The 2012 NACAM Rally Championship was the 5th season of the FIA's NACAM Rally Championship. This Championship is the FIA rally championship for the North America and Central America region. The season began April 20 in Puebla, Mexico, and ended November 18 in Cartagena, Colombia, after 6 events. Raúl Orlandini Griswold was at that date the reigning champion. Ricardo Triviño, 2009 champion, ran in the championship.
Report
Round 1: Rally Cañadas
Ricardo Triviño took the first round in Puebla. Nicolás Bedoya not completed the first stage. Francisco Name also abandoned in after the third stage. Triviño won the first six stages making an advantage of 1:37.0 over John Powell. Powell won the last stage, but he only can recover 22.8 seconds. Triviño took the first place in the Driver's Championship.
DayStageNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leaderLeg 1(April 21)SS18:28Tepenene-Huehuetlán 120.80 km Ricardo Triviño13:50.690.10 km/h Ricardo TriviñoSS29:09Huehuetlán-La Magdalena T. 112.98 km Ricardo Triviño8:29.391.80 km/hSS39:34La Magdalena T.-San Juan Atzompa 118.00 km Ricardo Triviño12:22.387.33 km/hLeg 2(April 21)SS412:47Tepenene-Huehuetlán 220.80 km Ricardo Triviño13:57.389.46 km/hSS513:28Huehuetlán-La Magdalena T. 212.98 km Ricardo Triviño8:28.591.98 km/hSS613:53La Magdalena T.-San Juan Atzompa 218.00 km Ricardo Triviño12:30.986.28 km/hLeg 3(April 21)SS716:21San Juan Atzompa-Huehuetlán20.80 km John Powell18:52.791.50 km/h
Round 2: Rally Montañas
The second round in Oaxaca started with Carlos Izquierdo taking the lead. Powell, Landazuri and Fernández not finished the first stage. Triviño lost near 10 minutes in this stage. However, Triviño won the next 8 stages reaching the fourth place in the NACAM classification. In the special stage 10 Name had abandon, Name been in the second position. Izquierdo won the last 3 stages, and took the victory.
DayStageNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leaderLeg 1(May 19)SS18:08Teotitlán 118.00 km Carlos Izquierdo15:50.168.21 km/h Carlos IzquierdoSS28:41Benito Juárez A 110.10 km Ricardo Triviño8:03.475.28 km/hSS38:59Latuvi A 112.00 km Ricardo Triviño8:11.287.98 km/hSS410:12Reynoso 111.80 km Ricardo Triviño7:58.588.68 km/hSS510:31Latuvi B 110.10 km Ricardo Triviño7:50.577.36 km/hSS610:49Benito Juárez B 117.50 km Ricardo Triviño14:48.170.94 km/hLeg 2(May 19)SS712:37Teotitlán 218.00 km Ricardo Triviño15:25.070.05 km/hSS813:10Benito Juárez A 210.10 km Ricardo Triviño8:01.375.93 km/hSS913:28Latuvi A 212.00 km Ricardo Triviño8:18.186.74 km/hSS1014:41Reynoso 211.80 km Carlos Izquierdo8:26.783.78 km/hSS1115:00Latuvi B 210.10 km Carlos Izquierdo8:21.472.57 km/hSS1215:18Benito Juárez B 217.50 km Carlos Izquierdo15:48.266.45 km/h
Round 3: Rally Costa del Pacífico
DayStageNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leaderLeg 1(July 7)SS18:23Curubande 121.20 km John Powell9:46.2 John PowellSS29:11Curubande 221.20 km John Powell9:36.2Leg 2(July 7)SS310:49Curubande Invertido 121.20 km John Powell6:21.4SS410:37Curubande Invertido 221.20 km Ricardo Triviño6:16.6 Ricardo TriviñoLeg 3(July 7)SS513:10Cañas Dulces 112.90 km Ricardo TriviñoSS613:58Cañas Dulces 212.90 km John PowellLeg 4(July 7)SS715:41Cañas Dulces Invertido 112.90 km Ricardo TriviñoSS816:29Cañas Dulces Invertido 212.90 km Ricardo Triviño
Calendar
The original calendar had six rallies, two of them in Mexico. Panama was originally included as the venue of the fifth round, however, on March 7 this round was changed to Ecuador.
Round Rally Name(Base) Date 1 31° Rally Cañadas (Puebla) April 20–22 2 Rally Montañas (Oaxaca) May 18–20 3 Rally Costa de Pacífico(Liberia) July 6–8 4 Rally Cusco(Cusco) August 30 – September 2 5 Rally Ecuador(Ecuador) October 12–14 6 Rally Colombia(Cartagena) November 16–18
Teams and drivers
Class 3TeamCarNo.DriverCo-driverRounds Triviño WRTMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX202 Ricardo Triviño Marco Hernández1–2 John PowellMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX203 John Powell Michael Fennell1–2 Name RacingMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX204 Francisco Name Armando Zapata1–2 Colombian MotorsportsSubaru Impreza205 Nikolas Bedoya Ricardo Abello1 Riviera Maya Rally TeamMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX206 Carlos Izquierdo Guillermo Izquierdo1–2 David JassanMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX208 David JassanRafael Maggio2Class 8 Dyer Racing TeamSEAT León210 Yazmín Dyer Julio EchazúTBA X Rally EcuadorMitsubishi Lancer DE211 Diego Landazuri Adolfo Espinosa1–2 Rally Team VenezuelaMitsubishi Lancer DE212 Alejandro Lombardo Miguel Alvarado1–2 VP GarageMitsubishi Lancer DE213 Luis Miguel Abascal Jaime Marín1216 Víctor Pérez Eduardo Espinosa2 Mario FernándezRenault Clio RS214 Mario Fernández Eduardo Solís1–2 Molina Rally TeamKia CeratoMitsubishi Lancer DE218 Andrés Molina Eduardo Corrales2Class 6 Pandeportes Rally TeamPeugeot 206 XS220 Dante Pescetto Alejandro Domínguez1–2 Zhumir Rally TeamPeugeot 206 XS221 Diego Serrano Felipe SerranoTBA222 Isabel Serrano Juan SerranoTBA Big Cola Rally TeamPeugeot 206 XS223 Pier Gozzer Christian FranzTBA
Results and standings
Results Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics Rank Driver Car Time Stages Distance Starters Finishers 1 31° Rally Cañadas(April 20–22) 1 Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:28:54.4 7 132.36 km 24 37 2 John Powell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:30:08.6 3 Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:34:08.8 2 Rally Montañas Oaxaca(May 18–20) 1 Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:09:06.3 12 137.10 km 16 23 2 Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:19:35.6 3 Andrés Molina Mitsubishi Lancer DE 2:23:44.8 3 Rally Costa Rica(July 6–8) 1 Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:04:07.2 8 138.85 km 14 16 2 John Powell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:10:11.0 3 Andrés Molina Mitsubishi Lancer DE 1:10:46.1 4 Rally Cusco(August 30 – September 2) 1 Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:15:53.7 112.20 km 2 Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:18:12.9 3 John Powell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:23:46.2 5 Rally La Leyenda de Eldorado #1(November 15–16) 1 Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:23:04 108.18 km 2 Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:23:04 3 Andrés Molina Mitsubishi Lancer DE 1:33:57 6 Rally La Leyenda de Eldorado #2(November 17–18) 1 Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:26:41 126.69 km 2 Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:30:22 3 Alejandro Lombardo Mitsubishi Lancer DE 1:45:55
Driver's Championship Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. The best 5 of a driver's results count towards the championship.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 Rank Driver PUE OAX CRC PER COL Points 1 Ricardo Triviño 1 2 1 1 2 1 136 2 Carlos Izquierdo 3 1 2 1 2 101 3 Andrés Molina 4 3 4 3 Ret 54 4 John Powell 2 Ret 2 3 51 Alejandro Lombardo 7 5 4 6 Ret 3 51 6 Mario Fernández 6 Ret Ret 5 4 4 42 Dante Pescetto Ret 7 5 7 5 5 42 8 Víctor Pérez 3 15 9 Diego Landazuri 4 Ret 12 10 Luis Miguel Abascal 7 10 11 David Jassan 6 8 Rank Driver PUE OAX CRC PER COL Points
Nations Cup Points indicated rather than rally position. Rank Nation PUE OAX CRC PER COL Points 1 Mexico 58 66 25 53 55 55 312 2 Costa Rica 12 15 12 15 0 54 3 Trinidad and Tobago 18 0 18 15 51 Venezuela 6 10 12 8 0 15 51 5 Panama 0 6 10 6 10 10 42 6 Ecuador 15 0 15 Rank Nation PUE OAX CRC PER COL Points
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