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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.