The 2020 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series was the thirteenth season of the NASCAR Mexico Series, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in Mexico. It is the sixteenth season of the series as a NASCAR-sanctioned series. It began with a race at the Autódromo de Querétaro on 9 July, and concluded with a race at the Autódromo Miguel E. Abed on 18 December.
Rubén García Jr. entered the season as defending champion, having won his 3rd title in 2019.
The 2020 season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in the postponement and cancellation of several races. As a replacement, the NASCAR Mexico Series hosted virtual races on the sim racing game iRacing, on popular NASCAR tracks such as Daytona, Charlotte, Homestead and Watkins Glen.
The season eventually began in July, and featured 12 races across 9 weekends, with two doubleheader weekends hosted at the Autódromo de Querétaro, and one at the Autódromo Miguel E. Abed. The series worked closely with local health authorities to announce rescheduled races and protocols that would be followed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. This included several races which would be held behind closed-doors, with no spectators permitted, along with some race weekends being condensed down to one-day events.
Rubén Rovelo became champion at the end of the season (1st title), beating out defending champion Rubén García Jr. by 14 points. Rovelo had a 22-point advantage heading into the final race at Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, an advantage that allowed him to mathematically clinch the championship by starting the race.
Drivers The following is a list of drivers who competed in the NASCAR Mexico Series for 2020.
No. Driver Rounds 1 Michael Dörrbecker All 2 Abraham Calderón All 6 Rogelio López 3, 12 08 José Luis Ramírez 4–5, 9, 12 11 Hugo Oliveras All 20 Homero Richards 10 26 Santiago Tovar All 28 Rubén Rovelo All 31 Jorge Goeters All 47 Xavi Razo 2–3 48 Salvador de Alba Jr. All 51 Jake Cosío 1–7, 12 77 Rubén Pardo 1–10, 12 88 Rubén García Jr. All
Schedule
The schedule for the 2020 season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The season was scheduled to begin with a race in Querétaro on 29 March. However, on 16 March, the series' announced a postponement of all races due to the pandemic until further notice.
On 17 June, the series announced the first three rescheduled dates in coordination with local health authorities; races in Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Aguascalientes. All of these races would be held with no spectators permitted. In addition, the races in Querétaro and San Luis Potosí would be run as one-day events.
On 18 August, four additional races were announced; a doubleheader in Puebla, and second races in Querétaro and San Luis Potosí. The weekend at Querétaro was later expanded to a doubleheader.
On 17 September, the final races of the rescheduled calendar were announced, bringing the calendar to 12 races. The series would return to Aguascalientes for a second date, and Querétaro would receive a second doubleheader weekend, resulting in it hosting 5 races in a single season, the most from any track in series' history. The season would then conclude in Puebla, with the Autódromo Miguel E. Abed hosting the final race for the first time since 2014.
No.Race title Track Location Date 1 Gran Premio Querétaro Autódromo de Querétaro El Marqués, Querétaro 9 July 2 Gran Premio San Luis Potosí Super Óvalo Potosino San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí 30 July 3 Gran Premio Aguascalientes Óvalo Aguascalientes México Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes 20 August 4 Gran Premio Puebla Autódromo Miguel E. Abed Amozoc, Puebla 11 September 5 12 September 6 Gran Premio Querétaro Autódromo de Querétaro El Marqués, Querétaro 2 October 7 3 October 8 Gran Premio San Luis Potosí Super Óvalo Potosino San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí 22 October 9 Gran Premio OkAutopartes.com Óvalo Aguascalientes México Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes 6 November 10 Gran Premio Treviño Refacciones Autódromo de Querétaro El Marqués, Querétaro 27 November 11 28 November 12 Gran Premio FedEx Autódromo Miguel E. Abed Amozoc, Puebla 18 DecemberSource:
Oval Track Road course
Results and standings
No. Location Most Laps Led Winning driver Ref 1 Querétaro Rubén Rovelo Rubén Rovelo Toyota 2 San Luis Potosí Rubén Rovelo Rubén Rovelo Toyota 3 Aguascalientes Rubén García Jr. Rubén Rovelo Toyota 4 Puebla Rubén García Jr. Rubén García Jr. Toyota 5 Salvador de Alba Jr. Abraham Calderón Ford 6 Querétaro Salvador de Alba Jr. Salvador de Alba Jr. Ford 7 Salvador de Alba Jr. Rubén Rovelo Toyota 8 San Luis Potosí Salvador de Alba Jr. Salvador de Alba Jr. Ford 9 Aguascalientes Abraham Calderón Abraham Calderón Ford 10 Querétaro Rubén Rovelo Rubén García Jr. Toyota 11 Rubén Rovelo Rubén Rovelo Toyota 12 Puebla Abraham Calderón Abraham Calderón Ford
Final standings
No. Driver QRO SLP AGS PUE PUE QRO QRO SLP AGS QRO QRO PUE Points 1 Rubén Rovelo 1 1 1 5 3 3 1 3 3 3 1 10 522 2 Rubén García Jr. 2 3 8 1 5 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 508 3 Abraham Calderón 8 2 2 2 1 8 6 7 1 2 3 1 503 4 Salvador de Alba Jr. 7 5 5 11 2 1 2 1 10 4 8 3 487 5 Michael Dörrbecker 3 8 3 8 6 7 5 4 5 5 4 8 462 6 Jorge Goeters 5 4 4 7 4 9 10 6 7 9 7 5 452 7 Santiago Tovar 4 9 11 3 10 4 4 8 8 10 6 9 443 8 Hugo Oliveras 10 10 7 6 9 10 7 5 9 6 5 7 437 9 Rubén Pardo 6 7 10 4 8 6 9 9 6 7 4 409 10 Jake Cosío 9 5 6 10 11 5 8 6 254 11 José Luis Ramírez 9 7 4 11 145 12 Xavi Razo 6 12 70 13 Rogelio López 9 12 68 14 Homero Richards 8 37
See also 2020 NASCAR Cup Series 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series 2020 ARCA Menards Series 2020 ARCA Menards Series East 2020 ARCA Menards Series West 2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2020 NASCAR Pinty's FanCave Challenge
References
External links
NASCAR Mexico Series Standings and Statistics for 2020