2013 NASCAR Toyota Series

The 2013 NASCAR Toyota Series was the seventh season of the NASCAR Toyota Series, and the tenth organized by NASCAR Mexico. The season was composed by fifteen races. For first time, the series raced outside of Mexico, with a race in the Phoenix International Raceway.[1] Jorge Goeters returned as reigning champion, and took part in the 2013 UNOH Battle at the Beach.[2] Rodrigo Peralta was the champion of 2013 season and Santiago Tovar was declared the Rookie of the Year.

Changes

Desafio

After ten races the Top-8 championship drivers and 2 wild card drivers were selected for a five-race "Chase system".

Teams and drivers
Manufacturer Team No. Race Driver Crew Chief
Chevrolet Telmex 1 Antonio Pérez Xristos Pappas
Ramírez Racing 08 José Luis Ramírez José Ramón Blasco
77 Rafael Vallina Edgard Romano
Dodge Telcel 2 Luis Felipe Montaño Mario Muñoz
Toyota Marban Racing 00 Rodrigo Marbán Jesús Gerardo Aguilera
Telcel 3 Daniel Suárez Rafael Vega
4 Jorge Goeters Humberto Castilla
SC Racing 05 Abraham Calderón Jorge Christian Torres
Telmex 5 Rubén Rovelo Alejandro Vega
2b Racing 7 Carlos Peralta Joe Pérez
8 Freddy Tame, Jr. Víctor Trejo
Tame Racing 9 Elliot Van Rankin Antonio Camacho
HO Racing 11 Hugo Oliveras Rafael Oliveras
15 Rubén Pardo Bruno Pineda
48 Rogelio López Asencion Jiménez
H&High Speed 20 Homero Richards Juan Luis Quintanar
29 Héctor Aguirre Jorge Luis Coapio
26 Israel Jaitovich Rolando González
30 Víctor Barrales Rafael Hernández
Escudería Suspensión y Dirección 34 Óscar Ruíz De Azua Roberto Meneses
43 Patrick Goeters José Valentín Fernández
36 Pepe Montaño Jorge Miguel Garibay
40 Héctor Félix David Tame
46 Irwin Vences Alfredo González
Mazda Team GP 18 Rafael Martínez Martín Bautista
88 Rubén García, Jr. Cuauhtémoc González

Schedule

In 2013, Phoenix International Raceway was added to the schedule, marking the first event in Toyota Series history to be held in the United States. All the Mexican venues of 2012 season returned, and three races were held at night (Phoenix, Mexico City and Chihuahua). A 2nd race at El Dorado Speedway (Chihuahua) was supposed to be run at September 29 but was later cancelled and replaced by Autódromo Chiapas.

No. Race Title Track Date
1 Toyota 120‡ Arizona Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale 1 March
2 Potosina 200 San Luis Potosí Autódromo Potosino, Zaragoza 24 March
3 Mexico Fest 240‡ Mexico City Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 6 April
4 Queretana 200 Querétaro Autódromo Querétaro, El Marqués 21 April
5 Chihuahua 200‡ Chihuahua (state) El Dorado Speedway, Chihuahua 11 May
6 Aguascalientes 240 Aguascalientes Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes 26 May
7 Puebla 240 Puebla Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Puebla 16 June
8 Regia 200 Nuevo León Autódromo Monterrey, Apodaca 30 June
9 Queretana 200 Querétaro Autódromo Querétaro, El Marqués 28 July
10 Mexico Fest 240 Mexico City Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 11 August
11 Potosina 200 San Luis Potosí Autódromo Potosino, Zaragoza 25 August
12 Puebla 240 Puebla Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Amozoc 8 September
13 Aguascalientes 240 Aguascalientes Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes 13 October
14 Tuxtla 240 Chiapas Autódromo Chiapas, Berriozábal 27 October
15 Mexico Final 200 Mexico City Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 10 November
  Oval
  Road Course

‡ Night Race

Results and standings

Races
No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 Toyota 120 Jorge Goeters Abraham Calderón Abraham Calderón Toyota
2 Potosina 200 Antonio Pérez Homero Richards Homero Richards Toyota
3 Mexico Fest 240 Antonio Pérez Antonio Pérez Héctor Aguirre Toyota
4 Queretana 200 Daniel Suárez Homero Richards Rafael Martínez Mazda
5 Chihuahua 240 Daniel Suárez Daniel Suárez Daniel Suárez Toyota
6 Aguascalientes 240 Rubén García, Jr. Rubén García, Jr. Rubén García, Jr. Mazda
7 Puebla 240 Carlos Contreras Rafael Martínez Rafael Martínez Mazda
8 Regia 200 Homero Richards Homero Richards Daniel Suárez Toyota
9 Queretana 200 José Luis Ramírez Antonio Pérez Rafael Martínez Mazda
10 México Fest 240 Carlos Peralta Irwin Vences Irwin Vences Toyota
11 Potosina 200 Antonio Pérez Antonio Pérez Antonio Pérez Chevrolet
12 Puebla 240 Rafael Martínez Patrick Goeters Patrick Goeters Toyota
13 Aguascalientes 240 Patrick Goeters Daniel Suárez Rodrigo Peralta Ford
14 Tuxtla 240 Daniel Suárez Antonio Pérez José Luis Ramírez Chevrolet
15 Mexico Final 200 Daniel Suárez Daniel Suárez Daniel Suárez Toyota

Drivers
Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

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

Pos. Driver PHO SLP MXC QRO CHI AGS PUE MTY QRO MXC SLP PUE AGS TXG MXC Points
1 Rodrigo Peralta 16 7 5 10 7 2 6 16 2 8 5 1 11 4 1198
2 Daniel Suárez 11 9 6 4 1* 27 33 1 26 29 10 2 2* 24* 1* 1190
3 Rubén Pardo 4 2 8 17 2 16 31 7 2 10 7 22 6 6 3 1177
4 Rubén García, Jr. 3 7 9 6 18 1* 25 8 7 11 6 8 19 10 5 1176
5 Homero Richards 5 1* 29 2* 31 21 6 22* 8 34 3 4 30 8 7 1169
6 Antonio Pérez 2 4 2* 3 16 2 24 25 3* 3 1** 31* 25 2 2 1167
7 Hugo Oliveras 10 12 14 9 5 15 5 28 4 7 17 10 5 5 22 1161
8 Rafael Martínez 22 33 11 1 14 6 1* 17 1 13 2 28 3 25 14 1159
9 José Luis Ramírez 26 6 5 30 4 9 11 3 10 5 30 3 26 1 10 1155
10 Rubén Rovelo 14 24 10 7 3 3 3 26 5 8 19 6 22 20 1110
Desafío cut-off
Pos. Driver PHO SLP MXC QRO CHI AGS PUE MTY QRO MXC SLP PUE AGS TXG MXC Points
11 Freddy Tame, Jr. 13 5 17 10 15 28 14 11 17 14 12 15 10 15 19 447
12 Héctor Aguirre 25 29 1 16 25 5 7 20 11 12 20 23 12 13 8 439
13 Abraham Calderón 1* 28 3 8 6 30 28 29 9 4 14 9 7 18 9 432
14 Patrick Goeters 7 11 19 32 17 11 9 32 27 27 16 1 8 4 15 431
15 Rogelio López 21 27 12 31 23 4 35 18 6 6 5 7 4 26 6 430
16 Irwin Vences 8 10 16 29 8 13 23 2 31 1* 4 27 35 3 30 423
17 Carlos Peralta 6 26 21 11 9 14 10 31 18 16 27 14 11 12 17 419
18 Jorge Goeters 9 19 27 19 7 10 4 4 28 31 9 26 28 27 11 403
19 Oscar Ruíz De Azua 24 8 13 25 22 18 19 5 13 9 11 32 15 31 32 383
20 Pepe Montaño 15 30 15 14 24 20 27 10 15 25 26 25 13 9 16 376
21 Elliot Van Rankin 19 21 33 15 19 19 29 24 12 28 28 12 9 7 25 361
22 Héctor Félix 16 20 20 20 13 12 16 23 17 31 17 16 20 18 357
23 Santiago Tovar (R) DNQ2 28 22 32 17 12 12 32 15 15 21 20 14 12 328
24 Rodrigo Marbán 18 25 25 26 20 31 22 23 24 24 21 19 21 19 23 319
25 Víctor Barrales 20 34 32 27 23 15 14 21 21 18 20 14 33 37 297
26 Israel Jaitovich 23 22 24 27 26 25 17 19 22 20 32 24 33 23 35 288
27 Carlos Contreras 3 34 13 30 33 8 9 34 30 23 11 34 30 36 280
28 Rafael Vallina 17 32 23 34 21 29 32 13 20 18 25 18 31 28 275
29 Javier Fernández 17 22 28 33 24 20 15 23 22 29 27 29 27 256
30 Luis Felipe Montaño 12 13 4 18 11 8 30 27 14 28 254
31 Jorge Contreras, Jr. 14 30 12 22 33 19 29 30 32 17 13 233
32 Oscar Torres, Jr. 18 26 21 28 32 13 21 25 13 21 222
33 Héctor González DNQ2 33 34 21 16 29 16 24 31 157
34 Jim Nides 12 34 34 35 EX 12 32 33 129
35 Enrique Contreras III 17 16 26 73
36 Carlos Azcarate 24 29 22 29 72
37 Oscar Peralta 31 18 23 34 70
38 Xavier Razo 26 26 33 33 34 68
39 Rubén García Novoa 30 13 23 66
40 Julian Islas 23 31 26 21 65
41 Enrique Baca 24 29 30 49
42 Jorge Seman 18 32 38
43 Eduardo Goeters 19 25
44 Mike Sánchez 22 22
45 Alejandro Capin 24 20
46 Waldemar Coronas 151 19
Pos. Driver PHO SLP MXC QRO CHI AGS PUE MTY QRO MXC SLP PUE AGS TXG MXC Points
Notes
  • 1 – Waldemar Coronas suffered a 10-point penalty.
  • 2 – Santiago Tovar and Héctor González received championship points, despite the fact that they did not qualify for the race.

See also

References
  1. "2013 Toyota Series Schedule Announced". NASCAR Hometracks. 14 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  2. "Goeters Gets Toyota Series Title". NASCAR Hometracks. 11 November 2012. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
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