2010 NASCAR Corona Series

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 DriverRounds2b RacingChevrolet07Ricardo Pérez de Lara2–147Carlos PeraltaAll10Oscar PeraltaAllEquipo Telcel Dodge Ford2Germán QuirogaAll3Alejandro Capin1–6Daniel Suárez7–14Escuderia TelmexChevrolet1Antonio PérezAllToyota5Rubén RoveloAllHDI Seguros Racing TeamMazda27Ruben García NovoaAll88Alejandro Capín7–14H&HighSpeedToyota20Homero RichardsAllHO RacingToyota11Hugo OliverasAll15Salvador Durán1–13Scott Riggs1460Rogelio LópezAllTame RacingFord12Rubén Pardo13Estefania Reyes22Irwin Vences23Oscar Ruíz28Elliot VanRankinTeam GPMazda18Rafael MartínezAll19Freddy Tame, Jr.31Jorge GoetersAll

Driver changes Rogelio López left Equipo Telcel. Alejandro Capín took his seat. Ricardo Pérez de Lara joined 2b Racing since Round 2. After Round 6, Daniel Suárez replaced Alejandro Capín in Equipo Telcel. Salvador Durán was suspended after Round 13 for aggressive driving. He was replaced by Scott Riggs.

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.

RaceRace NameTrackDateTimeLocalUTC1Pennzoil 240 Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, AguascalientesMarch 2113:1019:102Querétaro 200 Autódromo Querétaro, El MarquésApril 1113:1018:103San Luis Potosí 200 Autódromo Potosino, ZaragozaMay 213:1018:104Pennzoil 240 Autódromo Chiapas, BerriozábalMay 2222:0003:005Pennzoil 200 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico CityJune 613:1018:106Puebla 240 Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, AmozocJuly 1813:1018:107Goodyear Racing 200 Trióvalo Bernardo Obregón, GuadalajaraAugust 813:1018:108200 km por Monterrey Autódromo Monterrey, ApodacaAugust 2213:1018:109San Luis Potosí 200 Autódromo Potosino, ZaragozaSeptember 513:1018:1010Pennzoil 200 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico CitySeptember 1913:1018:1011Goodyear Racing 200 Autódromo Querétaro, El MarquésOctober 313:1018:1012Puebla 240 Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, AmozocOctober 1713:1018:1013Goodyear Racing 240 Autódromo Chiapas, BerriozábalOctober 3112:1018:1014Pennzoil 240 Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, AguascalientesNovember 2113:1019:10

Results and standings

Races No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Winning manufacturer 1 Aguascalientes Rogelio López Rogelio López Rafael Martínez Mazda 2 Querétaro Rafael Martínez Rafael Martínez Rafael Martínez Mazda 3 San Luis Potosí Homero Richards Homero Richards Jorge Goeters Mazda 4 Chiapas Salvador Durán Germán Quiroga Germán Quiroga Ford 5 Mexico City Homero Richards Homero Richards Homero Richards Toyota 6 Puebla Antonio Pérez Homero Richards Homero Richards Toyota 7 Guadalajara Germán Quiroga Jorge Goeters Antonio Pérez Chevrolet 8 Monterrey Jorge Goeters Rubén Rovelo Rubén Rovelo Toyota 9 San Luis Potosí Jorge Goeters Jorge Goeters Germán Quiroga Ford 10 Mexico City Antonio Pérez Rubén Rovelo Rubén Rovelo Toyota 11 Querétaro Germán Quiroga Rafael Martínez Antonio Pérez Chevrolet 12 Puebla Rafael Martínez Jorge Goeters Germán Quiroga Dodge 13 Chiapas José Luis Ramírez José Luis Ramírez José Luis Ramírez Chevrolet 14 Aguascalientes Jorge Arteaga Jorge Goeters Jorge Goeters Mazda

1 Qualifying cancelled by rain. 2 Qualifying cancelled by rain.

Standings

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

RankDriverAGSQROSLPTXGMXCPUEGDLMTYSL2MX2QR2PU2TX2AG2Points1Germán Quiroga23451*22029132115421732Homero Richards1424*211*1*10330419213620233Rafael Martínez11*2728213041322842219664Antonio Pérez238732114925125291719415Jorge Goeters419122112614*212*263332118806Rubén Rovelo17776519131*24133543318317José Luis Ramírez241211261631612285591518128Jorge Arteaga92910231017121161114127318039Rogelio López3*24144255463310471132179110Patrick Goeters5835302417811915162523174311Hugo Oliveras13919289811254191113321171912Abraham Calderón61324182061522228615228169313Daniel Suárez (R)12171729182965207726612168414Irwin Vences1118261013422291429138511166515Carlos Contreras1010211929719132512DNQ1199164916Carlos Peralta19116246253205233121825161617Ricardo Pérez de Lara 1612147189277309141010159318Freddy Tame, Jr.225281428291821188203027155819Rubén Pardo2731311143031232211261624148720Víctor Barrales152028201213262483116191819148121Pepe Montaño303215173110832171510221716147122Alejandro Capín201425121515521DNQ3332102429141523Salvador Durán25259324223310313292928EX140024Rafael Vallina2626161332332534102017171414138925Elliot Van Rankin312218 2132715262818181226129826Rubén García Novoa1630DNQ3126312716231424282113127727Alan Williams (R)33 132522142117311723242722123728Oscar Ruíz76329289247326 117729Oscar Peralta8212015DNQ 231934243032337116530Israel Jaitovich 15302727 2828192226342034109631Mike Sánchez2835221619111826291625 105832Julían Islas323423302335 DNQ32DNQ333176333Enrique Contreras III (R) 23 183421 191558834Carlos Anaya 29 332320 1627 53435Juan Carlos Herrero (R)29 DNQ33 231840736Jorge Contreras 28 3217 22DNQ 37437Luis Felipe Montaño21 27262037038Héctor Félix (R) 3127 2030 3132839Estefania Reyes 27 DNQ DNQ23DNQ3029440Rodrigo Marbán (R) 29DNQ 2731DNQ27941Juan Carlos Blum (R) DNQ 12 15 24542Pepe González1833 32 24043Ernesto Guerrero (R) 27DNQ 14044Rodrigo Peralta (R) 16 11545Scott Riggs 287946Héctor González (R) 33 64RankDriverAGSQROSLPTXGMXCPUEGDLMTYSL2MX2QR2PU2TX2AG2PointsReferences

Goeters, Ramírez and López suffered 15 points reduction by drive shaft irregularities.

Rookie of the Year Only the best 10 results count in the final classification.

RankDriverAGSQROSLPTXGMXCPUEGDLMTYSL2MX2QR2PU2TX2AG2Points1Daniel Suárez12171729182965207726612962Alan Williams33 132522142117311723242722903Enrique Contreras III 23 183421 1915264Juan Carlos Herrero29 DNQ33 2318255Rodrigo Marban 29DNQ 2731DNQ 266Héctor Félix 3127 2030 31297Juan Carlos Blum DNQ 12 15 208Ernesto Guerrero 27DNQ 159Rodrigo Peralta 16 810Héctor González 33 6RankDriverAGSQROSLPTXGMXCPUEGDLMTYSL2MX2QR2PU2TX2AG2Points

See also 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2010 ARCA Racing Series 2010 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2010 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 2010 NASCAR Mini Stock Series

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