The NASCAR Corona Series (formerly NASCAR Mexico Corona Series) is a NASCAR series in Mexico. It is the most important stock car racing series in the country.
Origins (Desafío Corona)[]
The Desafío Corona was established in 2004 by NASCAR Mexico, a joint-venture between NASCAR and Mexican entertainment group OCESA, with the idea of developing stock car racing in Mexico, and fueling a transition from the country’s historically open-wheel racing fan base to stock car racing.
From 2004 to 2006, the Desafío Corona grew considerably in infrastructure, as well as in number of fans, drivers and sponsors.
Present[]
The NASCAR Mexico Corona Series was officially presented at the 2006 Desafío Corona award ceremony. Starting in 2007, NASCAR is the sanctioning body of the series.[1]
The series is one of two NASCAR-sanctioned international series, the other one being the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. Following North American short-track racing trends to cut costs and unify rules among different tours, NASCAR is considering changes to the Canadian Tire and Corona Series where the two series adopt the Grand National rules as to allow the competitors to use the same cars in NASCAR Grand National Division races.
The winner of the Corona Series receives an invitation to the Toyota All-Star Showdown. All other drivers may also attempt to qualify by entering the heat races.
Corona Series Series tracks[]
In the 8 seasons has been used 13 tracks in 11 venues (two in Santiago de Querétaro and 2 in San Luis Potosí). Currently 6 ovals tracks are used, only Autódromo Monterrey is a road circuit.
Autódromo Potosino is the shortest track (0.804 km) and Autódromo Monterrey the longest (3.4 km).
Cars[]
In the first season only General Motors, as Pontiac, and Dodge participated in the serial. Ford made its debut in 2005 with Mustang,[2] since 2006 Fusion is the car of Ford.[3] In 2009 Toyota started its participation with Camry. Mazda 6 entered in 2010.[4]
Most wins[]
| Rank | Manufacturer | Wins | Races | % Wins |
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| 1 |  General Motors||45||106||42.5%
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| 2 | Ford||29||92||31.5%
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| 3 |  Toyota||rowspan=2|13||35||37.1%
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| Dodge||104||12.5%
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| 5 | Mazda||6||21||28.6%
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Champions[]
Rafael Martínez champion of the 2007 season
| Season | Driver | Car | Team |
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| 2004 |  Carlos Pardo|| Pontiac||Equipo Telcel-Sun-Motorola
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| 2005 | Jorge Goeters|| Pontiac/ Dodge||Team GP
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| 2006 | Rogelio López|| Pontiac/ Dodge||Escudería Telmex
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| 2007 | Rafael Martínez|| Ford||Team GP
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| 2008 | Antonio Pérez|| Dodge||Escudería Telmex
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| 2009 | Germán Quiroga|| Ford||Equipo Telcel
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| 2010 | Germán Quiroga|| Ford/ Dodge||Equipo Telcel
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Rookie of the Year[]
| Season | Driver | Car | Team |
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| 2004 | Ignacio Alvarado|| Pontiac||Alvarado Racing
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| 2005 | Patricio Jourdain|| Ford||Motorcraft Racing
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| 2006 | Antonio Pérez|| Pontiac||Escudería Telmex
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| 2007 | Mike Sánchez|| Chevrolet||MAG Paper
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| 2008 | Irwin Vences|| Ford||FCV Racing
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| 2009 | Alejandro Capín|| Chevrolet||MT Sport Marketing
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| 2010 | Daniel Suárez|| ||SC Racing/Equipo Telcel
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Records[]
Most Wins[]
As August 7, 2011
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Races | %Wins | |
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| 1 | [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Aguascalientes | 22x20px}}|Template:Country alias Aguascalientes]] Rogelio López | 19 | 78 | 24.4% |
| 2 | Germán Quiroga||rowspan=2|14||88||15.9%
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| [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Nuevo León | 22x20px}}|Template:Country alias Nuevo León]] Rafael Martínez | 92 | 16.3% | ||
| 4 | Jorge Goeters||11||91||12.1%
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| 5 | Carlos Pardo||10||74||13.5%
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| 6 | [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Jalisco | 22x20px}}|Template:Country alias Jalisco]] Antonio Pérez | 9 | 78 | 11.5% |
| 7 | Homero Richards||8||75||10.7%
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| 8 | Rubén Rovelo||rowspan=3|4||75||5.3%
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| Rubén Pardo||78||5.1%
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| Patrick Goeters||99||4.0%
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Most Top tens[]
| Rank | Driver | T10 | Races | %T10 |
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| 1 | Germán Quiroga||70||88||79.5%
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| 2 | Jorge Goeters||61||90||67.7%
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| 3 | Rafael Martínez||55||92||59.8%
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| 4 | Rogelio López||54||78||69.2%
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| 5 | Patrick Goeters||53||99||53.5%
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| 6 | Carlos Pardo||52||74||70.3%
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| 7 | Rubén Pardo||51||78||65.4%
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| 8 | Carlos Peralta||49||92||53.3%
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| 9 | Antonio Pérez||44||78||56.4%
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| 10 | Homero Richards||43||75||57.3%
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Races[]
| Rank | Driver | Races | Seasons |
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| 1 | Patrick Goeters||98||2004-2011
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| 2 | Rafael Martínez||rowspan=2|91||2005-2011
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| Carlos Peralta||2005-2011
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| 4 | Jorge Goeters||rowspan=2|90||2004, 2005, 2007-2011
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| Freddy Tame||2005-2011
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| 6 | Pepe Montaño||88||2005-2011
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| 7 | Germán Quiroga||87||2004, 2006-2011
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| 8 | Luis F. Montaño||85||2004-2011
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| 9 | Rubén Pardo||rowspan=2|82||2004-2006, 2008-2011
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| Rafael Vallina||2004-2011
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All-Star Showdown[]
NASCAR Corona Series drivers were invited to the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown. Points leader Rafael Martínez did not participate despite having a guaranteed starting spot.
Only Antonio Pérez participated in the Showdown, barely making it into the feature race after earning the final starting spot by finishing 6th in the "Last Chance" qualifier. Pérez started 40th and finished 31st after losing several laps following an early wreck.
2006 Corona Series champion Rogelio López, currently racing in the Busch East Series, also participated in the Showdown and finished a respectable 13th.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Drivers[]
Two drivers have raced both NASCAR Corona Series and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Jorge Goeters
Scott Riggs
References[]
- ↑ "El Desafío Corona será en 2007 Nascar-México". La Jornada. December 8, 2006. http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/12/08/index.php?section=deportes&article=a27n2dep.
- ↑ "Ford entra al Desafío Corona con el Mustang 2005". Sportcar. January 25, 2005. http://www.sporcar.com/_bol2/Asp/Boletin.asp?Archi=050125180416.
- ↑ "El Ford Fusion corre en los Stock Cars". Sportcar. February 2, 2006. http://www.sporcar.com/_bol2/Asp/Boletin.asp?Archi=060201110053.
- ↑ "Mazda de México participará en la Nascar Corona Series". Portal Automotriz. April 9, 2010. http://www.portalautomotriz.com/content/site/module/news/op/displaystory/story_id/29215/format/html/.
- Official Website
- Official NASCAR press release on the series' new name
- Motorcraft/Sherwin Williams/ALD/ Tame racing Official Website
- irwin vences Official Website
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