2011 NASCAR Corona Series


The 2011 NASCAR Corona Series was the eighth season of the Corona Series and was organized by NASCAR Mexico. The season was composed by fourteen races in seven venues across Mexico. The season started in Monterrey with the Regia 200, and finished in Mexico City in the Mexico Fest 200. Six drivers won races being Homero Richards the most winner with five. Mónica Morales won the owners championship for third time and Germán Quiroga successful defend his championship, winning his third championship. Enrique Contreras III won the Rookie of the Year title.

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The kickoff of the season was in Monterrey. This was the 100th race of the NCS. Patrick Goeters dominated the race from start, and won his fourth race in his career. In the second race, Jorge Goeters won his 10th race, and the fourth in this track. Goeters together with Germán Quiroga shared the leading. The race was shortened by time, originally was scheduled to 250 laps. The third race in Aguascalientes saw to Rogelio López started from the back of the grid, because to failed the inspection after the qualification, but he took the victory. Germán Quiroga became in the leader of NCS. In Chiapas, Jorge Goeters took his first victory of the season in a race with 10 cautions. The race was shortened of 200 laps to 129 laps by time. Again Homero Richards took the first place in the fifth race. This was the first of fourth wins in a row that finished in San Luis Potosí.
In the second part of the season, Rafael Martínez won in his hometown. For Martínez was his 15th victory, he took the historic second place. But, soon Quiroga reached the 15th victory in the next race and two more before the end of the season. This last victory marked the third championship for Quiroga.

Teams and drivers

TeamManufacturerNo.Race DriverRounds
Chevrolet7Carlos PeraltaAll
Chevrolet8Freddy Tame, Jr.1–7, 9–14
Chevrolet10Oscar Peralta1–3, 5–8, 10, 11, 13
Anvi MotorsportsToyota30Victor Barrales1–6, 8–11, 13–14
Anvi MotorsportsToyota39Juan Carlos Herrero2–6, 9
CEDVA RacingDodge55Jorge Contreras, Jr.1–3, 6, 8–11, 13, 14
Dodge2Germán QuirogaAll
Dodge3Daniel SuárezAll
Chevrolet1Antonio PérezAll
Chevrolet5Rubén RoveloAll
Toyota14Carlos ContrerasAll
Toyota49Jorge Arteaga1–12, 14
HDI Seguros Racing TeamMazda27Ruben García Novoa1–11
HDI Seguros Racing TeamMazda27Rubén García, Jr.13–14
HDI Seguros Racing TeamMazda88Alejandro CapinAll
Dodge20Homero RichardsAll
Toyota11Hugo OliverasAll
Toyota15Rubén PardoAll
Toyota48Rogelio LópezAll
Ramírez Racing TeamChevrolet08José Luis RamírezAll
Chevrolet03Patrick GoetersAll
Chevrolet04Javier Razo1–4
Chevrolet05Abraham CalderónAll
Chevrolet70Estefania Reyes1–6
Chevrolet0Rafael VallinaAll
Ford13Elliot Van RankinAll
Ford22Irwin VencesAll
Toyota34Oscar RuizAll
Mazda18Rafael MartínezAll
Mazda31Jorge GoetersAll

Driver changes

  • Freddy Tame leave Team GP, and joined 2b Racing taking the place of Ricardo Pérez de Lara.

2011 calendar

The schedule was presented on March 8 with 14 races in 7 venues.

Calendar changes

Results and standings

Driver 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.
RankDriverMTYSLPAGSTXGQROPUEMXCSL2MT2QR2PU2SL3AG2MX2Points
1Enrique Contreras III2818122026272015232711302893
2Héctor Félix33232615232832DNQDNQ2026152284
3Alex VillasanaDNQDNQDNQ26DNQ162113312069
4Jorge Contreras, Jr.21DSQ20302625DNQ28321868
5Rodrigo Marbán2725DNQ1930DNQ28232522DNQDNQ65
6Hector Aguirre34271620221548
7Javier Fernández252428DNQ3146
8Rodrigo PeraltaDNQ27201935
9Juan Carlos Herrero24238DSQDNQ32
10Javier Razo1727DNQDNQ2726
11Rubén García, Jr.172514
12Juan Carlos Blum297
RankDriverMTYSLPAGSTXGQROPUEMXCSL2MT2QR2PU2SL3AG2MX2Points