2012 NASCAR Toyota Series

2012 NASCAR Toyota Series season
NASCAR Toyota Series
Season
Races	14
Start date	March 25
End date	November 11
Awards
Champion	Jorge Goeters
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
2011	2013

The 2012 NASCAR Toyota Series was the sixth NASCAR Series and the ninth organized by NASCAR Mexico. It was contested over 14 races. Chihuahua was added to calendar, while Guadalajara returned after a one-year hiatus. Germán Quiroga was the defending Driver's Champion.

Teams and drivers

37 drivers competed in the first race.^[1]

Team	Manufacturer	No	Race Driver	Rounds
Anvi Motorsport	Toyota	00	Rodrigo Marbán	1–7
	Mazda	26	Israel Jaitovich	1–7
	Toyota	30	Victor Barrales	1–7
		40	Héctor Félix	4–7
SC Racing	Toyota	01	Rodrigo Echeverría	1–2
			Waldemar Coronas	3
	Chevrolet	03	Patrick Goeters	1–7
	Toyota	05	Abraham Calderon	1–7
		88	Rubén García, Jr.	1–7
Escudería Telmex	Chevrolet	1	Antonio Pérez	1–7
	Toyota	5	Rubén Rovelo	1–7
Equipo Telcel	Dodge	2	Salvador Durán	1–7
		3	Daniel Suárez	1–7
		6	Irwin Vences	1–7
2b Racing	Toyota	7	Carlos Peralta	1–7
		8	Freddy Tame, Jr.	1–7
		10	Carlos Anaya	1
			Oscar Peralta	2–6
Ramírez Racing	Chevrolet	08	José Luis Ramírez	1–7
	Toyota	40	Héctor Félix	1–3
FCV Racing		9	Carlos Contreras	1
	Dodge	44	Juan Carlos Blum	1–4, 6–7
Promopista	Toyota	16	Luis Felipe Montaño	1–7
		24	Mike Sánchez	1, 7
HO Racing	Toyota	11	Hugo Oliveras	1–7
		15	Rubén Pardo	1–7
		48	Rogelio López	1–7
Tame Racing	Toyota	13	Elliot Van Rankin	1–7
		17	Rodrigo Peralta	1–5
		22	Alex Villasana	7
Team GP	Mazda	18	Rafael Martínez	1–7
		31	Jorge Goeters	1–7
H&H Speed	Toyota	20	Homero Richards	1–7
	Ford	29	Javier Razo	1–2
	Toyota		Héctor Aguirre	5–7
Oscar Ruiz	Toyota	34	Oscar Ruiz	1–5
CEDVA Racing	Toyota	55	Jorge Contreras, Jr.	1–7
Escuderia SyD	Toyota	34	Oscar Ruiz	6–7
		66	Alejandro Capín	1–7
		96	Alejandro Villasana	1–4
Spartac RT	Chevrolet	77	Rafael Vallina	1–7

Driver changes

• Three time champion Germán Quiroga left the category and his place in the Equipo Telcel. Salvador Durán took his seat.^[2]
• Jorge Arteaga moved to K&N Pro Series East.^[3]
• Javier Razo ran with H&H Speed in the first two races.^[4]
• Héctor Félix began the season with Ramírez Racing, but changed to Anvi Motorsports after three races.^[5]
• Oscar Ruíz was incorporated to Suspension y Dirección team for the race in Aguascalientes.^[6]

2012 calendar

The schedule was presented in January 19 with fourteen races in eight venues.^[7] Chihuahua debuted with a race at the Dorado Speedway.^[8] Guadalajara returned after a year absence, while Tuxtla Gutiérrez was removed for the year.

Guadalajara

Querétaro

México City

Apodaca

SLP

Puebla

Aguascalientes

Chihuahua

2012 NTS venues.

No.	Race Title	Track	Date	Time
				Local	UTC
1	Regia 200	Autódromo Monterrey, Apodaca	March 25	13:30	19:30
2	Potosina 200	Autódromo Potosino, Zaragoza	April 15	13:30	18:30
3	Queretana 200	Autódromo Querétaro, El Marqués	April 29	13:30	18:30
4	Nocturna 200^‡	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	May 13	20:30	01:30
5	Puebla 240	Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Puebla	May 27	13:30	18:30
6	Aguascalientes 240	Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes	June 17	13:30	18:30
7	Mexico Fest 200	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	July 7	12:30	18:30
8	Potosina 200	Autódromo Potosino, Zaragoza	July 29	TBD	TBD
9	Queretana 200	Autódromo Querétaro, El Marqués	August 12	TBD	TBD
10	Aguascalientes 240	Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes	August 26	TBD	TBD
11	Puebla 240	Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Amozoc	September 9	TBD	TBD
12	Guadalajara 200	Trióvalo Bernardo Obregón, Guadalajara	September 30	TBD	TBD
13	Chihuahua 200	Dorado Speedway, Chihuahua	October 28	TBD	TBD
14	Mexico Final 200	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	November 11	TBD	TBD

  Oval

  Road Course

‡ Night Race

Season summary

Autódromo Monterrey venue for the kick-off race.

The season began in Monterrey with the Regia 200. 37 drivers registered for the event; however an important absentee was the triple champion Germán Quiroga. Additionally, the most popular driver winner, Jorge Arteaga, left the series. The race was marked by an accident that involved ten cars, which included Homero Richards who abandoned the race as a result. In the final lap, Rubén Rovelo passed Daniel Suárez to take the victory.^[9]

In the second race at Autódromo Potosino, Antonio Pérez started in fifth position and took the victory.^[10] Also in the race, Homero Richards had to drive the car of his teammate, Javier Razo, due to the breakdown of Richards' car.

In race three at Querétaro, Homero Richards achieved his tenth victory in the NTS in a GWC. The race was run 9 laps in excess. Rogelio López became the leader with a two point of advantage over Daniel Suárez.^[11]

Nocturna 200 was the fourth race in the season. Rogelio López took the pole position, and Daniel Suárez ultimately won the race. This was Suárez' first victory in NTS and he reached the number one position in the championship.^[12]

In the fifth race, Rubén García, Jr. (son of Rubén García Novoa), took his first pole position.^[13] García Jr clocked the track in 39.093 at 115.10 mph and became the youngest pole-sitter in NTS at age of 16.^[14] Jorge Goeters won the race in a GWC final. Goeters also took the first place in the championship, 11 points ahead of Suárez.^[15]

In the Aguascalientes 240, Antonio Pérez became the first driver to win two races in the season.^[16] Suárez came in second and Jorge Goeters finished third. In the championship, Suárez reduced his disadvantage to Goeters to nine points.

Results and standings

Races

No.	Race	Pole position	Most laps led	Winning Driver	Winning Manufacturer
1	Regia 200	Abraham Calderón	Rubén Rovelo	Rubén Rovelo	Toyota
2	Potosina 200	Daniel Suárez	Antonio Pérez	Antonio Pérez	Chevrolet
3	Queretana 200	José Luis Ramírez	Homero Richards	Homero Richards	Toyota
4	Nocturna 200	Rogelio López	Homero Richards	Daniel Suárez	Dodge
5	Puebla 240	Rubén García, Jr.	Jorge Goeters	Jorge Goeters	Mazda
6	Aguascalientes 240	Rogelio López	Antonio Pérez	Antonio Pérez	Chevrolet
7	Mexico Fest 200	Homero Richards	Homero Richards	Hugo Oliveras	Toyota
8	Potosina 200	Homero Richards	Homero Richards	Rafael Martínez	Mazda
9	Queretana 200	Daniel Suárez	Homero Richards	Daniel Suárez	Dodge
10	Aguascalientes 240	Daniel Suárez	Antonio Pérez	Rubén Rovelo	Toyota
11	Puebla 240	Rogelio López	Rogelio López	Rogelio López	Toyota
12	Regia 200	José Luis Ramírez	José Luis Ramírez	Jorge Goeters	Mazda
13	Chihuahua 200	Rubén Rovelo	Daniel Suárez	Rubén Pardo	Toyota
14	Mexico Final 200	Homero Richards	Homero Richards	Homero Richards	Toyota

Drivers

Pos. Driver Races Points MTY SLP QRO MXC PUE AGS MX2 SL2 QR2 AG2 PU2 MT2 CHI MX3 1 Jorge Goeters 3 4 20 5 1* 3 22 4 6 3 2 1 8 8 539 2 Homero Richards 23 5 1* 3* 17 6 4* 19* 23* 6 8 5 11 1* 505 3 Daniel Suárez 12 3 2 1 25 2 5 2 1 2 15 3 30* 25 504 4 Rubén Pardo 24 23 8 8 4 5 20 8 19 4 3 12 1 5 478 5 Antonio Pérez 6 1* 24 7 16 1* 31 7 8 20* 25 6 3 6 472 6 Hugo Oliveras 22 32 15 21 10 11 1 10 2 7 4 8 5 14 461 7 Patrick Goeters 4 7 19 14 3 8 6 21 32 10 9 2 13 9 461 8 Rafael Martínez 27 2 23 2 14 4 17 1 3 31 6 27 9 10 447 9 José Luis Ramírez 17 8 6 9 8 28 8 9 7 12 7 16* 31 11 446 10 Rubén Rovelo 1* 9 21 4 11 16 29 26 4 1 29 15 2 20 437 11 Abraham Calderón 2 17 34 12 29 15 3 6 5 9 5 23 22 2 436 12 Freddy Tame, Jr. 20 10 12 13 9 9 12 23 9 13 27 4 4 18 433 13 Rogelio López 5 6 3 6 31 26 2 17 25 15 1* 30 19 7 429 14 Rubén García, Jr. (R) 8 27 7 11 6 7 17 24 10 26 17 24 10 3 416 15 Salvador Durán 18 11 22 26 18 14 15 5 12 5 22 10 7 22 410 16 Irwin Vences 26 14 4 10 27 12 7 30 11 8 10 7 27 15 409 17 Carlos Peralta 9 13 10 22 7 23 13 22 20 16 14 11 14 16 406 18 Juan Carlos Blum (R) 14 19 11 31 10 9 15 17 14 23 13 24 27 345 19 Elliot VanRankin 15 29 9 25 13 13 10 31 27 30 28 9 29 4 342 20 Luis Felipe Montaño 25 33 14 19 5 24 11 18 14 11 34 29 18 31 330 21 Rafael Vallina 16 21 31 29 19 22 30 13 18 19 12 19 15 30 322 22 Pepe Montaño 32 12 27 16 32 25 24 12 21 22 13 31 21 12 317 23 Víctor Barrales 13 31 17 23 26 20 28 14 26 21 19 22 20 24 312 24 Alejandro Capín 28 16 5 27 21 27 26 28 13 27 16 28 26 17 311 25 Héctor Félix 10 25 29 30 28 17 25 29 16 17 20 25 12 23 310 26 Óscar Ruíz 31 18 25 20 24 21 32 11 15 30 32 14 16 19 309 27 Israel Jaitovich 11 24 16 24 16 30 21 16 22 25 31 17 23 32 309 28 Rodrigo Marbán 19 26 18 17 22 18 16 33 31 29 26 18 25 26 292 29 Rodrigo Peralta (R) 7 15 33 15 20 33 11 26 21 215 30 Alejandro Villasana (R) DNQ 20 28 28 12 14 20 23 20 194 31 Javier Fernandez (R) 30 34 23 19 23 32 24 35 30 17 33 184 32 Jorge Contreras, Jr. DNQ 22 26 33 33 32 19 25 29 28 158 33 Héctor Aguirre (R) 30 28 2 Wth 27 3 30 33 155 34 Carlos Contreras 33 18 24 21 6 29 134 35 Óscar Peralta 30 32 18 30 31 28 21 118 36 Rubén García Novoa 32 18 28 54 37 Óscar Torres, Jr. (R) 27 24 37 38 Waldemar Coronas (R) 13 31 39 José González 13 31 40 Enrique Contreras III 32 29 27 41 Rodrigo Echeverría (R) 29 34 25 42 Xavier Razo (R) 21 Wth 24 43 Nelson Canache 28 16 44 Mike Sanchez DNQ 10 45 Carlos Anaya DNQ 8 References [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] Rookie of the Year Rank Driver MTY SLP QRO MXC PUE AGS MX2 SL2 QR2 AG2 PU2 MTY CHI MX3 Pts 1 Rubén García, Jr. 8 27 7 11 6 7 17 24 10 26 17 24 10 3 63 2 Juan Carlos Blum 14 19 11 31 10 9 15 17 14 23 13 24 27 52 3 Alejandro Villasana DNQ 20 28 28 12 14 20 23 20 44 4 Rodrigo Peralta 7 15 33 15 20 33 11 26 21 41 5 Javier Fernandez 30 34 23 19 23 32 24 35 30 17 30 33 6 Héctor Aguirre 30 28 2 Wth 27 3 30 33 27 7 Óscar Torres, Jr. 27 24 11 7 Rodrigo Echeverría 29 34 11 8 Waldemar Coronas 13 8 9 Javier Razo 21 Wth 7

Key Color Result Gold Winner Silver Finished 2nd–5th Bronze Finished 6th–10th Green Finished 11th–20th Blue Finished 21st or worse Purple Did Not Finish (DNF) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pink Did Not Qualify (DNQ) Tan Withdrew From Race (Wth) White Qualified for another driver (QL) Qualified but replaced due to injury or incident (INQ) Blank Did Not Participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. * – Most laps led.

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