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.[1] Rodrigo Peralta entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion.

Abraham Calderón won his first series championship at Puebla,[2] 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

No. Manufacturer Car Owner Race Driver
00 Toyota Patricia Marbán Rodrigo Marbán
0 Toyota Rafael Vallina Rafael Vallina 10
01 Toyota Israel Jaitovich Israel Jaitovich
1 Toyota Jimmy Morales Antonio Pérez
2 Dodge 14 Monica Morales Abraham Calderón
Toyota 1
3 Toyota Alejandro Cruz Daniel Suárez
4 Toyota Jorge Goeters Jorge Goeters
05 Toyota Alejandra González Héctor Aguirre 9
5 Chevrolet Daniel Cruz José Luis Ramírez
6 Toyota Priscila Parazuelos Rogelio López
07 Toyota Héctor Félix Héctor Félix 10
Alejandro Capín 3
7 Toyota Marcela Peralta Carlos Peralta
8 Toyota Antonio Camacho Freddy Tame, Jr.
9 Toyota Anapaula Villegas Elliot Van Rankin 3
10 Toyota Oscar Peralta Oscar Peralta 1
Carlos Anaya 1
11 Toyota Paola Ezquerro Hugo Oliveras
12 Toyota David Tame Jim Nides 14 (R)
14 Toyota Carlos Contreras Patrick Goeters
15 Toyota Rafael Oliveras Rubén Pardo
16 Toyota Ruben Arenal Mendoza Mike Sánchez 9
Rubén Rovelo 1
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 Tovar12 (R)
24 Toyota Denisse Guaida Rodrigo Peralta
28 Toyota 11 Ricardo Moreno Hernandez Rubén Rovelo 13
Dodge1
Ford1
29 Toyota Carlos Azcarate Carlos Azcarate 7 (R)
30 Toyota Víctor Manuel Barrales Víctor Barrales
36 Toyota Angelica Patiño Pepe Montaño
38 Toyota Luis Dario Lambert Elliot Van Rankin 2
43 Toyota Olga Vallina Óscar Ruíz de Azua 2
46 Toyota Jordi Vidal Irwin Vences 11
51 Toyota 6 Juan Carlos Gonzalez Santiago Tovar 3 (R)
Carlos Azcarate 3 (R)
Dodge 9 Carlos Azcarate 1 (R)
José González 8
55 Toyota Arnulfo Rogel Hernandez Jorge Contreras, Sr. 7
57 Toyota Nathaly Cervantes Alejandro Capín 1
58 Toyota 5 Jorge Contreras Caballero Jorge Contreras, Jr. 14
Mazda 9
69 Toyota Javier Fernández Javier Fernández 12
Carlos Azcarate 1 (R)
71 Toyota Miriam Ibarra Cody Ware 1 (R)
77 Toyota Enrique Contreras Enrique Contreras III
83 Toyota Jorge Seman Javier Razo 11
Elliot Van Rankin 4
87 Toyota Estefania Oliveras Luis Felipe Montaño
88 Toyota Victor Trejo Rubén García Jr.
98 Toyota Teresa Gutierrez Erik Mondragon 5

Schedule

No. Race Title Track Date[3]
1 Toyota 120 Arizona Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale February 28
2 México 240 Mexico City Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City April 5
3 Red Co 240 Chiapas Autódromo Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez April 13
4 Regia 240 Nuevo León Autódromo Monterrey, Apodaca April 27
5 Potosina 200 San Luis Potosí Autódromo Potosino, Zaragoza May 11
6 Queretana 200 Querétaro Autódromo del Ecocentro de la Unión Ganadera, El Marqués May 25
7 México 240 Mexico City Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City June 8
8 Aguascalientes 240 Aguascalientes Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes July 20
9 Queretana 200 Querétaro Autódromo del Ecocentro de la Unión Ganadera, El Marqués August 3
10 Puebla 240 Puebla Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Puebla August 17
Desafío cut-off
11 Chihuahua 240 Chihuahua (state) El Dorado Speedway, Chihuahua September 7
12 Potosina 200 San Luis Potosí Autódromo Potosino, Zaragoza September 21
13 Aguascalientes 240 Aguascalientes Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes October 5
14 Tuxtla 240 Chiapas Autódromo Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez October 19
15 Puebla 240 Puebla Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Puebla November 9
  Oval
  Road Course

Results and standings

Races

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
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.[4]
  • 2 – The qualifying session for the Tuxtla 240 was cancelled due to heavy rain. The starting line-up was decided by championship points.[5]

Drivers' championship

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Pos. 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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NMS Schedule/Results". Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  2. ↑ Tejeda, John (November 9, 2014). "Calderón Battles Back To Win First Title". NASCAR Hometracks. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ "NMS Schedule/Results". Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  4. ↑ "NMS México 240 Results". Archived from the original on 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
  5. ↑ "NMS Tuxtla 240 Results". Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
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