2018 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series

The 2018 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series was the eleventh season of the NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series and the fourteenth season organized by NASCAR Mexico. It began with the Gran Premio Difrenosa at Autódromo Monterrey on 25 March and concluded with the Gran Premio FedEx at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on 2 December. Abraham Calderón entered the season as the defending Drivers' champion. Rubén García Jr. won the championship, nineteen points in front of Irwin Vences. And Fabián Welter was declared the Rookie of the Year.

Drivers

No. Manufacturer Car Owner Race Driver Crew Chief
00 Toyota Patricia Marbán Rodrigo Marbán 4 Alfredo Montiel
0 Toyota Rafael Vallina Rafael Vallina 1 Juan Salazar
1 Toyota Daniel Morales Luis Michael Dörrbecker 2 Jorge Torres
2 Toyota Jimmy Morales Abraham Calderón Alejandro Vega
3 Toyota Sara Morales Fabián Welter (R) 11 Xristos Pappas
Jorge Goeters 1
4 Toyota Xenia Alexis Morales Rodrigo Rejón 1 Miguel Guzmán
Piero Rodarte 1
6 Toyota Priscila Palazuelos Rogelio López Juan Tapia
07 Toyota Héctor Félix Héctor Félix 3 Óscar Torres
7 Toyota Antonio Camacho Carlos Peralta 4 Carlos Valencia 1
Antonio Camacho 11
Elliot Van Rankin 8
08 Ford José Luis Ramírez José Luis Ramírez Juan Luis Quintanar
8 Toyota David Tame Enrique Baca 8 Juan Salazar 2
Gregorio Loza 7
Rafael Martínez 1
11 Dodge Juan Salazar Hugo Oliveras Luis Ruíz
13 Toyota Oscar Rodríguez Alex González 1 Federico Cedillo
15 Dodge Luis Ruíz Rubén Pardo Francisco Guzmán
16 Toyota Miguel Sánchez Mike Sánchez 6 Sergio Zúñiga
Alex González 3
19 Toyota Ramíro Fidalgo Héctor Aguirre Cuauhtémoc González
20 Toyota Homero Richards Homero Richards Luis Angel Avelar
24 Toyota Pepe González Pepe González 3 Pablo Gutiérrez
25 Ford Martha Teresa Chavez Abraham Jurado 1 Cristobal García
26 Dodge Estefanía Oliveras Santiago Tovar Emanuel Moreno
28 Toyota Lilian Castellano Rubén Rovelo Leonel Morales
30 Toyota Carlos Marbán Víctor Barrales 8 Juan Cervantes 6
Unknown 2
Rafaél Hernández 1
Víctor Barrales Jr. 1
31 Ford 5
Toyota 7 		Franco Zanella 1
Paola Cardona 11 		Jorge Goeters 11 Unknown 3
Juan Manuel Hernández 2
Jorge Gerardo González 7
Patrick Goeters 1
37 Toyota Pepe González Max González Jorge Castorena
40 Toyota Michel Jourdain Jr. Michel Jourdain Jr. Luis Carlos Machorro
41 Toyota Rafael Vallina Patrick Goeters 3 Daniel Garrido 1
Unknown 2
46 Toyota Jordi Vidal Irwin Vences Jorge Eduardo García
48 Toyota Salvador de Alba Jr. Salvador de Alba Jr. Randy Cardenas
54 Toyota Miguel Jurado Omar Jurado 2 Arturo Sánchez 1
Marcos García 1
55 Ford Gerardo Rejón Julio Rejón 1 Humberto Castilla
65 Toyota Isaac Aragón Alex González 5 Pablo Gutiérrez
68 Toyota Horacio Richards Manolín Gutiérrez Mauricio Quintanar
77 Toyota Anapaula Villegas Xavi Razo Fernando Huerta
88 Toyota Juan Pablo García Rubén García Jr. Martín Bautista
90 Ford Alberto Tame Piero Rodarte 3 Edgar Romano
Rafael Martínez 7
96 Toyota Javier Fernández Javier Fernández 2 Valentín Fernández 1
Juan Manuel Hernández 1
Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Schedule

On 25 January 2018, NASCAR announced the 2018 schedule. León and Pachuca were dropped from the schedule in favor of El Dorado and a road course race at Aguascalientes. The race in El Marqués was held on the road course instead of the oval.[13]

No. Race Title Track Date
1 Gran Premio Difrenosa Nuevo León Autódromo Monterrey, Apodaca 25 March
2 Gran Premio Canel's San Luis Potosí Autódromo Potosino, Zaragoza 22 April
3 Gran Premio Frontera Chihuahua (state) El Dorado Speedway, Juan Aldama 20 May
4 Gran Premio Sam's Club Jalisco Trióvalo Internacional de Cajititlán, Guadalajara 10 June
5 Gran Premio Red Cola Puebla Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Puebla 8 July
6 Gran Premio BLU Smartphones Aguascalientes Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes 29 July
7 Gran Premio Monster Energy Querétaro Autódromo del Ecocentro de la Unión Ganadera, El Marqués 19 August
8 Gran Premio Red Cola Puebla Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Puebla 9 September
9 Gran Premio ARRIS Chiapas Súper Óvalo Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez 30 September
10 Gran Premio Baoli Aguascalientes Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes 21 October
11 Gran Premio Scotiabank Jalisco Trióvalo Internacional de Cajititlán, Guadalajara 11 November
12 Gran Premio FedEx Mexico City Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 2 December
  Oval
  Road Course

Results and standings

Races

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 Gran Premio Difrenosa[14] Salvador de Alba Jr. Salvador de Alba Jr. Homero Richards Toyota
2 Gran Premio Canel's[15] Salvador de Alba Jr. Irwin Vences Irwin Vences Toyota
3 Gran Premio Frontera[16] Rubén García Jr. Rubén García Jr. Rubén Rovelo Toyota
4 Gran Premio Sam's Club[17] Rubén Rovelo Irwin Vences Irwin Vences Toyota
5 Gran Premio Red Cola[18] Hugo Oliveras Hugo Oliveras Rubén García Jr. Toyota
6 Gran Premio BLU Smartphones[19] Rubén García Jr. Rubén García Jr. Rubén García Jr. Toyota
7 Gran Premio Monster Energy[20] Hugo Oliveras Hugo Oliveras Rubén García Jr. Toyota
8 Gran Premio Red Cola[21] Santiago Tovar Rubén Rovelo Rubén Rovelo Toyota
9 Gran Premio ARRIS[22] Rubén García Jr. Irwin Vences Irwin Vences Toyota
10 Gran Premio Baoli[23] Salvador de Alba Jr. Salvador de Alba Jr. Abraham Calderón Toyota
11 Gran Premio Scotiabank[24] Salvador de Alba Jr. Abraham Calderón Salvador de Alba Jr. Toyota
12 Gran Premio FedEx[25] Abraham Calderón Abraham Calderón Abraham Calderón Toyota

Drivers' championship

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

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

Pos. Driver MTY SLP CHI GDL PUE AGS QRO PUE TXG AGS GDL MXC Points
1 Rubén García Jr. 7 8 7* 3 1 1* 1 9 7 2 2 8 488
2 Irwin Vences 2 1* 27 1* 6 4 6 2 1* 3 17 4 469
3 Rubén Rovelo 4 19 1 5 7 16 7 1* 2 4 4 12 459
4 Hugo Oliveras 10 10 10 2 2* 12 2* 4 11 8 8 16 439
5 Abraham Calderón 18 2 3 16 22 3 9 3 16 1 12* 1* 435
6 Salvador de Alba Jr. 13* 4 9 23 11 24 4 8 3 16* 1 2 419
7 Santiago Tovar 9 7 6 14 5 8 21 5 12 9 9 6 419
8 Manolín Gutiérrez 11 11 18 9 4 13 11 7 20 10 7 7 400
9 Xavi Razo 20 3 4 21 8 7 10 17 4 22 3 3 393
10 Rubén Pardo 8 6 15 18 9 21 19 11 6 11 6 11 387
11 Héctor Aguirre 5 22 2 13 10 2 17 20 22 6 11 20 378
12 Rogelio López 19 13 14 11 16 6 18 10 8 5 14 15 379
13 Jorge Goeters 12 18 16 15 13 10 8 6 5 15 21 13 376
14 Homero Richards 1 16 19 6 14 22 3 21 23 12 5 22 368
15 Michel Jourdain Jr. 3 23 25 12 3 20 14 18 10 17 15 5 363
16 José Luis Ramírez 22 14 13 7 12 9 20 12 17 7 24 18 354
17 Fabián Welter (R) 17 17 31 10 23 17 5 22 14 14 19 295
18 Max González 23 15 29 19 20 14 22 15 24 21 13 19 294
19 Elliot Van Rankin 5 11 4 5 13 9 13 10 267
20 Enrique Baca 9 5 8 Wth 18 14 QL4 18 10 226
21 Alex González 15 20 Wth 17 19 15 23 19 21 203
22 Rafael Martínez 22 17 15 19 21 18 22 23 197
23 Víctor Barrales 21 21 20 21 23 QL2 16 20 14 172
24 Mike Sánchez 16 24 21 20 18 19 146
25 Carlos Peralta 6 15 12 9 134
26 Piero Rodarte 14 12 8 25 117
27 Patrick Goeters 32 11 16 17 100
28 Héctor Félix 19 16 25 72
29 Pepe González DNS3 20 24 44
Drivers ineligible for PEAK Mexico Series points[1]
Julio Rejón 12
Luis Michael Dörrbecker 23 13
Víctor Barrales Jr. 13
Rodrigo Marbán 25 24 23 15
Omar Jurado 17 23
Javier Fernández 26 18
Rafael Vallina 22
Rodrigo Rejón 28
Abraham Jurado 30
Pos. Driver MTY SLP CHI GDL PUE AGS QRO PUE TXG AGS GDL MXC Points
Notes
^ They receive championship points in supporter series.
  • 2 – Víctor Barrales qualified in the No. 30 for Víctor Barrales Jr.
  • 3 – Pepe González received championship points, despite the fact that he did not start the race.
  • 4 – Enrique Baca qualified in the No. 8 for Rafael Martínez.

See also

References

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