2004 Desafío Corona season

The 2004 Desafio Corona season was the first season of stock car racing in Mexico. The serial was presented in March as Desafío Corona.[1] After 14 races Carlos Pardo of Equipo Telcel was declared champion.[2]

Cars

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Pontiac Grand Am was the car used for almost drivers. Only two Dodge Stratus, both of Seeman-Baker team, was used.[3] Pontiac won 13 of 14 runs and the championship.

Teams and drivers

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Full time entries

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Team Manufacturer No. Race Driver Rounds
Escudería Telmex Pontiac 1 Mara Reyes All
2 Rubén Pardo All
Escudería Telcel Sun Motorola Pontiac 5 Rogelio López All
6 Carlos Pardo All
Escudería Seman Baker Pontiac 38 Jorge Seman 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12–14
Dodge 83 Germán Quiroga All
87 Luis Felipe Montaño All
Escudería Díaz Racing Pontiac 11 Carlos Contreras 4–14
22 César Pedrero 1–3
Jonathan Manatou 8–9
Eduardo Troconis 10–12, 14
Escudería Hecsal Racing Pontiac 7 Héctor Sánchez All
Raam Racing Team Pontiac 43 Óscar Ruíz All
Team GP Pontiac 17 Jorge Goeters 1–13
18 Fernando Plata All

Part time entries

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Team Manufacturer No. Race Driver Rounds
Bracho Racing Team Pontiac 12 Julio Bracho Jr. 1–4, 6, 8, 14
Dynamic Motorsport Pontiac 11 Carlos Contreras 1–3
Escudería Delphi Pontiac 9 Sebastián Ocaranza 1–2, 4–8
Héctor Rached 3, 14
Horacio Topete 9–10, 12
Escudería México Pontiac 3 Gianfranco Cané 1–5
Escudería Zeppelin Pontiac 44 César Tiberio Jiménez 1–10
PPG Motorsports Pontiac 24 José González 14
Racing Toys Pontiac 66 Jonathan Manatou 1
Héctor Rached 2
Tiger Team Pontiac 99 Marcelo Núñez 1–4

Schedule

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No. Race Title Track Date Time
Local UTC
1 Mexico City   Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City June 6 13:30 18:30
2 Guadalajara   Trióvalo Bernardo Obregón, Guadalajara June 27 13:30 18:30
3 Querétaro   Autódromo Querétaro, El Marqués July 18 13:30 18:30
4 Monterrey   Autódromo Monterrey, Apodaca August 1 13:30 18:30
5 Torreón   Autódromo Marco Magaña, Gómez Palacio August 8 13:30 18:30
6 San Luis Potosí   Autódromo San Luis 400, San Luis Potosí August 22 13:30 18:30
7 Zacatecas   Autódromo Internacional de Zacatecas, Guadalupe September 5 13:30 18:30
8 León   Autódromo de León, León September 19 13:33 18:33
9 Guadalajara   Trióvalo Bernardo Obregón, Guadalajara October 3
10 Querétaro   Autódromo Querétaro, El Marqués October 17
11 León   Autódromo de León, León October 31
12 Guadalajara   Trióvalo Bernardo Obregón, Guadalajara November 14 13:33 19:33
13 San Luis Potosí   Autódromo San Luis 400, San Luis Potosí November 28 13:33 19:33
14 Mexico City   Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City December 5 13:33 19:33
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course/Street Circuit

Results

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Races

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No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Winning manufacturer
1   Mexico City   Mara Reyes   Jorge Goeters   Jorge Goeters   Pontiac
2   Guadalajara   Patrick Goeters   Carlos Pardo   Carlos Contreras   Pontiac
3   Quéretaro   Germán Quiroga   Rubén Pardo   Carlos Contreras   Pontiac
4   Monterrey   Gianfranco Cané   Rogelio López   César Tiberio Jiménez   Pontiac
5   Torreón   Rubén Pardo   Carlos Pardo   Carlos Pardo   Pontiac
6   San Luis Potosí   Carlos Pardo1   Jorge Goeters   Germán Quiroga   Dodge
7   Zacatecas   Carlos Contreras   Carlos Pardo   Carlos Pardo   Pontiac
8   León   Fernando Plata   Carlos Pardo   Carlos Pardo   Pontiac
9   Guadalajara   Jorge Goeters   Rogelio López   Rogelio López   Pontiac
10   Quéretaro   Jorge Goeters   Rubén Pardo   Rubén Pardo   Pontiac
11   León   Carlos Pardo2   Jorge Goeters   Rogelio López   Pontiac
12   Guadalajara   Jorge Goeters   Jorge Goeters   Carlos Pardo   Pontiac
13   San Luis Potosí   Rubén Pardo   Jorge Goeters   Rogelio López   Pontiac
14   Mexico City   Sebastián Ocaranza   Rogelio López   Rogelio López   Pontiac
1.^ Qualifying cancelled by rain.[4]
2.^ Qualifying cancelled by works in the track.[5]

Standings

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Rank Driver  
MEX
 
GDL
 
QRO
 
MTY
 
TOR
 
SLP
 
ZAC
 
LEON
 
GDL
 
QRO
 
LEON
 
GDL
 
SLP
 
MEX
Points
1   Carlos Pardo 5 14 3 2 1 7 1 1 2 2 15 1 3 4 2326
2   Rubén Pardo 9 18 2 3 3 4 3 6 4 1 2 5 6 3 2257
3   Rogelio López 7 3 23 15 4 9 2 11 1 3 1 6 1 1 2201
4   Jorge Goeters 1 6 6 4 19 2 18 2 11 4 4 2 2 2045
5   Fernando Plata 11 5 4 7 6 6 15 9 5 5 14 3 4 26 2026
6   Mara Reyes 10 4 10 18 8 11 5 17 3 6 7 4 8 23 1943
7   Carlos Contreras 13 1 1 6 2 5 13 22 13 7 21 24 5 21 1936
8   Oscar Ruíz 22 15 9 5 5 23 11 5 7 16 6 7 10 14 1887
9   Héctor Sánchez 6 8 20 19 11 13 9 8 10 11 8 9 11 7 1857
10   Luis F. Montaño 17 13 24 22 17 3 6 3 6 22 23 8 9 2 1815
11   Germán Quiroga 20 21 7 24 7 1 8 4 12 17 24 18 7 10 1802
12   Ignacio Alvarado 8 11 13 11 18 17 19 12 20 19 12 17 14 6 1705
13   Juan Lópezpape 25 16 8 14 12 10 16 23 14 5 20 15 13 1553
14   Alejandro Portillo 24 14 9 16 19 17 15 18 9 10 19 17 16 1525
15   Patrick Goeters 19 2 8 9 8 3 8 20 19 13 12 1483
16   César Tiberio Jiménez 18 17 5 1 15 22 7 10 9 8 1337
17   Sebastián Ocaranza 12 19 23 12 10 16 18 24 12 3 13 18 1213
18   Raúl García 14 25 17 16 21 20 18 16 11 25 1084
19   Jorge Seman 21 26 14 20 13 23 12 24 857
20   Julio Bracho, Jr. 16 16 19 14 15 13 13 5 854
21   Jesús Castellanos 12 21 12 18 19 20 14 799
22   Javier de la Parra 13 14 21 25 18 16 11 796
23   Gianfranco Cané 2 22 15 16 10 649
24   Miguel de la Parra 22 13 21 12 22 545
25   Marcelo Núñez [note 1] 3 9 12 20 533
26   Jonathan Manatou 15 14 16 499
27   Héctor Rached 20 17 10 9 492
28   Sebastián Ocaranza, Jr. 17 12 19 475
29   Eduardo Troconis 15 11 15 22 467
30   Eduardo Goeters 23 23 13 16 430
31   César Pedrero 4 10 11 429
32   Horacio Topete 14 21 22 318
33   Michael Goeters 10 7 280
34   Roberto Fernández 15 21 17 212
35   Eliseo Márquez 18 9 194
36   Iván Pérez 7 146
37   Jonathan Briseño 10 8 134
38   Horacio Richards 15 118
39   Ignacio Márquez 26 19 106
40   David Hernández 20 103
  Alfredo Galland 17 103
  Eduardo Calderón 21 103
  José González 20 103
44   Rafael Vallina 21 100
  Ricardo Marroquín 22 100
Rank Driver  
MEX
 
GDL
 
QRO
 
MTY
 
TOR
 
SLP
 
ZAC
 
LEON
 
GDL
 
QRO
 
LEON
 
GDL
 
SLP
 
MEX
Points

Notes

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  1. ^ The 26-year-old driver died on August 9, 2004, eight days after a racing accident at Autódromo Monterrey.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "OCESA y SELCA presentan su nuevo serial como "Desafío Corona 2004"". Sporcar.com. March 5, 2004.
  2. ^ "Termina el Desafío Corona". Esmas.com. December 5, 2004. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  3. ^ "Mopar – Seman Baker seguirá teniendo los únicos autos Dodge en el Desafío". Sportcar. June 23, 2004. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  4. ^ "Carlos Pardo arranca primero en San Luis". SportCar. August 21, 2004.
  5. ^ "Carlos Pardo tiene la pole en León de acuerdo a su posición en el campeonato". SportCar. October 30, 2004.
  6. ^ "Driver dies after crash in Mexican stock car series". Associated Press Worldstream. August 9, 2004. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 – via HighBeam Research.