The Autódromo Monterrey is a racetrack in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico, in the Monterrey metropolitan area. The track currently is operated by DIPSA and host races for NASCAR México, drag racing, karting and Volks races.
History
The track is located front the Del Norte International Airport. The Autódromo was inaugurated in 1970 by Filiberto Jiménez. In the 1970s, 500 km of Monterrey was the main event in this circuit.
Layout
The track has a long straight (used for drag racing), followed by a chicane (turn 1) which takes the drivers to a hairpin turn. Turn 6 is another chicane, together with T1 was added later. Originally the last curve was a banking turn, now used in the short layout. In the long version there is a bypass that conducts to the second part of this turn.
There is a second course called El Frijol for its bean shape. This is a Dogleg oval in length. In this course the first turn is flat and the second is a banking turn.
Races
Formula K SeasonDateWinner1988June 19 César Tiberio Jiménez1989July 8 Carlos Guerrero
Formula 2 SeasonDateWinner1990June 22 Carlos Guerrero1992May 17 Carlos Guerrero1993May 30 Marco Magaña1994May 22 Gerardo Martínez1995May 22 José Cordova1997September 3 Ricardo Pérez de Lara
NASCAR México
SeasonDateWinnerTrackLength (km)2004August 1 César Tiberio JiménezShort1442005June 26 Rogelio LópezLong1602005October 22 Rogelio LópezLong1542006September 3 Carlos PardoLong1472007May 20 Rafael MartínezShort1202007September 2 Antonio PérezShort2252008June 29 Antonio PérezShort1192009September 20 Germán QuirogaShort1782010August 22 Rubén RoveloLong2022011March 20 Patrick GoetersLong1982011August 7 Rafael Martinez Short1802012March 25 Ruben RoveloLong2132012September 30 Jorge Goeters Short2412013June 30 Daniel Suárez Long2082014April 27 Daniel Suárez Short2502017March 26 Ruben RoveloLong94
Lap records
As of March 2024, the fastest official race lap records at the Autódromo Monterrey are listed as:
CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEvent Full Circuit (1986–present): Indy Lights 1:05.161 Waldemar Coronas Lola T96/20 2000 1st Monterrey Fórmula de las Américas round Stock car racing 1:05.912 Chevrolet Camaro NASCAR 2021 Monterrey NASCAR Mexico round Formula Abarth 1:07.815 Pablo Sánchez Tatuus FA010 2013 Monterrey Fórmula Panam round Formula 3000 1:07.958 Mario Domínguez Lola T96/70 1997 Monterrey Mexican F3000 round Formula Three 1:08.861 Eduardo Troconis Reynard 933 1999 2nd Monterrey Mexican F3 round Formula Renault 2.0 1:09.781 Rudy Camarillo Tatuus FR2000 2011 Monterrey LATAM Challenge round Formula 4 1:10.887 Axel Matus Mygale M14-F4 2016 Monterrey NACAM F4 round TCR Touring Car 1:12.530 Andrés Orea Jr. Hyundai Elantra N TCR 2024 Monterrey TCR Mexico Endurance round El Frijol Oval (1970–present): Stock car racing 0:35.431 Abraham Calderón Ford Fusion NASCAR 2022 Gran Premio Monterrey Indy Lights 0:36.192 Waldemar Coronas Lola T96/20 2000 2nd Monterrey Fórmula de las Américas round Formula Three 0:39.689 José Antonio Ramos Reynard 933 2000 2nd Monterrey Mexican F3 round
Fatalities
American racer Ron Sheldon died in the 1971 Mexico 1000.
In 1993, running in Formula 2, Marco Magaña was hit by a rock in the head. He died instantaneously. A spectator died in the same accident.
In the inaugural season of Desafío Corona, now NASCAR Corona Series, Marcelo Nuñez avoiding an incident hit the wall in turn 1 creating a cloud of dust blocking the view of incoming drivers. Then, Rafael Vallina hit Nuñez's car in the right side. Nuñez had several injuries including perforation of lung, and died 8 days later in the Muguerza hospital.
References
External links Autodromo de Monterrey race results at Racing-Reference