The 2004 Desafio Corona season was the first season of stock car racing in Mexico. The serial was presented in March as Desafío Corona. After 14 races Carlos Pardo of Equipo Telcel was declared champion.
Cars Pontiac Grand Am was the car used for almost drivers. Only two Dodge Stratus, both of Seeman-Baker team, was used. Pontiac won 13 of 14 runs and the championship.
Teams and drivers
Full time entries TeamManufacturerNo.Race DriverRoundsEscudería TelmexPontiac1Mara ReyesAll2Rubén PardoAllEscudería Telcel Sun MotorolaPontiac5Rogelio LópezAll6Carlos PardoAllEscudería Seman BakerPontiac38Jorge Seman1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12–14Dodge83Germán QuirogaAll87Luis Felipe MontañoAllEscudería Díaz RacingPontiac11Carlos Contreras4–1422César Pedrero1–3Jonathan Manatou8–9Eduardo Troconis10–12, 14Escudería Hecsal RacingPontiac7Héctor SánchezAllRaam Racing TeamPontiac43Óscar RuízAllTeam GPPontiac17Jorge Goeters1–1318Fernando PlataAll
Part time entries
TeamManufacturerNo.Race DriverRoundsBracho Racing TeamPontiac12Julio Bracho Jr.1–4, 6, 8, 14Dynamic MotorsportPontiac11Carlos Contreras1–3Escudería DelphiPontiac9Sebastián Ocaranza1–2, 4–8Héctor Rached3, 14Horacio Topete9–10, 12Escudería MéxicoPontiac3Gianfranco Cané1–5Escudería ZeppelinPontiac44César Tiberio Jiménez1–10PPG MotorsportsPontiac24José González14Racing ToysPontiac66Jonathan Manatou1Héctor Rached2Tiger TeamPontiac99Marcelo Núñez1–4
Schedule
No.Race TitleTrackDateTimeLocalUTC1Mexico City Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico CityJune 613:3018:302Guadalajara Trióvalo Bernardo Obregón, GuadalajaraJune 2713:3018:303Querétaro Autódromo Querétaro, El MarquésJuly 1813:3018:304Monterrey Autódromo Monterrey, ApodacaAugust 113:3018:305Torreón Autódromo Marco Magaña, Gómez PalacioAugust 813:3018:306San Luis Potosí Autódromo San Luis 400, San Luis PotosíAugust 2213:3018:307Zacatecas Autódromo Internacional de Zacatecas, GuadalupeSeptember 513:3018:308León Autódromo de León, LeónSeptember 1913:3318:339Guadalajara Trióvalo Bernardo Obregón, GuadalajaraOctober 310Querétaro Autódromo Querétaro, El MarquésOctober 1711León Autódromo de León, LeónOctober 3112Guadalajara Trióvalo Bernardo Obregón, GuadalajaraNovember 1413:3319:3313San Luis Potosí Autódromo San Luis 400, San Luis PotosíNovember 2813:3319:3314Mexico City Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico CityDecember 513:3319:33
Results
Races
No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Winning manufacturer1 Mexico City Mara Reyes Jorge Goeters Jorge Goeters Pontiac2 Guadalajara Patrick Goeters Carlos Pardo Carlos Contreras Pontiac3 Quéretaro Germán Quiroga Rubén Pardo Carlos Contreras Pontiac4 Monterrey Gianfranco Cané Rogelio López César Tiberio Jiménez Pontiac5 Torreón Rubén Pardo Carlos Pardo Carlos Pardo Pontiac6 San Luis Potosí Carlos Pardo Jorge Goeters Germán Quiroga Dodge7 Zacatecas Carlos Contreras Carlos Pardo Carlos Pardo Pontiac8 León Fernando Plata Carlos Pardo Carlos Pardo Pontiac9 Guadalajara Jorge Goeters Rogelio López Rogelio López Pontiac10 Quéretaro Jorge Goeters Rubén Pardo Rubén Pardo Pontiac11 León Carlos Pardo Jorge Goeters Rogelio López Pontiac12 Guadalajara Jorge Goeters Jorge Goeters Carlos Pardo Pontiac13 San Luis Potosí Rubén Pardo Jorge Goeters Rogelio López Pontiac14 Mexico City Sebastián Ocaranza Rogelio López Rogelio López Pontiac
1. Qualifying cancelled by rain. 2. Qualifying cancelled by works in the track.
Standings
RankDriver MEX GDL QRO MTY TOR SLP ZAC LEON GDL QRO LEON GDL SLP MEXPoints1 Carlos Pardo514321711221513423262 Rubén Pardo91823343641256322573 Rogelio López7323154921113161122014 Jorge Goeters166419218211442220455 Fernando Plata11547661595514342620266 Mara Reyes1041018811517367482319437 Carlos Contreras13116251322137212452119368 Oscar Ruíz22159552311571667101418879 Héctor Sánchez682019111398101189117185710 Luis F. Montaño171324221736362223892181511 Germán Quiroga2021724718412172418710180212 Ignacio Alvarado81113111817191220191217146170513 Juan Lópezpape25 1681412101623145201513155314 Alejandro Portillo24 1491619171518910191716152515 Patrick Goeters1928 983 82019 1312148316 César Tiberio Jiménez181751152271098 133717 Sebastián Ocaranza1219 23121016182412313 18121318 Raúl García14 2517 162120 181611 25108419 Jorge Seman21 26 1420 13 23122485720 Julio Bracho, Jr.16161914 151313 585421 Jesús Castellanos 122112 18 19 2014 79922 Javier de la Parra 13 142125 1816 1179623 Gianfranco Cané222151610 64924 Miguel de la Parra 2213 2112 22 54525 Marcelo Núñez ✝391220 53326 Jonathan Manatou15 1416 49927 Héctor Rached 2017 10 949228 Sebastián Ocaranza, Jr. 1712 1947529 Eduardo Troconis 151115 2246730 Eduardo Goeters2323 13 1643031 César Pedrero41011 42932 Horacio Topete 1421 22 31833 Michael Goeters 10 7 28034 Roberto Fernández 15 21 1721235 Eliseo Márquez 18 9 19436 Iván Pérez 7 14637 Jonathan Briseño 10 813438 Horacio Richards 1511839 Ignacio Márquez26 19 10640 David Hernández 20 103 Alfredo Galland 17 103 Eduardo Calderón 21 103 José González 2010344 Rafael Vallina 21 100 Ricardo Marroquín 22 100RankDriver MEX GDL QRO MTY TOR SLP ZAC LEON GDL QRO LEON GDL SLP MEXPoints
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