A "classic-car" race in Havana's Hemingway Marina had to be stopped Sunday when overly enthusiastic spectators spilled onto the track, the Spanish news agency EFE reports.The race, for cars built as far back as the 1940s, was organized by the Union of Antique Auto and Motorcycle Clubs of Cuba. About 30 vehicles had signed up to compete.The only events completed before the interruption were the controlled 400-meter starts by four- and six-cylinder cars built before 1981. The track had no safety barriers for the crowds.">A "classic-car" race in Havana's Hemingway Marina had to be stopped Sunday when overly enthusiastic spectators spilled onto the track, the Spanish news agency EFE reports.The race, for cars built as far back as the 1940s, was organized by the Union of Antique Auto and Motorcycle Clubs of Cuba. About 30 vehicles had signed up to compete.The only events completed before the interruption were the controlled 400-meter starts by four- and six-cylinder cars built before 1981. The track had no safety barriers for the crowds.">

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Antique-car race halted by runaway crowd

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  • 02 / 01 / 2011


A "classic-car" race in Havana's Hemingway Marina had to be stopped Sunday when overly enthusiastic spectators spilled onto the track, the Spanish news agency EFE reports.

The race, for cars built as far back as the 1940s, was organized by the Union of Antique Auto and Motorcycle Clubs of Cuba. About 30 vehicles had signed up to compete.

The only events completed before the interruption were the controlled 400-meter starts by four- and six-cylinder cars built before 1981. The track had no safety barriers for the crowds.

The winner in the four-cylinder category was a Fiat 125; in the six-cylinder category, a 1954 Ford. The interruption prevented eight-cylinder and modified cars from competing. Modified cars are antiques with improved engines.

The first car race in Cuba took place in 1903, EFE points out. Five vehicles competed then, racing between the Havana barrios of Guanajay and La Lisa.

Source: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/cuban_colada/2011/01/

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