Jorge Goeters
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| Born: | June 26, 1970 | |
| Birthplace: |  Mexico City, Mexico |
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| Achievements: | — | |
| Awards: | 2002 Mastercard Truck Series Champion
2005 Desafio Corona Series Champion |
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| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Statistics | ||
| First Race: | 2005 Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen | |
| Wins | Top Tens | Poles |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NASCAR Nationwide Series Statistics | ||
| Car #, Team | TBA - STAR Motorsports | |
| 2006 NNS Position: | 82nd | |
| Best NNS Position: | 82nd (2005 & 2006) | |
| First Race: | 2005 Telcel Motorola 200 (Mexico City) | |
| Wins | Top Tens | Poles |
| 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Statistics current as of March 4, 2007. | ||
Jorge Goeters (born June 26, 1970 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican racecar driver. Currently, he races full time in Mexico and is a part time driver in the NASCAR Busch Series and is best known for winning the pole for the inaugural Busch Series race in Mexico City.
Goeters started racing motocross at a very young age (8), and won several championships in Mexico and also International events, he then made the move to car racing (1993), where he won the prototypes championship in 1996. in 1997, he won the Mustang-Trans Am championship, 1998 he races in the Indy Lights championship with one Pole position, one track record, two top five, and two top ten finishes. In 2001 he wins the Mexican Formula 2 Championship, and in 2002 the Mastercard Truck Series Championship. In 2004 he becomes the first Champion of the Desafio Corona Series, now called Nascar Mexico. Goeters made his NASCAR debut in 2005 in the Busch Series at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, driving the #66 Scotiabank Inverlat Ford Taurus for Brewco Motorsports. He won the pole and led 24 laps before his engine expired. He ran a couple more races during 2005, driving the #32 Chevy for Braun Racing. His best finish with Braun was a 9th at Watkins Glen International. He made one Nextel Cup series race in the 2005 season at Watkins Glen for Arnold Motorsports. He also contested a Champ Car race in Monterrey, Mexico for PKV Racing, but failed to finish.
It was announced he would drive for a new Busch team, Latin American Racing, in 2006, but the team has yet to run. He returned to run the Mexico Busch race with Brewco in 2006, when it was announced that Goeters would join with Jay Robinson Racing to pilot the #49 Advil Ford Fusion, starting at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. After running a handful of races, Goeters left the team. He completed the season driving the #63 Spraker Racing Enterprises car, and will drive for STAR Motorsports in 2007. At the present time, he is racing in the NASCAR Mexico Corona Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series. Jorge is brother to Patrick and Eduardo Goeters, who also race in the Mexican NASCAR series.
