Norberto Daniel Castañón was an outstanding Argentine race car driver in the '60s and' 70s. He was Argentine champion of Tourism Annex J in 1968 and 1969, with Peugeot 404 being a member of the Guillermo Billy concessionaire team, with the engines prepared by Roberto "El Canario" Diaz. As a private driver many times he won the official teams (Fiat and Peugeot) that competed at the time. One remembers the "Vuelta de la Manzana" of 1968, when he won the future Formula 1 driver, Carlos Reutemann, of the Fiat official team.
He began his sporting career in 1961, aboard a Autoar-NSU Prinz, then followed with Peugeot 403, Peugeot 404 and Peugeot 504. Despite successes, Castañón described motor sport as "a hobby." His strength was the rider race (ancestor in Argentina of the rally), where he was usually navigated by his trainer, Roberto Diaz, or his faithful friend Arnaldo "Coco" Rey, but he never got off the road racing.
In 1971, he prepared a Peugeot 504 to compete in the Carretera Carretera against the "big monsters" (Chevrolet 400 and Chevrolet Chevy, Chrysler Valiant, Dodge Polara, Ford Falcon and Renault Torino), being one of the pioneers in TC motor boy, which would give rise, years later, to the TC 2000. That car was the one that Cocho Lopez later used to win the TC2000 tournament in 1979.
In the mid-1970s, he retired from the activity, dedicating himself to the attention of his Peugeot car dealership in Lanús (Province of Buenos Aires).
At the end of the 80's his children decided to intervene in Rally-type competitions, with a Fiat Spazio, and Norberto Castañón supported them in en-route logistics.
On May 21, 1989, he was the victim of a car wreck due to the bad location of the final table, absolute responsibility of the organization of the race. Product of the wounds suffered died on 5/5/89.
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