Desafío Corona
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The Desafío Corona was a stock car racing series in Mexico. NASCAR founded the series in 2004 in conjunction with OCESA, a Mexican entertainment company. The business partnership between NASCAR and OCESA resulted in the creation of a new entity, now officially known as NASCAR Mexico. The former Desafío Corona series is now known as NASCAR Mexico Series.
Origins
The series was originally known as
After the intervention of OCESA, and with the help of SELCA, the Truck Series began to be operated by OCESA Automovilismo, while SELCA was responsible for running the show, being the sanctioning body of the series. After the end of the 2003 season, it was presented at the season finale, the Teleton 100, the new 2004 stock car, a Pontiac Grand Prix, which marked the end of the trucks chapter, and the start of a new era: stock car racing in Mexico.
After that, working together with NASCAR, they started to work on safety aspects of cars, adoption of new rules, and rebuilding existing race tracks, or even building new ones.
Their first season started with a schedule of 14 races, with
The series then went to
At the end of the season, Carlos Pardo of Team Telcel emerged as champion, ahead of his brother Rubén Pardo (Telmex #2 Pontiac), with Rogelio López (2006 Champ) of Telcel 3rd.
Cars
The series' competitors race stock cars similar to those used in
Although there are various cars, they are all under the same rules, which are often modified in the course of the season.
Specifications
- Engine:
- Chevrolet HO Vortec5.7 liter
- Dodge Magnum 360 crate motor
- Ford Roush
- 400 horsepower @ 5850 RPM
- 16 valves
- 4 Barrell Holley carburetor
- Torque: 387 lbf⋅ft (525 N⋅m) @ 4000 rpm
- Max speed: 280 km/h (170 mph)
- 4-speed transmission
- Chevrolet HO
- Brakes: 4 wheel discs
- Fuel: Sunoco 110 octane
- Fuel capacity: 15 gallon[ambiguous]
- Tires:
- Chassis make:
- ENCO (Mexican made)
- Spec Truck (American made)
- Fiberglass bodies:
Supporting races
In 2005, most previous and current champions of all of the racing series in Mexico moved into the series (with the notable absence of
In 2007, the NASCAR Mexico T4 Series became the main support series.
Past champions
References
- ^ "Driver dies after crash in Mexican stock car series". Associated Press Worldstream. August 9, 2004. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 – via HighBeam Research.