2012 NACAM Rally Championship

2012 NACAM Rally Championship season
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The 2012 NACAM Rally Championship is the 5th season of the FIA's NACAM Rally Championship. This Championship is the FIA rally championship for the North America and Central America region. The season began April 20 in Puebla, Mexico, and is scheduled to end November 18 in Cartagena, Colombia, after 6 events. Raúl Orlandini Griswold is the reigning champion.[1] Ricardo Triviño, 2009 champion, will run this year in the championship.[2]

Report

Round 1: Rally Cañadas

Ricardo Triviño took the first round in Puebla.[3] Nicolás Bedoya not completed the first stage. Francisco Name also abandoned in after the third stage. Triviño won the first six stages making an advantage of 1:37.0 over John Powell. Powell won the last stage, but he only can recover 22.8 seconds. Triviño took the first place in the Driver's Championship.

Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
Leg 1
(April 21)		 SS1 8:28 Tepenene-Huehuetlán 1 20.80 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 13:50.6 90.10 km/h Mexico Ricardo Triviño
SS2 9:09 Huehuetlán-La Magdalena T. 1 12.98 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 8:29.3 91.80 km/h
SS3 9:34 La Magdalena T.-San Juan Atzompa 1 18.00 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 12:22.3 87.33 km/h
Leg 2
(April 21)		 SS4 12:47 Tepenene-Huehuetlán 2 20.80 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 13:57.3 89.46 km/h
SS5 13:28 Huehuetlán-La Magdalena T. 2 12.98 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 8:28.5 91.98 km/h
SS6 13:53 La Magdalena T.-San Juan Atzompa 2 18.00 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 12:30.9 86.28 km/h
Leg 3
(April 21)		 SS7 16:21 San Juan Atzompa-Huehuetlán 20.80 km Trinidad and Tobago John Powell 18:52.7 91.50 km/h

Round 2: Rally Montañas

The second round in Oaxaca started with Carlos Izquierdo taking the lead. Powell, Landazuri and Fernández not finished the first stage. Triviño lost near 10 minutes in this stage. However, Triviño won the next 8 stages reaching the fourth place in the NACAM classification. In the special stage 10 Name had abandon, Name been in the second position. Izquierdo won the last 3 stages, and took the victory.[4]

Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
Leg 1
(May 19)		 SS1 8:08 Teotitlán 1 18.00 km Mexico Carlos Izquierdo 15:50.1 68.21 km/h Mexico Carlos Izquierdo
SS2 8:41 Benito Juárez A 1 10.10 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 8:03.4 75.28 km/h
SS3 8:59 Latuvi A 1 12.00 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 8:11.2 87.98 km/h
SS4 10:12 Reynoso 1 11.80 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 7:58.5 88.68 km/h
SS5 10:31 Latuvi B 1 10.10 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 7:50.5 77.36 km/h
SS6 10:49 Benito Juárez B 1 17.50 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 14:48.1 70.94 km/h
Leg 2
(May 19)		 SS7 12:37 Teotitlán 2 18.00 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 15:25.0 70.05 km/h
SS8 13:10 Benito Juárez A 2 10.10 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 8:01.3 75.93 km/h
SS9 13:28 Latuvi A 2 12.00 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 8:18.1 86.74 km/h
SS10 14:41 Reynoso 2 11.80 km Mexico Carlos Izquierdo 8:26.7 83.78 km/h
SS11 15:00 Latuvi B 2 10.10 km Mexico Carlos Izquierdo 8:21.4 72.57 km/h
SS12 15:18 Benito Juárez B 2 17.50 km Mexico Carlos Izquierdo 15:48.2 66.45 km/h

Round 3: Rally Costa del Pacífico

Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
Leg 1
(July 7)		 SS1 8:23 Curubande 1 21.20 km Trinidad and Tobago John Powell 9:46.2 Trinidad and Tobago John Powell
SS2 9:11 Curubande 2 21.20 km Trinidad and Tobago John Powell 9:36.2
Leg 2
(July 7)		 SS3 10:49 Curubande Invertido 1 21.20 km Trinidad and Tobago John Powell 6:21.4
SS4 10:37 Curubande Invertido 2 21.20 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 6:16.6 Mexico Ricardo Triviño
Leg 3
(July 7)		 SS5 13:10 Cañas Dulces 1 12.90 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño
SS6 13:58 Cañas Dulces 2 12.90 km Trinidad and Tobago John Powell
Leg 4
(July 7)		 SS7 15:41 Cañas Dulces Invertido 1 12.90 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño
SS8 16:29 Cañas Dulces Invertido 2 12.90 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño

Calendar

The original calendar had six rallies, two of them in Mexico. Panama was originally included as the venue of the fifth round,[5] however, on March 7 this round was changed to Ecuador.[6]

Round Rally Name
(Base)		 Date
1 Mexico 31° Rally Cañadas
(Puebla)		 April 20–22
2 Mexico Rally Montañas
(Oaxaca)		 May 18–20
3 Costa Rica Rally Costa de Pacífico
(Liberia)		 July 6–8
4 Peru Rally Cusco
(Cusco)		 August 30 – September 2
5 Ecuador Rally Ecuador
(Ecuador)		 October 12–14
6 Colombia Rally Colombia
(Cartagena)		 November 16–18

Teams and drivers

Class 3
TeamCarNo.DriverCo-driverRounds
Mexico Triviño WRTMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX202Mexico Ricardo TriviñoMexico Marco Hernández1–2
Trinidad and Tobago John PowellMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX203Trinidad and Tobago John PowellJamaica Michael Fennell1–2
Mexico Name RacingMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX204Mexico Francisco NameMexico Armando Zapata1–2
Colombia Colombian MotorsportsSubaru Impreza205Colombia Nikolas BedoyaColombia Ricardo Abello1
Mexico Riviera Maya Rally TeamMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX206Mexico Carlos IzquierdoMexico Guillermo Izquierdo1–2
Mexico David JassanMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX208Mexico David JassanMexicoRafael Maggio2
Class 8
Peru Dyer Racing TeamSEAT León210Peru Yazmín DyerPeru Julio EchazúTBA
Ecuador X Rally EcuadorMitsubishi Lancer DE211Ecuador Diego LandazuriEcuador Adolfo Espinosa1–2
Venezuela Rally Team VenezuelaMitsubishi Lancer DE212Venezuela Alejandro LombardoVenezuela Miguel Alvarado1–2
Mexico VP GarageMitsubishi Lancer DE213Mexico Luis Miguel AbascalMexico Jaime Marín1
216Mexico Víctor PérezMexico Eduardo Espinosa2
Mexico Mario FernándezRenault Clio RS214Mexico Mario FernándezMexico Eduardo Solís1–2
Costa Rica Molina Rally TeamKia Cerato
Mitsubishi Lancer DE		218Costa Rica Andrés MolinaCosta Rica Eduardo Corrales2
Class 6
Panama Pandeportes Rally TeamPeugeot 206 XS220Panama Dante PescettoPanama Alejandro Domínguez1–2
Ecuador Zhumir Rally TeamPeugeot 206 XS221Ecuador Diego SerranoEcuador Felipe SerranoTBA
222Ecuador Isabel SerranoEcuador Juan SerranoTBA
Peru Big Cola Rally TeamPeugeot 206 XS223Peru Pier GozzerMexico Christian FranzTBA

Results and standings

Results

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Distance Starters Finishers
1 Mexico 31° Rally Cañadas
(April 20–22)		 1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:28:54.4 7 132.36 km 24 37
2 Trinidad and Tobago John Powell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:30:08.6
3 Mexico Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:34:08.8
2 Mexico Rally Montañas Oaxaca
(May 18–20)		 1 Mexico Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:09:06.3 12 137.10 km 16 23
2 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:19:35.6
3 Costa Rica Andrés Molina Mitsubishi Lancer DE 2:23:44.8
3 Costa Rica Rally Costa Rica
(July 6–8)		 1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:04:07.2 8 138.85 km 14 16
2 Trinidad and Tobago John Powell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:10:11.0
3 Costa Rica Andrés Molina Mitsubishi Lancer DE 1:10:46.1
4 Peru Rally Cusco
(August 30 – September 2)		 1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:15:53.7 112.20 km
2 Mexico Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:18:12.9
3 Trinidad and Tobago John Powell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:23:46.2
5 Colombia Rally La Leyenda de Eldorado #1
(November 15–16)		 1 Mexico Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:23:04 108.18 km
2 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:23:04
3 Costa Rica Andrés Molina Mitsubishi Lancer DE 1:33:57
6 Colombia Rally La Leyenda de Eldorado #2
(November 17–18)		 1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:26:41 126.69 km
2 Mexico Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:30:22
3 Venezuela Alejandro Lombardo Mitsubishi Lancer DE 1:45:55

Driver's Championship

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. The best 5 of a driver's results count towards the championship.[7]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Rank Driver Mexico
PUE		 Mexico
OAX		 Costa Rica
CRC		 Peru
PER		 Colombia
COL		 Points
1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño 1 2 1 1 2 1 136
2 Mexico Carlos Izquierdo 3 1 2 1 2 101
3 Costa Rica Andrés Molina 4 3 4 3 Ret 54
4 Trinidad and Tobago John Powell 2 Ret 2 3 51
Venezuela Alejandro Lombardo 7 5 4 6 Ret 3 51
6 Mexico Mario Fernández 6 Ret Ret 5 4 4 42
Panama Dante Pescetto Ret 7 5 7 5 5 42
8 Mexico Víctor Pérez 3 15
9 Ecuador Diego Landazuri 4 Ret 12
10 Mexico Luis Miguel Abascal 7 10
11 Mexico David Jassan 6 8
Rank Driver Mexico
PUE		 Mexico
OAX		 Costa Rica
CRC		 Peru
PER		 Colombia
COL		 Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Nations Cup

Points indicated rather than rally position.

Rank Nation Mexico
PUE		 Mexico
OAX		 Costa Rica
CRC		 Peru
PER		 Colombia
COL		 Points
1 Mexico Mexico 58 66 25 53 55 55 312
2 Costa Rica Costa Rica 12 15 12 15 0 54
3 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 18 0 18 15 51
Venezuela Venezuela 6 10 12 8 0 15 51
5 Panama Panama 0 6 10 6 10 10 42
6 Ecuador Ecuador 15 0 15
Rank Nation Mexico
PUE		 Mexico
OAX		 Costa Rica
CRC		 Peru
PER		 Colombia
COL		 Points

References

  1. ↑ "Orlandini obtuvo el título en Perú y se alista el cierre del NRC en Colombia". nacamrallychampionship.com. September 7, 2011.
  2. ↑ "¡Triviño, campeón NACAM!". CNRM. September 8, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Un rally internacional bajo las cenizas del Popocatepetl". NACAM. April 27, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Carlos Izquierdo y Guillermo Izquierdo ganaron el Rally Montañas". nssoaxaca.com. May 19, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Calendario 2012". NACAM. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  6. ↑ "El NRC vuelve a Ecuador". NACAM. March 7, 2012.
  7. ↑ "2012 FIA Regional Rallies Championships Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. p. V5, Art 5, Item 3. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
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