2010 NASCAR Corona Series


file:Daniel Suárez at Thunder Valley third take.jpg|thumb|Daniel Suárez, pictured in 2015, the 2010 NASCAR Mexico Rookie of the Year.
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.

Report

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. 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. In the second race in Querétaro, Martínez won again. 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. 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. Homero Richards took the victory in the fifth race in the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez's oval. Richards again won in Puebla, meanwhile Pérez continued like leader.

Teams and drivers

TeamManufacturerNo.Race DriverRounds
2b RacingChevrolet07Ricardo Pérez de Lara2–14
2b RacingChevrolet7Carlos PeraltaAll
2b RacingChevrolet10Oscar PeraltaAll
Dodge
Ford		2Germán QuirogaAll
Dodge
Ford		3Alejandro Capin1–6
Dodge
Ford		3Daniel Suárez7–14
Chevrolet1Antonio PérezAll
Toyota5Rubén RoveloAll
HDI Seguros Racing TeamMazda27Ruben García NovoaAll
HDI Seguros Racing TeamMazda88Alejandro Capín7–14
Toyota20Homero RichardsAll
Toyota11Hugo OliverasAll
Toyota15Salvador Durán1–13
Toyota15Scott Riggs14
Toyota60Rogelio LópezAll
Ford12Rubén Pardo
Ford13Estefania Reyes
Ford22Irwin Vences
Ford23Oscar Ruíz
Ford28Elliot VanRankin
Mazda18Rafael MartínezAll
Mazda19Freddy Tame, Jr.
Mazda31Jorge GoetersAll

Driver changes

Schedule

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

Results and standings

Standings

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

Rookie of the Year

Only the best 10 results count in the final classification.
RankDriverAGSQROSLPTXGMXCPUEGDLMTYSL2MX2QR2PU2TX2AG2Points
1Daniel Suárez1217172918296520772661296
2Alan Williams3313252214211731172324272290
3Enrique Contreras III23183421191526
4Juan Carlos Herrero29DNQ33231825
5Rodrigo Marban29DNQ2731DNQ26
6Héctor Félix312720303129
7Juan Carlos BlumDNQ121520
8Ernesto Guerrero27DNQ15
9Rodrigo Peralta168
10Héctor González336
RankDriverAGSQROSLPTXGMXCPUEGDLMTYSL2MX2QR2PU2TX2AG2Points