES BUT IT ENDS IN THE SEA. SO BEYOND THE RIVER ITS JUST OCEAN.

THE BEACHES ARE COMPLETELY DESERTED BUT THE WEATHER AINT NICE ENOUGH TO GO IN THE WATER

SO I WENT WALKING IN THE DUNES. U CAN SEE BRAZIL IN THE BACK