Racing Highlights
- On May 31, 1931 the teams were due to meet for the first round of fixtures of the professional era of Argentine football. Racing asked to postpone the game and Independiente accepted. This meant that the first game between the two took place on September 27 at Racing Club's ground the eventual score was 7–4 to Racing, it still stands as the highest scoring game between the two.
- On September 15, 1963 Racing secured a 4–0 away win, unfortunately for them Independiente recovered to win the championship virtually mirroring the events of 1961.
- On November 20, 1966 Racing Club were crowned as champions, one week later they played Independiente, and the game finished 3–3.
- On September 21, 1975 during the Nacional Racing won 5–4 in el Cilindro with Alberto Jorge scoring 4 goals, three from the penalty spot. Jorge is the only player to score 4 in the Avellaneda derby and this was the last time that Racing were given 3 penalties in a game.
- In 1992 Racing Club and Independiente met in the Supercopa Sudamericana, Racing Club won their home leg 2–1 and on October 8, 1992 held Independiente to a 0–0 draw to win on aggregate. It is the only time the two have met in international competition.
- On August 26, 2001 in the 2nd round of fixtures Racing Club's Gabriel Loeschbor scored in the last minute of the game to earn a 1–1 draw. At the end of the Apertura 2001 Racing won the championship by one point.
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—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)