2014 NASCAR Toyota Series

The 2014 NASCAR Toyota Series was the eighth season of the NASCAR Toyota Series, and the eleventh season organized by NASCAR Mexico. It began with the Toyota 120 at Phoenix International Raceway on February 28, and ended with the Puebla 240 at Autódromo Miguel E. Abed in Puebla, on November 9. Rodrigo Peralta entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion.

Abraham Calderón won his first series championship at Puebla, finishing nine points ahead of Rubén García Jr.; both drivers failed to win any races during the season, but were able to finish strongly in the five-race Desafío, which concluded the season. Calderón achieved eleven top-ten finishes, while Garcia Jr. took ten top-ten finishes. Rubén Rovelo finished third in the championship, eleven points in arrears of Calderón, winning races at Aguascalientes and Tuxtla Gutiérrez.

Six other drivers won races during the season, including Daniel Suárez, who won a total of five races including three of the first four races. A pair of finishes outside the top 20 in the Desafío saw Suárez finish in 6th in the championship. Irwin Vences, who made the Desafío despite missing the first four races of the season, won two races as well, winning the first Puebla race and the second San Luis Potosí event. Rubén Pardo (the first event at Querétaro and Chihuahua) and Homero Richards (the second Querétaro event, and the season-ending Puebla event) each won two races, while Luis Felipe Montaño – at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez – and Rogelio López, at the first San Luis Potosí race, each took one win.

Drivers

ManufacturerCar OwnerRace Driver 00 Toyota Patricia Marbán Rodrigo Marbán 0 Toyota Rafael Vallina Rafael Vallina 01 Toyota Israel Jaitovich Israel Jaitovich 1 Toyota Jimmy Morales Antonio Pérez 2 Dodge Monica Morales Abraham Calderón Toyota 3 Toyota Alejandro Cruz Daniel Suárez 4 Toyota Jorge Goeters Jorge Goeters 05 Toyota Alejandra González Héctor Aguirre 5 Chevrolet Daniel Cruz José Luis Ramírez 6 Toyota Priscila Parazuelos Rogelio López 07 Toyota Héctor Félix Héctor Félix Alejandro Capín 7 Toyota Marcela Peralta Carlos Peralta 8 Toyota Antonio Camacho Freddy Tame, Jr. 9 Toyota Anapaula Villegas Elliot Van Rankin 10 Toyota Oscar Peralta Oscar Peralta Carlos Anaya 11 Toyota Paola Ezquerro Hugo Oliveras 12 Toyota David Tame Jim Nides (R) 14 Toyota Carlos Contreras Patrick Goeters 15 Toyota Rafael Oliveras Rubén Pardo 16 Toyota Ruben Arenal Mendoza Mike Sánchez Rubén Rovelo 18 Mazda Ramiro Fidalgo Rafael Martínez 19 Mazda Juan Pablo García Mario Domínguez (R) 20 Toyota Homero Richards Homero Richards 22 Toyota Luis Tame Santiago Tovar (R) 24 Toyota Denisse Guaida Rodrigo Peralta 28 Toyota Ricardo Moreno Hernandez Rubén Rovelo Dodge Ford 29 Toyota Carlos Azcarate Carlos Azcarate (R) 30 Toyota Víctor Manuel Barrales Víctor Barrales 36 Toyota Angelica Patiño Pepe Montaño 38 Toyota Luis Dario Lambert Elliot Van Rankin 43 Toyota Olga Vallina Óscar Ruíz de Azua 46 Toyota Jordi Vidal Irwin Vences 51 Toyota Juan Carlos Gonzalez Santiago Tovar (R) Carlos Azcarate (R) Dodge Carlos Azcarate (R) José González 55 Toyota Arnulfo Rogel Hernandez Jorge Contreras, Sr. 57 Toyota Nathaly Cervantes Alejandro Capín 58 Toyota Jorge Contreras Caballero Jorge Contreras, Jr. Mazda 69 Toyota Javier Fernández Javier Fernández Carlos Azcarate (R) 71 Toyota Miriam Ibarra Cody Ware (R) 77 Toyota Enrique Contreras Enrique Contreras III 83 Toyota Jorge Seman Javier Razo Elliot Van Rankin 87 Toyota Estefania Oliveras Luis Felipe Montaño 88 Toyota Victor Trejo Rubén García Jr. 98 Toyota Teresa Gutierrez Erik Mondragon

Schedule

No.Race titleTrackDate1Toyota 120 Phoenix International Raceway, AvondaleFebruary 282México 240 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico CityApril 53Red Co 240 Autódromo Chiapas, Tuxtla GutiérrezApril 134Regia 240 Autódromo Monterrey, ApodacaApril 275Potosina 200 Autódromo Potosino, ZaragozaMay 116Queretana 200 Autódromo del Ecocentro de la Unión Ganadera, El MarquésMay 257México 240 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico CityJune 88Aguascalientes 240 Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, AguascalientesJuly 209Queretana 200 Autódromo del Ecocentro de la Unión Ganadera, El MarquésAugust 310Puebla 240 Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, PueblaAugust 17 Desafío cut-off11Chihuahua 240 El Dorado Speedway, ChihuahuaSeptember 712Potosina 200 Autódromo Potosino, ZaragozaSeptember 2113Aguascalientes 240 Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, AguascalientesOctober 514Tuxtla 240 Autódromo Chiapas, Tuxtla GutiérrezOctober 1915Puebla 240 Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, PueblaNovember 9

Results and standings

Races No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver 1 Toyota 120 Rubén Pardo Antonio Pérez Daniel Suárez Toyota 2 México 240 Antonio Pérez Antonio Pérez Luis Felipe Montaño Toyota 3 Red Co 240 Rubén Pardo Daniel Suárez Daniel Suárez Toyota 4 Regia 240 Antonio Pérez Rubén Rovelo Daniel Suárez Toyota 5 Potosina 200 Daniel Suárez Daniel Suárez Rogelio López Toyota 6 Queretana 200 Santiago Tovar Rubén Rovelo Rubén Pardo Toyota 7 México 240 Daniel Suárez1 Abraham Calderón Daniel Suárez Toyota 8 Aguascalientes 240 Daniel Suárez Hugo Oliveras Rubén Rovelo Dodge 9 Queretana 200 Santiago Tovar Homero Richards Homero Richards Toyota 10 Puebla 240 Irwin Vences Irwin Vences Irwin Vences Toyota Desafío cut-off 11 Chihuahua 240 Irwin Vences Daniel Suárez Rubén Pardo Toyota 12 Potosina 200 Rubén García Jr. Rafael Martínez Irwin Vences Toyota 13 Aguascalientes 240 Irwin Vences Rubén García Jr. Daniel Suárez Toyota 14 Tuxtla 240 Abraham Calderón2 Rubén García Jr. Rubén Rovelo Toyota 15 Puebla 240 Daniel Suárez Daniel Suárez Homero Richards Toyota Notes 1 – The qualifying session for the México 240 was cancelled due to heavy rain. The starting line-up was decided by championship points. 2 – The qualifying session for the Tuxtla 240 was cancelled due to heavy rain. The starting line-up was decided by championship points.

Drivers' championship

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Driver PHO MXC TUX MTY SLP QRO MXC AGS QRO PUE CHI SLP AGS TUX PUE Points 1 Abraham Calderón 12 9 9 12 9 22 2* 5 12 6 2 4 2 7 7 1200 2 Rubén García Jr. 7 11 10 9 26 27 6 19 8 5 9 9 3* 2* 12 1191 3 Rubén Rovelo 34 31 24* 4 8* 3 1 32 4 5 7 15 1 9 1189 4 Rubén Pardo 5 4 8 6 19 1 18 4 9 14 1 19 9 4 11 1186 5 Antonio Pérez 3* 3* 2 3 2 10 7 30 2 11 8 6 14 8 8 1178 6 Daniel Suárez 1 2 1* 1 11* 3 1 16 24 18 7* 23 1 28 6* 1177 7 Irwin Vences 3 9 32 3 3 1* 28 1 12 11 3 1171 8 Rogelio López 26 6 23 17 1 13 5 20 4 8 13 3 13 30 2 1160 9 José Luis Ramírez 6 7 3 22 29 14 8 8 10 10 11 10 26 12 21 1140 10 Luis Felipe Montaño 4 1 19 5 30 12 11 21 7 17 12 8 34 21 23 1125 11 Homero Richards 14 8 15 4 27 6 29 6 1* 2 18 21 28 35 1 1124 12 Carlos Peralta 16 10 13 18 7 11 10 9 11 13 27 30 29 14 26 1095 Desafío cut-off Pos Driver PHO MXC TUX MTY SLP QRO MXC AGS QRO PUE CHI SLP AGS TUX PUE Points 13 Patrick Goeters 20 25 4 10 5 2 20 15 30 23 3 5 18 6 5 462 14 Hugo Oliveras 30 19 11 25 10 15 14 2* 6 3 16 22 6 13 13 458 15 Rafael Martínez 8 5 6 33 6 5 27 12 5 28 10 2* 32 22 4 457 16 Jorge Goeters 29 26 17 7 17 26 4 7 18 15 4 12 5 10 30 434 17 Freddy Tame, Jr. 9 13 14 11 13 17 15 14 22 12 6 18 27 18 27 424 18 Rodrigo Peralta 2 12 7 20 12 31 22 18 29 29 14 15 20 3 20 408 19 Enrique Contreras III 11 21 12 13 8 24 9 27 33 26 19 11 7 9 32 399 20 Santiago Tovar (R) 24 20 28 32 28 7 13 11 17 7 23 16 4 5 22 397 21 Pepe Montaño 23 31 18 31 35 16 16 33 13 21 25 13 11 19 16 340 22 Jorge Contreras, Jr. 14 21 28 20 20 28 10 15 16 17 28 19 27 14 339 23 Mario Domínguez (R) 10 17 26 8 14 30 26 13 28 19 29 25 33 16 34 332 24 Rodrigo Marbán 27 29 16 14 21 29 17 32 19 22 21 24 31 23 18 317 25 Víctor Barrales 22 28 27 26 25 28 23 26 27 20 26 17 17 20 19 309 26 Israel Jaitovich 21 32 20 16 22 DNQ1 35 23 14 31 32 20 30 24 24 279 27 Héctor Aguirre 16 5 2 32 4 12 17 26 9 276 28 Elliot Van Rankin 18 15 25 16 19 30 31 8 15 10 254 29 Héctor Félix 15 18 30 15 18 18 36 25 17 15 233 30 Jim Nides (R) 25 27 24 27 DNQ1 30 28 21 32 30 26 23 25 36 227 31 Carlos Azcarate (R) 29 19 33 32 21 22 20 27 24 21 29 29 222 32 Javier Razo 28 23 22 21 15 23 33 35 23 15 203 33 Javier Fernández 17 24 30 31 DNQ1 25 24 25 34 24 33 28 195 34 Rafael Vallina 19 33 24 25 33 22 27 16 31 31 182 35 Mike Sánchez 22 29 23 21 24 24 22 26 25 180 36 José González 25 31 33 20 29 10 32 17 155 37 Jorge Contreras, Sr. 23 DNQ1 19 29 25 31 33 113 38 Alejandro Capín EX2 34 16 14 75 39 Erik Mondragon 34 34 34 31 34 53 40 Óscar Ruíz de Azua 13 30 45 41 Oscar Peralta 33 11 42 Cody Ware (R) 35 9 43 Carlos Anaya EX2 7 Pos Driver PHO MXC TUX MTY SLP QRO MXC AGS QRO PUE CHI SLP AGS TUX PUE Points Notes 1 – Jim Nides, Jorge Contreras, Sr., Israel Jaitovich and Javier Fernández all received championship points, despite the fact that they did not qualify for the race. 2 – Carlos Anaya and Alejandro Capín received championship points, despite the fact that they were excluded from the race.

2014 NASCAR Toyota Series

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