2014 NACAM Rally Championship

The 2014 NACAM Rally Championship was the seventh season of the NACAM Rally Championship. This championship was the FIA regional rally championship for the North America and Central America (NACAM) region. The season began 28 March 2014 in Oaxaca, Mexico, and ended 23 November 2014 in Jamaica, after seven events.[1] Mid-season events, the Venezuelan Rally Isla de Margarita and new rally Rally Guyana were removed from the calendar and replaced by two additional Colombian events, Rally Guane and Rally Volcan Peña Azul.

Reigning champion Ricardo Triviño of Mexico won his fifth championship after winning Rally Guane. Trivino won the Rally Costa del Pacifico as well as Rally Guane and was the leading championship-registered competitor in two other events and second in the remaining rally, giving him an unassailable 63-point lead with two rallies left in the calendar. Trivino won the Rally Volcan Peña Azul as well, and ultimately won the championship by 86 points ahead of Nicolas Bedoya. The only driver to defeat Triviño, Francisco Name Jr., finished third in the championship, two points adrift of Bedoya; he beat Dante Pescetto for the position on a tie-break. Rally Jamaica was not contested by any of the championship regulars, with the event won by Kyle Gregg.

Event calendar and results

The 2014 NACAM Rally Championship was as follows:[2][3]

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 Mexico Rally Montañas Oaxaca
(28–29 March)[4]		 1 Mexico Francisco Name Jr. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:14:29.8 14 161.80 km 20 14
2 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2:15:07.1
3 Mexico Ricardo Cordero Jr. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2:16:08.2
2 Costa Rica Rally Costa del Pacifico
(16–18 May)[5]		 1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1:10:24.2 12 102.60 km 15 8
2 Costa Rica Erick Bacherer Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 1:11:32.6
3 Costa Rica Andrés Molina Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:11:34.4
3 Peru Rally Cañete
(6–7 June)[6]		 1 Peru Richard Palomino Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:32:12.6 62 39
2 Peru Romel Palomino Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:34:58.6
3 Peru Helberth Samalvides Polaris RZR-XP 1:36:31.7
4 Colombia Rally Lago de Tota
(1–2 August)[7]		 1 Mexico Francisco Name Jr. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1:04:03.5 8 92.70 km 20 13
2 Colombia Julián Jaramillo Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:06:11.6
3 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1:08:26.0
Venezuela Rally Isla de Margarita
(5–6 September)		 cancelled
5 Colombia Rally Guane
(5–6 September)[8]		 1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1:09:51.67 12 27 19
2 Mexico Francisco Name Jr. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1:10:19.42
3 Colombia Julián Jaramillo Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:14:58.60
6 Colombia Rally Volcan Peña Azul
(3–4 October)[9]		 1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
2 Colombia Julián Jaramillo Subaru Impreza WRX STi
3 Panama Dante Pescetto Škoda Fabia S2000
Guyana Rally Guyana
(10–11 October)		 cancelled
7 Jamaica Rally Jamaica
(21–23 November)		 1 Jamaica Kyle Gregg Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:45:16 21 14 9
2 Jamaica Joel Jackson Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:45:30
3 Jamaica Jordan Powell Honda Civic 1:51:35

Championship standings

The 2014 NACAM Rally Championship points were as follows:[10]

Pos. Driver Vehicle Mexico
OAX		 Costa Rica
CdP		 Peru
CAN		 Colombia
PdS		 Colombia
GUA		 Colombia
VPA		 Jamaica
JAM		 Total
1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1 1 1 2 1 1 143
2 Colombia Nicolas Bedoya Kia Koup 3 4 3 3 57
3 Mexico Francisco Name Jr. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4 Ret 1 2 55
Panama Dante Pescetto Škoda Fabia
Toyota Echo		 3 Ret 5 4 2 55
5 Costa Rica Andrés Molina Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2 2 3 Ret 51
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

References
  1. "Calendario 2014 FIA NACAM Rally Championship" (in Spanish). nacamrallychampionship.com. 25 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  2. "Calendar". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  3. "Calendarios" (in Spanish). NACAM. Archived from the original on 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  4. "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  5. "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  6. "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  7. "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  8. "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  9. "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  10. "Classifications: FIA FIA NACAM Rally Championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
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