2010 NASCAR Corona Series

The 2010 NASCAR Corona Series was the seventh season of the Corona Series, which was organized by NASCAR Mexico. The season was composed by fourteen races. Aguascalientes was venue of the kickoff and the final event. Germán Quiroga won his second championship in row.[1]

2010 NASCAR Corona Series
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Report
Germán Quiroga, 2010 champion

For first time Mazda took part in a series sanctioned by NASCAR. Mazda entered with the Mazda6. TeamGP was the first team to run with this car.[2] Mazda won its first three races and the final race in the season.

The season kickoff in Aguascalientes. Rafael Martínez began the year taking the victory.[3] In the second race in Querétaro, Martínez won again.[4] The third race was won by the Martínez's teammate, Jorge Goeters, in San Luis Potosí. But, Rafael Martínez had a chrash and finished in 27th place and lost the leadership of the season, and Antonio Pérez became in the new leader.[5] The fourth race of the season was the first night race in the NCS. Tuxtla Gutiérrez was venue of this race. Salvador Durán took his first pole position and Germán Quiroga won the race. Pérez maintained the leadership of NCS.[6] Homero Richards took the victory in the fifth race in the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez's oval.[7] Richards again won in Puebla, meanwhile Pérez continued like leader.[8]

Teams and drivers
TeamManufacturerNo.Race DriverRounds
2b Racing Chevrolet07Ricardo Pérez de Lara2–14
7Carlos PeraltaAll
10Oscar PeraltaAll
Equipo Telcel Dodge
Ford		2Germán QuirogaAll
3Alejandro Capin1–5
Daniel Suárez6–14
Escuderia Telmex Chevrolet1Antonio PérezAll
Toyota5Rubén RoveloAll
HDI Seguros Racing Team Mazda27Ruben García NovoaAll
88Alejandro Capín6–14
H&HighSpeed Toyota20Homero RichardsAll
HO Racing Toyota 11Hugo OliverasAll
15Salvador Durán1–13
Scott Riggs14
60Rogelio LópezAll
Tame Racing Ford12Rubén Pardo
13Estefania Reyes
22Irwin Vences
23Oscar Ruíz
28Elliot VanRankin
Team GP Mazda18Rafael MartínezAll
19Freddy Tame, Jr.
31Jorge GoetersAll

Driver changes

  • Rogelio López leave the Equipo Telcel. Alejandro Capín took his seat.[9]
  • Ricardo Pérez de Lara joined to 2b Racing since the Round 2.[10]
  • After the Round 5, Daniel Suárez replaced to Alejandro Capín in the Equipo Telcel.[11]
  • Salvador Durán was suspended after the Round 13 for aggressive driving. He was replaced by Scott Riggs.[12]

Schedule
2010 venues

The schedule was presented in January comprised 14 races in 8 tracks.[13] On May 22 Chiapas was the first night race in the NCS history.[14] The Award ceremony was held on December 9.

RaceRace NameTrackDateTime
LocalUTC
1 Pennzoil 240 Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, AguascalientesMarch 2113:1019:10
2 Querétaro 200 Autódromo Querétaro, El MarquésApril 1113:1018:10
3 San Luis Potosí 200 Autódromo Potosino, ZaragozaMay 213:1018:10
4 Pennzoil 240 Autódromo Chiapas, BerriozábalMay 2222:0003:00
5 Pennzoil 200 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico CityJune 613:1018:10
6 Puebla 240 Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, AmozocJuly 1813:1018:10
7 Goodyear Racing 200 Trióvalo Bernardo Obregón, GuadalajaraAugust 813:1018:10
8 200 km por Monterrey Autódromo Monterrey, ApodacaAugust 2213:1018:10
9 San Luis Potosí 200 Autódromo Potosino, ZaragozaSeptember 513:1018:10
10 Pennzoil 200 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico CitySeptember 1913:1018:10
11 Goodyear Racing 200 Autódromo Querétaro, El MarquésOctober 313:1018:10
12 Puebla 240 Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, AmozocOctober 1713:1018:10
13 Goodyear Racing 240 Autódromo Chiapas, BerriozábalOctober 3112:1018:10
14 Pennzoil 240 Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, AguascalientesNovember 2113:1019:10
  Oval
  Road Course

Results and standings

Races
No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning Driver Winning Manufacturer
1 Aguascalientes Rogelio López Rogelio López Rafael Martínez Mazda
2 Querétaro Rafael Martínez Rafael Martínez Rafael Martínez Mazda
3 San Luis Potosí Homero Richards Homero Richards Jorge Goeters Mazda
4 Chiapas Salvador Durán Germán Quiroga Germán Quiroga Ford
5 Mexico City Homero Richards Homero Richards Homero Richards Toyota
6 Puebla Antonio Pérez1 Homero Richards Homero Richards Toyota
7 Guadalajara Germán Quiroga Jorge Goeters Antonio Pérez Chevrolet
8 Monterrey Jorge Goeters Rubén Rovelo Rubén Rovelo Toyota
9 San Luis Potosí Jorge Goeters Jorge Goeters Germán Quiroga Ford
10 Mexico City Antonio Pérez2 Rubén Rovelo Rubén Rovelo Toyota
11 Querétaro Germán Quiroga Rafael Martínez Antonio Pérez Chevrolet
12 Puebla Rafael Martínez Jorge Goeters Germán Quiroga Dodge
13 Chiapas José Luis Ramírez José Luis Ramírez José Luis Ramírez Chevrolet
14 Aguascalientes Jorge Arteaga Jorge Goeters Jorge Goeters Mazda
1^ Qualifying cancelled by rain.[15]
2^ Qualifying cancelled by rain.[16]

Standings
Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

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

RankDriverAGSQROSLPTXGMXCPUEGDLMTYSL2MX2QR2PU2TX2AG2Points
1 Germán Quiroga 23451*220291321154 2173
2 Homero Richards 1424*211*1*103304192136 2023
3 Rafael Martínez 11*27282130413228422 1966
4 Antonio Pérez 2387321149251252917 1941
5 Jorge Goeters 419122112614*212*26333321 1880
6 Rubén Rovelo 17776519131*241335433 1831
7 José Luis Ramírez 24121126163161228553915 1812
8 Jorge Arteaga 929102310171211611141273 1803
9 Rogelio López 3*241442554633104371132 1791
10 Patrick Goeters 5835302417811915162523 1743
11 Hugo Oliveras 13919289811254191113321 1719
12 Abraham Calderón 61324182061522228615228 1693
13 Daniel Suárez (R) 12171729182965207726612 1684
14 Irwin Vences 1118261013422291429138511 1665
15 Carlos Contreras 1010211929719132512DNQ1199 1649
16 Carlos Peralta 19116246253205233121825 1616
17 Ricardo Pérez de Lara 1612147189277309141010 1593
18 Freddy Tame, Jr. 225281428291821188203027 1558
19 Rubén Pardo 2731311143031232211261624 1487
20 Víctor Barrales 152028201213262483116191819 1481
21 Pepe Montaño 303215173110832171510221716 1471
22 Alejandro Capín 201425121515521DNQ3332102429 1415
23 Salvador Durán 25259324223310313292928EX 1400
24 Rafael Vallina 2626161332332534102017171414 1389
25 Elliot Van Rankin 3122182132715262818181226 1298
26 Rubén García Novoa 1630DNQ3126312716231424282113 1277
27 Alan Williams (R) 33132522142117311723242722 1237
28 Oscar Ruíz 76329289247326 1177
29 Oscar Peralta 8212015DNQ231934243032337 1165
30 Israel Jaitovich 153027272828192226342034 1096
31 Mike Sánchez 2835221619111826291625 1058
32 Julían Islas 323423302335DNQ32DNQ3331 763
33 Enrique Contreras III (R) 231834211915 588
34 Carlos Anaya 293323201627 534
35 Juan Carlos Herrero (R) 29DNQ332318 407
36 Jorge Contreras 28321722DNQ 374
37 Luis Felipe Montaño 21272620 370
38 Héctor Félix (R) 3127203031 328
39 Estefania Reyes 27DNQDNQ23DNQ30 294
40 Rodrigo Marbán (R) 29DNQ2731DNQ 279
41 Juan Carlos Blum (R) DNQ1215 245
42 Pepe González 183332 240
43 Ernesto Guerrero (R) 27DNQ 140
44 Rodrigo Peralta (R) 16 115
45 Scott Riggs 28 79
46 Héctor González (R) 33 64
RankDriverAGSQROSLPTXGMXCPUEGDLMTYSL2MX2QR2PU2TX2AG2Points
References [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]
^ Goeters, Ramírez and López suffered 15 points reduction by drive shaft irregularities.[32]

Rookie of the Year

Only the best 10 results count in the final classification.

RankDriverAGSQROSLPTXGMXCPUEGDLMTYSL2MX2QR2PU2TX2AG2Points
1 Daniel Suárez 12171729182965207726612 96
2 Alan Williams 33132522142117311723242722 90
3 Enrique Contreras III 231834211915 26
4 Juan Carlos Herrero 29DNQ332318 25
5 Rodrigo Marban 29DNQ2731DNQ 26
6 Héctor Félix 3127203031 29
7 Juan Carlos Blum DNQ1215 20
8 Ernesto Guerrero 27DNQ 15
9 Rodrigo Peralta 16 8
10 Héctor González 33 6
RankDriverAGSQROSLPTXGMXCPUEGDLMTYSL2MX2QR2PU2TX2AG2Points

See also

References
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