2024 NASCAR Mexico Series

The 2024 NASCAR Mexico Series was the seventeenth season of the NASCAR Mexico Series, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in Mexico. It is the twentieth season of the series as a NASCAR-sanctioned series. It began with the King Taco La Batalla En El Coliseo at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on 4 February,[1] and ended with a race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on 2 November.

Regulation Changes

A revised playoff format was announced for the 2024 season.

  • The amount of playoff-eligible drivers was increased from 6 to 10.
    • All drivers who had a win would get an automatic playoff spot, with the remaining positions being determined by points standings from the regular season.
    • The ten drivers would start the playoffs with the following points distribution:
      • 1st - 1010
      • 2nd - 1009
      • 3rd - 1008
      • 4th - 1007
      • 5th - 1006
      • 6th - 1004
      • 7th - 1003
      • 8th - 1002
      • 9th - 1001
      • 10th - 1000
  • The amount of playoff races was increased from 2 to 3.
    • Following each of the first 2 playoff races, the bottom 3 drivers were eliminated from playoff contention.
    • The highest finisher out of the "Championship 4" drivers in the final race would be crowned champion.

Schedule, results and standings

Schedule and race results

Source: [2]

No. Race Title Track Location Date Winning driver
- King Taco La Batalla En El Coliseo Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, California, USA 4 February Daniel Suárez
1 San Luis Potosi 200 Super Óvalo Potosino San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí 24 March Rubén García Jr.
2 Nus Káh Chiapas 200 Súper Óvalo Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas 14 April Abraham Calderón
3 Chihuahua 240 El Dorado Speedway Juan Aldama, Chihuahua 4 May Xavi Razo
4 Monterrey 120 Autódromo Monterrey Apodaca, Nuevo León 25 May Xavi Razo
5 Aguascalientes the Giant of México Óvalo Aguascalientes México Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes 9 June Andrés Pérez de Lara
6 Red Tail Grand Prize Autódromo Miguel E. Abed Amozoc, Puebla 7 July Rubén García Jr.
7 San Luis Potosí 200 Super Óvalo Potosino San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí 21 July Rubén García Jr.
8 Querétaro 140 Autódromo de Querétaro El Marqués, Querétaro 11 August Irwin Vences
9 Aguascalientes the Giant of México 250 Óvalo Aguascalientes México Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes 1 September Xavi Razo
Playoffs
Round of 10
10 Queretaro 200 Autódromo de Querétaro El Marqués, Querétaro 22 September Xavi Razo
Round of 7
11 Red Tail Grand Prize Autódromo Miguel E. Abed Amozoc, Puebla 13 October Alex de Alba
Championship 4
12 SpeedFest/La Gran Final Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City 2 November Julio Rejón

Standings

.  – Eliminated after Round of 10
.  – Eliminated after Round of 7

Pos. Driver SLP TGZ CHIH MTY AGS PUE SLP QRO AGS QRO PUE CDMX Points
1 Rubén García Jr. 1 10 6 3 7 1 1 18 4 6 2 4 475[a]
2 Xavi Razo 2 9 1 1 3 2 4 8 1 1 5 6 506
3 Abraham Calderón 16 1 18 18 17 8 14 7 14 2 6 14 313.5
4 Alex de Alba 3 18 7 6 2 17 6 2 5 4 1 15 424
Playoff Cutoff
5 Irwin Vences 11 4 4 4 6 4 18 1 2 7 11 11 439
6 Julio Rejón 4 7 2 7 8 14 8 4 17 5 4 1 419.5
7 Max Gutiérrez 9 13 5 13 4 16 9 3 3 3 7 5 413.5
8 Santiago Tovar 6 11 12 2 11 3 15 10 12 10 3 7 412
9 Jake Cosío 8 6 13 10 18 5 7 6 10 8 8 2 405
10 Rogelio López 10 2 11 17 10 6 2 9 11 9 9 17 385
11 Germán Quiroga 5 3 14 12 5 11 11 5 18 12 10 8 372
12 Rubén Rovelo 13 17 10 8 13 10 3 12 8 18 13 3 360
13 Rodrigo Rejón 17 5 3 5 9 15 16 15 6 11 14 9 354
14 Michael Dörrbecker 12 15 15 16 15 7 10 11 13 13 12 16 312
15 Omar Jurado 20 16 9 11 12 9 13 13 7 14 17 12 309
16 Andrés Pérez de Lara 7 8 14 1 18 17 17 15 20 13 254
17 Jorge Goeters 15 12 16 15 16 12 12 14 15 16 16 19 245
18 José Luis Ramírez 19 19 17 9 14 13 5 16 16 19 19 10 243
19 Enrique Baca 8 9 17 15 18 128
20 Rubén Pardo 18 14 34
21 Salvador de Alba Jr. 18 18

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Highest playoff-contending finisher in the final race wins the championship

References

  1. ^ "NASCAR's Mexico Series makes a stop at the L.A. Coliseum in first U.S. race since 2015". Los Angeles Times. February 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 Calendario". NASCAR Mexico. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2024.