Germán Quiroga Jr. (born May 29, 1980) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver who currently competes in NASCAR Mexico Series. In 2011, he became the first three-time NASCAR Corona Series champion.

Racing career

Beginnings Quiroga began his career in Reto Neon in 1996.

Corona Series In 2004, Quiroga began racing in the NASCAR Corona Series (NCS), racing for Jorge Seman's race team . During the following year, he won the Formula Renault championship. In 2005, he drove in the Infiniti Pro Series before returning to Desafio Corona for 2006. His first championship in the Corona Series came in 2009, while racing for Equipo Telcel. He won the championship again in 2010 and 2011.

Toyota All-Star Showdown In 2011, Quiroga participated in the Toyota All-Star Showdown in Irwindale, California, racing for Bill McAnally. He finished in the twelfth position behind fellow NCS driver Daniel Suárez.

Nationwide Series

Quiroga's first race in the NASCAR's national touring series came in 2007 in the Busch Series (now the Nationwide Series), competing in the series' then-annual event at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for Jay Robinson Racing where he finished 28th.

Camping World Truck Series Quiroga made his debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2011, competing in two events for Kyle Busch Motorsports at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway, with a best finish of 16th coming in his first race.

In 2012, Quiroga returned to KBM for a limited schedule of events, driving the No. 51 Toyota in four races at Talladega Superspeedway, Texas Motor Speedway, Phoenix International Raceway and Homestead. He moved to Red Horse Racing for the 2013 season, running the entire series schedule in an attempt to win the series' Rookie of the Year honors.

Quiroga also has worked part-time on NASCAR on NBC broadcasts, being part of mun2's broadcast of the NASCAR Toyota Series Toyota 120 at Phoenix International Raceway in February 2014.

Quiroga had a great start in 2014 season with five straight top-ten finishes until Texas.

After sitting out 2015, Quiroga returned to drive part-time in the Red Horse's No. 11 truck in 2016 beginning at Texas. Unfortunately, it was his final appearance in the championship as he failed to attract enough sponsors to continue.

Return to NASCAR Mexico Quiroga returned to racing in 2021, joining the NASCAR Mexico field ten years after his last appearance in the category. He began in the No. 11 car to replace Hugo Oliveras, then switched to No. 69 midseason. He finished tenth in 2021, and twelfth the following season.

2023 was a far more positive season. Quiroga only finished outside the top ten once, and came close to winning the title, but was passed on the final lap of the final race. Therefore, he was crowned runner-up in the standings, despite not winning a race.

In 2024, Quiroga began the year with a top five and a podium. However, a handful of results outside of the top ten midseason, including a retirement in Aguascalientes, meant that he did not reach the playoffs and finished the season in eleventh overall.

Quiroga continued in the No. 69 car for the 2025 season, which started strong, with two top-tens and a top-five in Puebla. He qualified on pole in round four at Aguascalientes and went on to finish on the podium. With a pair of top ten finishes in the Mexico City double-header, he was eighth in the standings going into round eight in Monterrey.

Motorsports career results

American open-wheel racing results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

Barber Dodge Pro Series Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points 2002SEB20LRP16LAG16POR16TOR15CLE15VAN8MOH8ROA6MTL2016th28 2003 STP8 MTY8 MIL8 LAG9 POR5 CLE3 TOR12 VAN6 MOH15 MTL12 7th 75

Indy Pro Series Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref 2005 Kenn Hardley RacingHMSPHXSTP INDY10TXSIMSNSHMILKTYPPIRSNMCHIWGLFON25th20

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Busch Series NASCAR Busch Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 2007 Jay Robinson Racing 28 Chevy DAY CAL MXC28 LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 135th 84

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 2011 Kyle Busch Motorsports 51 Toyota DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP POC MCH BRI ATL CHI NHA16 KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX HOM26 56th 46 2012 DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS TAL8 MAR TEX28 PHO24 HOM15 40th 101 2013 Red Horse Racing 77 Toyota DAY25 MAR29 CAR19 KAN11 CLT35 DOV13 TEX3 KEN8 IOW14 ELD20 POC3 MCH19 BRI21 MSP15 IOW6 CHI14 LVS21 TAL31 MAR7 TEX14 PHO12 HOM7 13th 625 2014 DAY10 MAR6 KAN7 CLT9 DOV9 TEX23 GTY2 KEN15 IOW5 ELD12 POC22 MCH6 BRI14 MSP2 CHI19 NHA15 LVS16 TAL29 MAR10 TEX17 PHO26 HOM15 6th 683 2016 Red Horse Racing 11 Toyota DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX8 IOW14 GTW7 KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 31st 70

Busch East Series NASCAR Busch East Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2007 Troy Williams Racing 21 Chevy GRE26 STA28 MCM26 ADI LRP29 MFD NHA DOV 31st 405 12 ELKDNQ IOW SBO 21 Dodge NHA33 TMP

Mexico Series

NASCAR Mexico Series results Year Team Owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref2007Monica Morales5Ford PUE2 ZAC9 SLP2 MTY8 MXC1 ZAC3 QRO3 GDL2 SLP2 MTY24 PUE1 GDL1 QRO3 MXC12nd2,296 2008 AGS10 MXC3 SLP22* GDL12 ZAC3 PUE4 MTY3 SLP1 GDL6 PUE4 QRO4 SLP1* TXG2* MXC21 2nd 2,153 2009 2 AGS1* TXG2* SLP1* PUE4 QRO9 GDL2 ZAC3 SLP3 PUE4 MTY1 QRO2 MXC12 TXG21 AGS2 1st 2,273 2010 Dodge AGS23 QRO4 SLP5 TXG1 MXC2 PUE20 GDL2 MTY9 SLP1 MXC3 QRO2 PUE1 TXG15 AGS4 1st 2,173 2011 Toyota MTY2 SLP4 AGS2 1st 2,272 Dodge TUX9 QRO12 PUE2 MXC3 SLP2* MTY2 QRO1 PUE17 SLP1 AGS1 MXC52021Lorena Valero11Ford TUX15 QRO14 PUE12 AGS1310th313 Oscar Rodriguez Garcia69Chevy SLP5 QRO10 MTY6 AGS12 SLP11 GDL5 PUE8 PUE132022 TUX8 QRO15 CHI3 GDL14 PUE4 SLP9 MTY5 AGS7QRO MXC6 MTY14 MXC1012th1652023 TUX8 SLP3 CHI5 QRO4 AGS3 PUE2 MTY8 SLP6 QRO17 CHI6 PUE5 MXC62nd4332024 SLP5 TUX3 TUX14 MTY12 AGS5 PUE11 SLP14 QRO5 AGS18 QRO12 PUE10 MXC811th3722025 SLP7 TUX6 PUE5 AGS3 QRO16 MXC10 MXC10MTYPUETBAPANSLPAGSPUE8th*229*

* Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

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