José Manuel Urcera

José Manuel "Manu" Urcera (San Antonio Oeste, Río Negro Province; July 9, 1991) is an Argentine motor racing driver. Won the Turismo Carretera championship in 2022.

Urcera's Chevrolet TC car.

Racing career

Urcera started his motorsport career in motocross.^[1] In 2012 he debuted at TC Mouras with JP Racing and Turismo Nacional (TN) Clase 2. The next year he made his debut at TC Pista and was vice-champion in 2014, which gave him promotion to Turismo Carretera (TC).^[2][3] In 2016 he debuted in Súper TC 2000 with the Fiat Argentina team.^[4]

In 2016, Urcera got his first wins in both championships.^[2] The next year he qualified for the TC play-offs for first time and went on to the Citroën STC2000 team.^[5] In 2018 he debuted in TN Clase 3.^[2]

Urcera was the 2019 TN Clase 3 champion with a Honda Civic from the Larrauri Competición team.^[2][6] At the same time, he was TC vice-champion behind Agustín Canapino.^[2][7] In 2020 he again won the Clase 3 title,^[8] while in TC he finished third in the championship.^[2] It was his last TC season with JP team.^[9]

In 2022, Urcera was Turismo Carretera champion competing with Maquin Parts Racing, having won two races.^[2][10] In addition, he competed in the Italian GT Sprint Championship alongside Daniele di Amato in a Scuderia Baldini 27's Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020. They took one win.^[2]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2012	Turismo Nacional - Clase 3	Boero Carrera Pro	5	0	0	0	0	6.5	50th
	TC Mouras	JP Racing/ Las Toscas Racing	14	1	1	3	2	134	12th
2013	Turismo Nacional - Clase 3	GC Competición	1	0	0	0	0	-
	TC Mouras	JP Racing	13	3	6	6	5	486.5	6th
	TC Pista		16	3	6	1	3	317.75	16th
2014	Top Race Series	Azar Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	-
	TC Mouras	JP Racing	11	3	3	3	6	447	7th
	TC Pista		16	3	6	1	8	537	2nd
2015	Turismo Carretera		15	0	0	0	0	230.75	26th
	Súper TC2000	Equipo Fiat Petronas	13	0	0	0	2	160	5th
2016	Turismo Carretera	Las Toscas Racing	15	1	1	0	1	412.5	18th
	Súper TC 2000	Fiat Petronas	14	1	4	3	3	106	10th
2017	Turismo Carretera	Las Toscas Racing	15	0	0	0	1	402.5	7th
	Súper TC2000	Citroën Total Racing	12	1	1	0	2	83.5	12th
	Top Race V6	Midas Racing Team	4	0	0	0	0	4	24th
	TC Mouras - Guest Tournament		1	0	0	0	0	10	40th
	Turismo Nacional - Clase 3		1	0	0	0	1	-
2018	Turismo Carretera	Las Toscas Racing	15	0	0	0	1	341	11th
	Turismo Nacional - Clase 3	Citroën Total	10	0	2	2	2	146	9th
	Súper TC2000	Citroën Total Racing	18	0	0	0	0	57	12th
2019	Turismo Carretera	JP Carrera	15	1	3	3	1	523.75	2nd
	Turismo Nacional - Clase 3	Larrauri Competición	12	1	2	0	3	279	1st
	Súper TC2000	Honda Racing	13	0	0	0	0	19	15th
2020	Turismo Carretera	JP Carrera/ Las Toscas Racing	11	1	0	0	1	319	3rd
	Turismo Nacional - Clase 3	Larrauri Racing	8	2	4	3	4	227	1st
	Súper TC2000	Monti Motorsport	15	0	2	2	2	26	13th
2021	Turismo Carretera	Urcera Racing/ Alifraco Sport	14	1	1	1	1	237	24th
	Turismo Nacional - Clase 3	Larrauri Racing	11	1	0	0	2	209	5th
2022	Turismo Carretera	Maquin Parts Racing Team	14	2	3	3	3	675	1st
	Turismo Nacional - Clase 3	Larrauri Racing/ CVG Team	12	1	1	1	1	152	12th
	TC Pick Up	Larrauri Racing	4	0	0	0	0	82	37th
	Italian GT Championship - GT3	Scuderia Baldini 27	4	1	1	0	0	37	5th
2023	Turismo Carretera	Maquin Parts Racing	15	0	0	0	1	360.25	8th
	TC Pick Up		11	0	0	0	3	336.75	8th
	Turismo Nacional - Clase 3	Saturni Racing	11	2	1	0	3	271	2nd
Source:[2]

Personal life

He is in a relationship with the model Nicole Neumann.^[11]