2004 Desafío Corona season

The 2004 Desafio Corona season was the first season of stock car racing in Mexico. The serial was presented in March as Desafío Corona.[1] After 14 races Carlos Pardo of Equipo Telcel was declared champion.[2]

2004 Desafío Corona
Previous: none Next: 2005
Replaced MasterCard Truck Series after 2003.

Cars

Pontiac Grand Am was the car used for almost drivers. Only two Dodge Stratus, both of Seeman-Baker team, was used.[3] Pontiac won 13 of 14 runs and the championship.

Teams and drivers

Full time entries

TeamManufacturerNo.Race DriverRounds
Escudería TelmexPontiac1Mara ReyesAll
2Rubén PardoAll
Escudería Telcel Sun MotorolaPontiac5Rogelio LópezAll
6Carlos PardoAll
Escudería Seman BakerPontiac38Jorge Seman1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12–14
Dodge83Germán QuirogaAll
87Luis Felipe MontañoAll
Escudería Díaz RacingPontiac11Carlos Contreras4–14
22César Pedrero1–3
Jonathan Manatou8–9
Eduardo Troconis10–12, 14
Escudería Hecsal RacingPontiac7Héctor SánchezAll
Raam Racing TeamPontiac43Óscar RuízAll
Team GPPontiac17Jorge Goeters1–13
18Fernando PlataAll

Part time entries

TeamManufacturerNo.Race DriverRounds
Bracho Racing TeamPontiac12Julio Bracho Jr.1–4, 6, 8, 14
Dynamic MotorsportPontiac11Carlos Contreras1–3
Escudería DelphiPontiac9Sebastián Ocaranza1–2, 4–8
Héctor Rached3, 14
Horacio Topete9–10, 12
Escudería MéxicoPontiac3Gianfranco Cané1–5
Escudería ZeppelinPontiac44César Tiberio Jiménez1–10
PPG MotorsportsPontiac24José González14
Racing ToysPontiac66Jonathan Manatou1
Héctor Rached2
Tiger TeamPontiac99Marcelo Núñez1–4

Schedule

2004 Desafío Corona venues
No. Race Title Track Date Time
Local UTC
1 Mexico City Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City June 6 13:30 18:30
2 Guadalajara Trióvalo Bernardo Obregón, Guadalajara June 27 13:30 18:30
3 Querétaro Autódromo Querétaro, El Marqués July 18 13:30 18:30
4 Monterrey Autódromo Monterrey, Apodaca August 1 13:30 18:30
5 Torreón Autódromo Marco Magaña, Gómez Palacio August 8 13:30 18:30
6 San Luis Potosí Autódromo San Luis 400, San Luis Potosí August 22 13:30 18:30
7 Zacatecas Autódromo Internacional de Zacatecas, Guadalupe September 5 13:30 18:30
8 León Autódromo de León, León September 19 13:33 18:33
9 Guadalajara Trióvalo Bernardo Obregón, Guadalajara October 3
10 Querétaro Autódromo Querétaro, El Marqués October 17
11 León Autódromo de León, León October 31
12 Guadalajara Trióvalo Bernardo Obregón, Guadalajara November 14 13:33 19:33
13 San Luis Potosí Autódromo San Luis 400, San Luis Potosí November 28 13:33 19:33
14 Mexico City Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City December 5 13:33 19:33
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course/Street Circuit

Results

Races

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Winning manufacturer
1 Mexico City Mara Reyes Jorge Goeters Jorge Goeters Pontiac
2 Guadalajara Patrick Goeters Carlos Pardo Carlos Contreras Pontiac
3 Quéretaro Germán Quiroga Rubén Pardo Carlos Contreras Pontiac
4 Monterrey Gianfranco Cané Rogelio López César Tiberio Jiménez Pontiac
5 Torreón Rubén Pardo Carlos Pardo Carlos Pardo Pontiac
6 San Luis Potosí Carlos Pardo1 Jorge Goeters Germán Quiroga Dodge
7 Zacatecas Carlos Contreras Carlos Pardo Carlos Pardo Pontiac
8 León Fernando Plata Carlos Pardo Carlos Pardo Pontiac
9 Guadalajara Jorge Goeters Rogelio López Rogelio López Pontiac
10 Quéretaro Jorge Goeters Rubén Pardo Rubén Pardo Pontiac
11 León Carlos Pardo2 Jorge Goeters Rogelio López Pontiac
12 Guadalajara Jorge Goeters Jorge Goeters Carlos Pardo Pontiac
13 San Luis Potosí Rubén Pardo Jorge Goeters Rogelio López Pontiac
14 Mexico City Sebastián Ocaranza Rogelio López Rogelio López Pontiac
1.^ Qualifying cancelled by rain.[4]
2.^ Qualifying cancelled by works in the track.[5]

Standings

RankDriver
MEX

GDL

QRO

MTY

TOR

SLP

ZAC

LEON

GDL

QRO

LEON

GDL

SLP

MEX
Points
1 Carlos Pardo 5143217112215134 2326
2 Rubén Pardo 918233436412563 2257
3 Rogelio López 73231549211131611 2201
4 Jorge Goeters 1664192182114422 2045
5 Fernando Plata 115476615955143426 2026
6 Mara Reyes 10410188115173674823 1943
7 Carlos Contreras 131162513221372124521 1936
8 Oscar Ruíz 221595523115716671014 1887
9 Héctor Sánchez 682019111398101189117 1857
10 Luis F. Montaño 171324221736362223892 1815
11 Germán Quiroga 2021724718412172418710 1802
12 Ignacio Alvarado 81113111817191220191217146 1705
13 Juan Lópezpape 251681412101623145201513 1553
14 Alejandro Portillo 241491619171518910191716 1525
15 Patrick Goeters 1928983820191312 1483
16 César Tiberio Jiménez 181751152271098 1337
17 Sebastián Ocaranza 12192312101618241231318 1213
18 Raúl García 14251716212018161125 1084
19 Jorge Seman 2126142013231224 857
20 Julio Bracho, Jr. 161619141513135 854
21 Jesús Castellanos 12211218192014 799
22 Javier de la Parra 13142125181611 796
23 Gianfranco Cané 222151610 649
24 Miguel de la Parra 2213211222 545
25 Marcelo Núñez [note 1] 391220 533
26 Jonathan Manatou 151416 499
27 Héctor Rached 2017109 492
28 Sebastián Ocaranza, Jr. 171219 475
29 Eduardo Troconis 15111522 467
30 Eduardo Goeters 23231316 430
31 César Pedrero 41011 429
32 Horacio Topete 142122 318
33 Michael Goeters 107 280
34 Roberto Fernández 152117 212
35 Eliseo Márquez 189 194
36 Iván Pérez 7 146
37 Jonathan Briseño 108 134
38 Horacio Richards 15 118
39 Ignacio Márquez 2619 106
40 David Hernández 20 103
Alfredo Galland 17 103
Eduardo Calderón 21 103
José González 20 103
44 Rafael Vallina 21 100
Ricardo Marroquín 22 100
RankDriver
MEX

GDL

QRO

MTY

TOR

SLP

ZAC

LEON

GDL

QRO

LEON

GDL

SLP

MEX
Points

Notes

  1. The 26-year-old driver died on August 9, 2004, eight days after a racing accident at Autódromo Monterrey.[6]

References

  1. "OCESA y SELCA presentan su nuevo serial como "Desafío Corona 2004"". Sporcar.com. March 5, 2004.
  2. "Termina el Desafío Corona". Esmas.com. December 5, 2004.
  3. "Mopar – Seman Baker seguirá teniendo los únicos autos Dodge en el Desafío". Sportcar. June 23, 2004. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  4. "Carlos Pardo arranca primero en San Luis". SportCar. August 21, 2004.
  5. "Carlos Pardo tiene la pole en León de acuerdo a su posición en el campeonato". SportCar. October 30, 2004.
  6. "Driver dies after crash in Mexican stock car series". Associated Press Worldstream. August 9, 2004. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 via HighBeam Research.
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