2012 NASCAR Toyota Series

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 which was supposed to return after a one-year hiatus was later cancelled and replaced by Monterrey and Tuxtla Gutiérrez was also removed for the year. Germán Quiroga was the defending Driver's Champion however he left the series to compete in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

2012 NASCAR Toyota Series season
NASCAR Toyota Series
Season
Races14
Start dateMarch 25
End dateNovember 11
Awards
ChampionJorge Goeters

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 Calderón 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 on January 19 with fourteen races in eight venues.[7] Chihuahua debuted with a race at the El Dorado Speedway.[8] Guadalajara was supposed to return after a year absence, however it was cancelled and replaced by Monterrey and Tuxtla Gutiérrez was also removed for the year.

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 Regia 200 Autódromo Monterrey, Apodaca September 30 TBD TBD
13 Chihuahua 200 El 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 Daniel Suárez.[15]

In the Aguascalientes 240, Antonio Pérez became the first driver to win two races in the season.[16] Daniel 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
Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems
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) DNQ1 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. DNQ1 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 Sánchez DNQ1 10
45 Carlos Anaya DNQ1 8
Pos. Driver MTY SLP QRO MXC PUE AGS MX2 SL2 QR2 AG2 PU2 MT2 CHI MX3 Points
References [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]
  • 1 – Alejandro Villasana, Jorge Contreras, Jr., Mike Sánchez and Carlos Anaya received championship points, despite the fact that they did not qualify for the race.

Rookie of the Year

Pos. Driver MTY SLP QRO MXC PUE AGS MX2 SL2 QR2 AG2 PU2 MT2 CHI MX3 Points
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
Pos. Driver MTY SLP QRO MXC PUE AGS MX2 SL2 QR2 AG2 PU2 MT2 CHI MX3 Points
Key
ColorResult
GoldWinner
SilverFinished 2nd–5th
BronzeFinished 6th–10th
GreenFinished 11th–20th
BlueFinished 21st or worse
PurpleDid Not Finish (DNF)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
PinkDid Not Qualify (DNQ)
TanWithdrew From Race (Wth)
White Qualified for another driver (QL)
Qualified but replaced due to injury or incident (INQ)
Relieved another driver (RL)
Blank Did Not Participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)

Bold – Pole position awarded by time.
* – Most laps led.

See also

References
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