Antonio Pérez (racing driver)

Antonio Pérez Mendoza
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Antonio Pérez Mendoza (born 20 March 1986) is a Mexican retired stock car racing driver. He last competed in the NASCAR Mexico Series, driving the No. 1 Toyota for Jimmy Morales. He is the 2008 NASCAR Corona Series champion.

Racing career

Pérez's No. 87 Nationwide car at Road America

Pérez began racing full-time in the Corona Series in 2006, winning Rookie of the Year honors. The following year, he won his first career race at Autódromo Monterrey.^[1] In 2008, he won the series championship.^[2]

In 2007, Pérez made his

Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez,^[3] driving the No. 68 Telmex Dodge. After qualifying 40th, he finished 42nd after suffering a transmission issue on lap two.^[4] Pérez returned to the series, then renamed to the Nationwide Series, in 2008 for the Mexico City round, driving the No. 86 Dodge with sponsorship from association football club C.D. Guadalajara.^[1]

Personal life

The son of former driver and current politician Antonio Pérez Garibay, Pérez's younger brother Sergio is also a racing driver and currently races in Formula One.^[5]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NNSC	Pts	Ref
2007	TW Motorsports	68	Dodge	DAY	CAL	MXC 42	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	161st	-	^[6]
2008		86		DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC 34	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN 37	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	114th	113	^[7]
2009		86		DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN 40	MCH	BRI	CGV 13	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	120th	124	^[8]
2010	NEMCO Motorsports	87	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA 38	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT					110th	110	^[9]
2010	TriStar Motorsports	35	Chevy																																GTY 34	TEX	PHO	HOM	110th	110	^[9]

Camping World East Series

NASCAR Camping World East Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	NCWEC	Pts	Ref
2007	Chivas Racing	21	Chevy	GRE	ELK	IOW	SBO	STA	NHA	TMP	NSH	ADI	LRP	MFD 22	NHA 26	DOV 27	39th	264	^[10]
2008		12	Dodge	GRE	IOW	SBO	GLN 10	NHA 26	TMP	NSH	ADI	LRP	MFD	NHA 28	DOV	STA	38th	303	^[11]
2009		12	Dodge	GRE	TRI 19	IOW	SBO	GLN 20	NHA	TMP	ADI	LRP	NHA	DOV			41st	209	^[12]

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona

24 Hours of Daytona results
Year	Class	No	Team	Car	Co-drivers	Laps	Position	Class Pos.	Ref
2016	GTD	007	The Racer's Group	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	Santiago Creel James Davison Ricardo Perez De Lara Lars Viljoen	390	44 ^DNF	20 ^DNF	^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b "Mexico City: Round nine preview". Motorsport.com. 17 April 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (24 December 2015). "Perez to back TRG-Aston Martin entry in Rolex 24". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ Fofaria, Rupen (3 March 2007). "Mexico City a special event for drivers and fans". ESPN. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^ "THE RACE: 2007 TELCEL-MOTOROLA 200 - AUTODROMO HERMANOS RODRIGUEZ". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^ Ledesma, Dario (26 March 2015). "El papá de 'Checo' Pérez 'conduce' como candidato en Guadalajara" (in Spanish). CNN en Español. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
^ "Antonio Perez – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ "Antonio Perez – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ "Antonio Perez – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ "Antonio Perez – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ "Antonio Perez – 2007 NASCAR Busch East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ "Antonio Perez – 2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ "Antonio Perez – 2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ "Antonio Perez – 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

External links

Official website
Antonio Pérez driver statistics at Racing-Reference

[2008_Mexico_City-1] "Mexico City: Round nine preview". Motorsport.com. 17 April 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (24 December 2015). "Perez to back TRG-Aston Martin entry in Rolex 24". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[3] Fofaria, Rupen (3 March 2007). "Mexico City a special event for drivers and fans". ESPN. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

[4] "THE RACE: 2007 TELCEL-MOTOROLA 200 - AUTODROMO HERMANOS RODRIGUEZ". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

[5] Ledesma, Dario (26 March 2015). "El papá de 'Checo' Pérez 'conduce' como candidato en Guadalajara" (in Spanish). CNN en Español. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

[6] "Antonio Perez – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[7] "Antonio Perez – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[8] "Antonio Perez – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[9] "Antonio Perez – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[10] "Antonio Perez – 2007 NASCAR Busch East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[11] "Antonio Perez – 2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[12] "Antonio Perez – 2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[13] "Antonio Perez – 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

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v t e TriStar Motorsports
Years active	1989–2019
Personnel	Bryan Smith
Former drivers	Loy Allen Jr. Dakoda Armstrong Tony Ave Stanton Barrett Mike Bliss Gary Bradberry Mike Chase Ross Chastain Cale Conley Carlos Contreras Chris Cook Matt DiBenedetto Tomy Drissi Ron Esau Matt Frahm Benny Gordon Jeff Green Chad Hackenbracht Bobby Hamilton Kevin Hamlin Paulie Harraka Jason Keller Will Kimmel Blake Koch Scott Lagasse Jr. Corey LaJoie Jason Leffler Kevin Lepage Charles Lewandoski Tayler Malsam Hal Martin Eric McClure Michael McDowell Chase Miller Phil Parsons Antonio Pérez Alex Popow Tony Raines Angela Ruch Greg Sacks Hermie Sadler Reed Sorenson David Starr Brad Teague Dick Trickle Mike Wallace Cole Whitt Josh Wise J. J. Yeley Tyler Young
Partnerships and affiliations	Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Rick Ware Racing

v t e Escudería Telmex
Owners	Carlos Slim
Drivers	Abraham Calderón Jorge Cevallos Luis Díaz Juan Manuel González Esteban Gutiérrez Diego Menchaca Pancho Name Antonio Pérez Sergio Pérez Ricardo Pérez de Lara Germán Quiroga José Luis Ramírez Memo Rojas Daniel Suárez