2018 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series

The 2018 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series was the eleventh season of the NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series and the fourteenth season organized by NASCAR Mexico. It began with the Gran Premio Difrenosa at Autódromo Monterrey on 25 March and concluded with the Gran Premio FedEx at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on 2 December. Abraham Calderón entered the season as the defending Drivers' champion. Rubén García Jr. won the championship, nineteen points in front of Irwin Vences. And Fabián Welter was declared the Rookie of the Year.

Drivers Manufacturer Car Owner Race Driver Crew Chief 00 Toyota Patricia Marbán Rodrigo Marbán Alfredo Montiel 0 Toyota Rafael Vallina Rafael Vallina Juan Salazar 1 Toyota Daniel Morales Luis Michael Dörrbecker Jorge Torres 2 Toyota Jimmy Morales Abraham Calderón Alejandro Vega 3 Toyota Sara Morales Fabián Welter (R) Xristos Pappas Jorge Goeters 4 Toyota Xenia Alexis Morales Rodrigo Rejón Miguel Guzmán Piero Rodarte 6 Toyota Priscila Palazuelos Rogelio López Juan Tapia 07 Toyota Héctor Félix Héctor Félix Óscar Torres 7 Toyota Antonio Camacho Carlos Peralta Carlos Valencia Antonio Camacho Elliot Van Rankin 08 Ford José Luis Ramírez José Luis Ramírez Juan Luis Quintanar 8 Toyota David Tame Enrique Baca Juan Salazar Gregorio Loza Rafael Martínez 11 Dodge Juan Salazar Hugo Oliveras Luis Ruíz 13 Toyota Oscar Rodríguez Alex González Federico Cedillo 15 Dodge Luis Ruíz Rubén Pardo Francisco Guzmán 16 Toyota Miguel Sánchez Mike Sánchez Sergio Zúñiga Alex González 19 Toyota Ramíro Fidalgo Héctor Aguirre Cuauhtémoc González 20 Toyota Homero Richards Homero Richards Luis Angel Avelar 24 Toyota Pepe González Pepe González Pablo Gutiérrez 25 Ford Martha Teresa Chavez Abraham Jurado Cristobal García 26 Dodge Estefanía Oliveras Santiago Tovar Emanuel Moreno 28 Toyota Lilian Castellano Rubén Rovelo Leonel Morales 30 Toyota Carlos Marbán Víctor Barrales Juan Cervantes Unknown Rafaél Hernández Víctor Barrales Jr. 31 Ford Toyota Franco Zanella Paola Cardona Jorge Goeters Unknown Juan Manuel Hernández Jorge Gerardo González Patrick Goeters 37 Toyota Pepe González Max González Jorge Castorena 40 Toyota Michel Jourdain Jr. Michel Jourdain Jr. Luis Carlos Machorro 41 Toyota Rafael Vallina Patrick Goeters Daniel Garrido Unknown 46 Toyota Jordi Vidal Irwin Vences Jorge Eduardo García 48 Toyota Salvador de Alba Jr. Salvador de Alba Jr. Randy Cardenas 54 Toyota Miguel Jurado Omar Jurado Arturo Sánchez Marcos García 55 Ford Gerardo Rejón Julio Rejón Humberto Castilla 65 Toyota Isaac Aragón Alex González Pablo Gutiérrez 68 Toyota Horacio Richards Manolín Gutiérrez Mauricio Quintanar 77 Toyota Anapaula Villegas Xavi Razo Fernando Huerta 88 Toyota Juan Pablo García Rubén García Jr. Martín Bautista 90 Ford Alberto Tame Piero Rodarte Edgar Romano Rafael Martínez 96 Toyota Javier Fernández Javier Fernández Valentín Fernández Juan Manuel Hernández Sources:

Schedule On 25 January 2018, NASCAR announced the 2018 schedule. León and Pachuca were dropped from the schedule in favor of El Dorado and a road course race at Aguascalientes. The race in El Marqués was held on the road course instead of the oval. No. Race title Track Date 1 Gran Premio Difrenosa Autódromo Monterrey, Apodaca 25 March 2 Gran Premio Canel's Autódromo Potosino, Zaragoza 22 April 3 Gran Premio Frontera El Dorado Speedway, Juan Aldama 20 May 4 Gran Premio Sam's Club Trióvalo Internacional de Cajititlán, Guadalajara 10 June 5 Gran Premio Red Cola Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Puebla 8 July 6 Gran Premio BLU Smartphones Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes 29 July 7 Gran Premio Monster Energy Autódromo del Ecocentro de la Unión Ganadera, El Marqués 19 August 8 Gran Premio Red Cola Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Puebla 9 September 9 Gran Premio ARRIS Súper Óvalo Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez 30 September 10 Gran Premio Baoli Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes 21 October 11 Gran Premio Scotiabank Trióvalo Internacional de Cajititlán, Guadalajara 11 November 12 Gran Premio FedEx Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 2 December

Results and standings

Races No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver 1 Gran Premio Difrenosa Salvador de Alba Jr. Salvador de Alba Jr. Homero Richards Toyota 2 Gran Premio Canel's Salvador de Alba Jr. Irwin Vences Irwin Vences Toyota 3 Gran Premio Frontera Rubén García Jr. Rubén García Jr. Rubén Rovelo Toyota 4 Gran Premio Sam's Club Rubén Rovelo Irwin Vences Irwin Vences Toyota 5 Gran Premio Red Cola Hugo Oliveras Hugo Oliveras Rubén García Jr. Toyota 6 Gran Premio BLU Smartphones Rubén García Jr. Rubén García Jr. Rubén García Jr. Toyota 7 Gran Premio Monster Energy Hugo Oliveras Hugo Oliveras Rubén García Jr. Toyota 8 Gran Premio Red Cola Santiago Tovar Rubén Rovelo Rubén Rovelo Toyota 9 Gran Premio ARRIS Rubén García Jr. Irwin Vences Irwin Vences Toyota 10 Gran Premio Baoli Salvador de Alba Jr. Salvador de Alba Jr. Abraham Calderón Toyota 11 Gran Premio Scotiabank Salvador de Alba Jr. Abraham Calderón Salvador de Alba Jr. Toyota 12 Gran Premio FedEx Abraham Calderón Abraham Calderón Abraham Calderón Toyota

Drivers' championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led. Driver MTY SLP CHI GDL PUE AGS QRO PUE TXG AGS GDL MXC Points 1 Rubén García Jr. 7 8 7* 3 1 1* 1 9 7 2 2 8 488 2 Irwin Vences 2 1* 27 1* 6 4 6 2 1* 3 17 4 469 3 Rubén Rovelo 4 19 1 5 7 16 7 1* 2 4 4 12 459 4 Hugo Oliveras 10 10 10 2 2* 12 2* 4 11 8 8 16 439 5 Abraham Calderón 18 2 3 16 22 3 9 3 16 1 12* 1* 435 6 Salvador de Alba Jr. 13* 4 9 23 11 24 4 8 3 16* 1 2 419 7 Santiago Tovar 9 7 6 14 5 8 21 5 12 9 9 6 419 8 Manolín Gutiérrez 11 11 18 9 4 13 11 7 20 10 7 7 400 9 Xavi Razo 20 3 4 21 8 7 10 17 4 22 3 3 393 10 Rubén Pardo 8 6 15 18 9 21 19 11 6 11 6 11 387 11 Héctor Aguirre 5 22 2 13 10 2 17 20 22 6 11 20 378 12 Rogelio López 19 13 14 11 16 6 18 10 8 5 14 15 379 13 Jorge Goeters 12 18 16 15 13 10 8 6 5 15 21 13 376 14 Homero Richards 1 16 19 6 14 22 3 21 23 12 5 22 368 15 Michel Jourdain Jr. 3 23 25 12 3 20 14 18 10 17 15 5 363 16 José Luis Ramírez 22 14 13 7 12 9 20 12 17 7 24 18 354 17 Fabián Welter (R) 17 17 31 10 23 17 5 22 14 14 19 295 18 Max González 23 15 29 19 20 14 22 15 24 21 13 19 294 19 Elliot Van Rankin 5 11 4 5 13 9 13 10 267 20 Enrique Baca 9 5 8 Wth 18 14 QL4 18 10 226 21 Alex González 15 20 Wth 17 19 15 23 19 21 203 22 Rafael Martínez 22 17 15 19 21 18 22 23 197 23 Víctor Barrales 21 21 20 21 23 QL2 16 20 14 172 24 Mike Sánchez 16 24 21 20 18 19 146 25 Carlos Peralta 6 15 12 9 134 26 Piero Rodarte 14 12 8 25 117 27 Patrick Goeters 32 11 16 17 100 28 Héctor Félix 19 16 25 72 29 Pepe González DNS3 20 24 44 Drivers ineligible for PEAK Mexico Series points Julio Rejón 12 Luis Michael Dörrbecker 23 13 Víctor Barrales Jr. 13 Rodrigo Marbán 25 24 23 15 Omar Jurado 17 23 Javier Fernández 26 18 Rafael Vallina 22 Rodrigo Rejón 28 Abraham Jurado 30 Driver MTY SLP CHI GDL PUE AGS QRO PUE TXG AGS GDL MXC Points Notes They receive championship points in supporter series. 2 – Víctor Barrales qualified in the No. 30 for Víctor Barrales Jr. 3 – Pepe González received championship points, despite the fact that he did not start the race. 4 – Enrique Baca qualified in the No. 8 for Rafael Martínez.

2018 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series

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