2011 NASCAR Corona Series

The 2011 NASCAR Corona Series was the eighth season of the Corona Series and was organized by NASCAR Mexico. The season was composed by fourteen races in seven venues across Mexico. The season started in Monterrey with the Regia 200, and finished in Mexico City in the Mexico Fest 200. Six drivers won races being Homero Richards the most winner with five. Mónica Morales won the owners championship for third time and Germán Quiroga successful defend his championship, winning his third championship. Enrique Contreras III won the Rookie of the Year title.

2011 NASCAR Corona Series
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Germán Quiroga, 2011 champion

The kickoff of the season was in Monterrey. This was the 100th race of the NCS. Patrick Goeters dominated the race from start, and won his fourth race in his career.[1] In the second race, Jorge Goeters won his 10th race, and the fourth in this track. Goeters together with Germán Quiroga shared the leading.[2] The race was shortened by time, originally was scheduled to 250 laps (201 km). The third race in Aguascalientes saw to Rogelio López started from the back of the grid, because to failed the inspection after the qualification, but he took the victory. Germán Quiroga became in the leader of NCS.[3] In Chiapas, Jorge Goeters took his first victory of the season in a race with 10 cautions. The race was shortened of 200 laps to 129 laps by time.[4] Again Homero Richards took the first place in the fifth race.[5] This was the first of fourth wins in a row that finished in San Luis Potosí.[6]

In the second part of the season, Rafael Martínez won in his hometown. For Martínez was his 15th victory, he took the historic second place.[7] But, soon Quiroga reached the 15th victory in the next race[8] and two more before the end of the season. This last victory marked the third championship for Quiroga.[9]

Teams and drivers
TeamManufacturerNo.Race DriverRounds
2b Racing Chevrolet7Carlos PeraltaAll
8Freddy Tame, Jr.1–7, 9–14
10Oscar Peralta1–3, 5–8, 10, 11, 13
Anvi Motorsports Toyota30Victor Barrales1–6, 8–11, 13–14
39Juan Carlos Herrero2–6, 9
CEDVA Racing Dodge55Jorge Contreras, Jr.1–3, 6, 8–11, 13, 14
Equipo Telcel Dodge2Germán QuirogaAll
3Daniel SuárezAll
Escuderia Telmex Chevrolet1Antonio PérezAll
5Rubén RoveloAll
FCV Racing Toyota14Carlos ContrerasAll
49Jorge Arteaga1–12, 14
HDI Seguros Racing Team Mazda27Ruben García Novoa1–11
Rubén García, Jr.13–14
88Alejandro CapinAll
H&HighSpeed Dodge20Homero RichardsAll
HO Speed Racing Toyota11Hugo OliverasAll
15Rubén PardoAll
48Rogelio LópezAll
Ramírez Racing Team Chevrolet08José Luis RamírezAll
SC Racing Chevrolet03Patrick GoetersAll
04Javier Razo1–4
05Abraham CalderónAll
70Estefania Reyes1–6
SpartacRT Chevrolet0Rafael VallinaAll
Tame Racing Ford13Elliot Van RankinAll
22Irwin VencesAll
Toyota34Oscar RuizAll
Team GP Mazda18Rafael MartínezAll
31Jorge GoetersAll

Driver changes
  • Freddy Tame leave Team GP, and joined 2b Racing taking the place of Ricardo Pérez de Lara.[10]

2011 calendar

The schedule was presented in March 8 with 14 races in 7 venues.[11]

Puebla
Querétaro
Aguascalientes
México City
San Luis Potosí
2011 venues
No. Race Title Track Date Time
Local UTC
1 Regia 200 Autódromo Monterrey, Apodaca 20 March 13:10 19:10
2 Potosina 200 Autódromo Potosino, Zaragoza 3 April 13:10 18:10
3 Aguascalientes 240 Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes 1 May 13:10 18:10
4 AC Delco 240 Autódromo Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez 15 May 13:10 18:10
5 Queretana 200 Autódromo Querétaro, El Marqués 5 June 13:10 18:10
6 Puebla 240 Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Puebla 19 June 13:10 18:10
7 Mexico Fest 200 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 17 July 13:10 18:10
8 Potosina 200 Autódromo Potosino, Zaragoza 7 August 13:10 18:10
9 Regia 200 Autódromo Monterrey, Apodaca 21 August 13:10 18:10
10 Queretana 200 Autódromo Querétaro, El Marqués 4 September 13:10 18:10
11 Puebla 240 Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Amozoc 2 October 13:10 18:10
12 Potosina 200 Autódromo Potosino, Zaragoza 23 October 13:10 18:10
13 Aguascalientes 240 Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes 6 November 13:10 19:10
14 Mexico Fest 200 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 27 November 13:15 19:15
  Oval
  Road Course

Calendar changes
  • Guadalajara was exclude for the season because the damage in the track of the Trióvalo Bernardo Obregón.[12]
  • The second race in Chiapas was changed to San Luis Potosí, because of damage in the track.[13]

Results and standings

Races
No. Race Pole position Most lap led Winning Driver Winning Manufacturer
1 Regia 200 Patrick Goeters Patrick Goeters Patrick Goeters Chevrolet
2 Potosina 200 Germán Quiroga Homero Richards Jorge Goeters Mazda
3 Aguascalientes 240 Jorge Goeters Antonio Pérez Rogelio López Toyota
4 AC Delco 240 Jorge Goeters Antonio Pérez Jorge Goeters Mazda
5 Queretana 200 Rafael Martínez Homero Richards Homero Richards Toyota
6 Puebla 240 Homero Richards Homero Richards Homero Richards Toyota
7 Mexico Fest 200 Rogelio López Patrick Goeters Homero Richards Toyota
8 Potosina 200 Germán Quiroga Germán Quiroga Homero Richards Toyota
9 Regia 200 Daniel Suárez Homero Richards Rafael Martínez Mazda
10 Queretana 200 Jorge Goeters Jorge Goeters Germán Quiroga Dodge
11 Puebla 240 Alejandro Capín Alejandro Capín Rogelio López Toyota
12 Potosina 200 Patrick Goeters Rafael Martínez Germán Quiroga Dodge
13 Aguascalientes 240 Daniel Suárez Patrick Goeters Germán Quiroga Dodge
14 Mexico Fest 200 Daniel Suárez Homero Richards Homero Richards Toyota

Driver standings
Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

RankDriverMTYSLPAGSTXGQROPUEMXCSL2MT2QR2PU2SL3AG2MX2Points
1 Germán Quiroga 242912232*2117115 2272
2 Homero Richards 96*29231*1*118*23117281* 1986
3 Jorge Goeters 51271243761015*723512 1942
4 Rubén Rovelo 33243898539253274 1924
5 José Luis Ramírez 18165691569211210848 1893
6 Rogelio López 2871222227585611993 1885
7 Rafael Martínez 821410219113317316*349 1867
8 Patrick Goeters 1*8332932124*14264262*14 1818
9 Daniel Suárez 1219102563415743194297 1769
10 Abraham Calderón 72262856930205431192 1752
11 Hugo Oliveras 6532613322310292097811 1724
12 Carlos Peralta 14111141110181112191425635 1699
13 Antonio Pérez 221431*14*3311123728125330 1670
14 Rubén Pardo 1021417183116213181815136 1616
15 Irwin Vences 29177334410273232632413 1613
16 Elliot VanRankin 2491213781934142911241610 1611
17 Óscar Ruiz 3413821271413162210829536 1528
18 Alejandro Capin 26129732020430115*301124 1524
19 Pepe Montaño 1120302015183519111433121016 1494
20 Carlos Contreras 410341817132422282426102729 1492
21 Luis Felipe Montaño 193319531532131131330211217 1431
22 Freddy Tame, Jr. 312615161617176212391834 1382
23 Jorge Arteaga 13152424102414122731242332 1358
24 Enrique Contreras III (R) 28181220262720152327113028 1330
25 Héctor Félix (R) 33232615232832DNQ5DNQ520261522 1238
26 Victor Barrales 15292831DNQ521151622222521 1220
27 Rubén García Novoa 2318172287252991729 1215
28 Israel Jaitovich 21DNQ519DNQ534231815182126 1065
29 Rafael Vallina 2030132721223018192626 1040
30 Rodrigo Marbán (R) 2725DNQ51930DNQ528232522DNQ5DNQ5 961
31 Óscar Peralta 30311614163613301333 918
32 Jorge Contreras, Jr. (R) 21DSQ120302625DNQ5283218 881
33 Alex Villasana (R) DNQ5DNQ5DNQ526DNQ51621133120 808
34 Pepe González 17331814DNQ523 695
35 Julián Islas DNQ53211DNQ533DNQ5DNQ53423 673
36 Mike Sánchez 23242524DNQ532DNQ533 660
37 Javier Fernández 252428DNQ531 615
38 Alan Williams 3234DNQ532DNQ53114DNQ5 548
39 Hector Aguirre (R) 342716202215 527
40 Carlos Anaya 16DNQ5DNQ5DNQ5DNQ529DNQ5 463
41 Rodrigo Peralta (R) DNQ5272019 428
42 Juan Carlos Herrero (R) 24238DSQ2DNQ5 422
43 Estefanía Reyes 25DNQ5223026 398
44 Javier Razo (R) 1727DNQ5DNQ527 380
45 Rubén García, Jr. (R) 1725 200
46 Juan Carlos Blum (R) 29 76
47 Pepe Rivera, Jr. DNQ5 49
RankDriverMTYSLPAGSTXGQROPUEMXCSL2MT2QR2PU2SL3AG2MX2Points
References [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]
^ Jorge Contreras, Jr. had finished in 32, but he was disqualified after the technical inspection.[29]
^ Herrero had finished in 29, but he was disqualified, because he did not present his carburetor to inspection.[30]
^ Montaño got a penalty of 50 points for an engine irregularity.[31]
^ Carlos Contreras got a penalty of 15 points for an steering wheel irregularity.[32]
^ All drivers that did not qualify for the race received championship points.

Rookie of the Year

Only the best 10 results count in the final classification.

RankDriverMTYSLPAGSTXGQROPUEMXCSL2MT2QR2PU2SL3AG2MX2Points
1 Enrique Contreras III 28181220262720152327113028 93
2 Héctor Félix 33232615232832DNQDNQ20261522 84
3 Alex Villasana DNQDNQDNQ26DNQ1621133120 69
4 Jorge Contreras, Jr. 21DSQ20302625DNQ283218 68
5 Rodrigo Marbán 2725DNQ1930DNQ28232522DNQDNQ 65
6 Hector Aguirre 342716202215 48
7 Javier Fernández 252428DNQ31 46
8 Rodrigo Peralta DNQ272019 35
9 Juan Carlos Herrero 24238DSQDNQ 32
10 Javier Razo 1727DNQDNQ27 26
11 Rubén García, Jr. 1725 14
12 Juan Carlos Blum 29 7
RankDriverMTYSLPAGSTXGQROPUEMXCSL2MT2QR2PU2SL3AG2MX2Points

See also

References
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  2. "Jorge Goeters Keeps It In The Family". NASCAR Hometracks. April 3, 2011. Archived from the original on April 27, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  3. "No Place Like Home For López". NASCAR Hometracks. May 1, 2011. Archived from the original on May 4, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  4. "Goeters Gets Mexico Victory". NASCAR Hometracks. May 15, 2011. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  5. "Hungry Richards Holds On In Querétaro". NASCAR Hometracks. June 5, 2011. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  6. "Richards Roll Continues". NASCAR Hometracks. June 7, 2011. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  7. "Home Sweet Home For Martínez". NASCAR Hometracks. August 21, 2011. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  8. "Quiroga Gets Querétaro Victory". NASCAR Hometracks. September 4, 2011. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  9. "Quiroga Clinches Mexico Crown In Style". NASCAR Hometracks. November 6, 2011. Archived from the original on November 27, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  10. "2b racing con Carlos y Oscar Peralta mas Freddy Tame". Sportcar.com. March 10, 2011.
  11. "Lista la Nascar México". ESPNDeportes. March 8, 2011.
  12. "Toño Pérez lamenta retirada de Nascar del Trióvalo". Informador. December 30, 2010.
  13. "Nascar cancela fecha en Chiapas y regresará a San Luis Potosí". GlobalMedia.mx. September 6, 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  14. "Results of "1° fecha NASCAR Corona Series PxT"". Mylaps.com. March 20, 2011.
  15. "Results of "2° fecha NASCAR Corona Series PxT"". Mylaps.com. April 3, 2011.
  16. "Results of "3° fecha NASCAR Corona Series PxT"". Mylaps.com. May 1, 2011.
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  22. "Results of "9° fecha NASCAR Corona Series PxT"". Mylaps.com. August 21, 2011.
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  26. "Results of "13° fecha NASCAR Corona Series PxT"". Mylaps.com. November 6, 2011.
  27. "Results of "14° fecha NASCAR Corona Series PxT"". Mylaps.com. November 27, 2011.
  28. "Agenda Evento 1" (PDF). NASCAR Mexico. March 25, 2012.
  29. "El auto 55 fue penalizado después del evento de San Luis Potosí". Sportcar.com. April 26, 2011.
  30. "El auto 39 fue penalizado en el evento de Querétaro". Sportcar.com. June 16, 2011.
  31. "El auto 16 fue penalizado después del evento de Puebla". Sportcar.com. June 29, 2011.
  32. "El auto 14 fue penalizado después del evento del Distrito Federal". Sportcar.com. August 1, 2011.
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