The "Gran Premio Glorias Navales", second round of the 2015 Campeonato Regional Chileno de Motociclismo, was held on Sunday, 17 May of that year at the Arica race track, officially named "Autódromo Sergio Santander", in northern Chile. The event was suspended in consequence of a fatal accident that resulted in the deaths of two riders.

The victims were Aldo Ciccia, 42, a Peruvian citizen who rode a Yamaha 600, and Chilean Rodrigo Cortés, 41, who were killed when their motorcycles collided as they approached the end of the race, on the 3.2-kilometer Arica permanent circuit.

According to eyewitnesses report, during the final lap of the race, Ciccia found a track official who attempted to cross the track. Upon reaching the finish line he slowed down sharply on the main straightaway, being struck by Cortés' Honda, coming from behind at an estimate speed of about 250 km/h (155 mi/h). Cortés died on the spot, while Ciccia succumbed to his injuries on the way to Dr. Juan Noé Hospital in Arica.

Aldo Ciccia Pierobon was a renowned Peruvian entrepreneur in the transport business. With his brothers, he owned the interprovincial buses company "Compañía de Transportes Expreso CIAL". Nicknamed by friends as "Rocoto", he was a talented sportsman, in addition to his motorcycle racing activity, Ciccia was a well-known surfer and a jet-ski racer.

Rodrigo Atilio Cortés Mamani was 41 year old. He lived in Iquique, a Pacific coast port city in Tarapacá Region, northern Chile.

Located in Las Machas near Chile's northernmost city of Arica, in Arica y Parinacota region, only 18 kilometers (11 miles) south of the Peruvian border, the track was titled after Sergio Santander Benavente, former Chilean Formula 3 Champion who was killed on 26 September 1987 at Las Vizcachas circuit at Puente Alto, near Santiago de Chile.

R.I.P