Copa Chevrolet Montana

Copa Chevrolet Montana
Category Touring Cars
Country or region Brazil
Inaugural season 2010
Constructors Chevrolet
Tyre suppliers Goodyear
Drivers' champion Rafael Daniel
Teams' champion Nascar Motorsport
Official website stockcar.com.br
Current season

Copa Chevrolet Montana is a one-make racing series by Chevrolet based in Brazil, which uses the Chevrolet Montana model. The first season is in 2010, having replaced the previous Copa Vicar formerly known as Stock Car Light which had run since 1993. is the category of access to Stock Car Brasil.

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History

1990s

In 1993, they created the Stock Car Light in order to facilitate the access of newcomers to the Stock Car. Some drivers spent by category, including: Giuliano Losacco, Caca Bueno, Thiago Marques, Carlos Col (the Vicar, the organizer of the Stock Car), Mateus Greipel, Luis Carreira Jr., Diogo Pachenki, Pedro Gomes, Guto Negrão, Alceu Feldmann, Nono Figueiredo, David Muffato, among others.

2000s

In 2003, there was an exchange of Omega the latest Astra. In the 2004 season, won the Stock Light V8 engines with less power than the main category Stock: 350 horsepower from 450 HP. On 9 December 2007, Rafael Sperafico, of the Sperafico racing family, died during the final race of the Stock Car Light 2007 season at Interlagos. His cousins Rodrigo and Ricardo Sperafico race in the top-level series. It was the first fatal accident in the Stock Car Light series.[1][2][3]

In 2008, the category was renamed to Copa Vicar, two entries automakers Mitsubishi and Peugeot, each brand has a champion driver

2010s

In 2010, another change in the access division. The merger between the Copa Vicar and Pick Up Racing resulted in the creation of the Copa Chevrolet Montana, with the engine and the first look of the pick-ups. Strong and collecting outstanding teams and drivers in the country, the strong division arrived in search of their place in the national automobile scene.

On April 3, 2011, Gustavo Sondermann, competing in a Copa Chevrolet Montana race, was killed at Interlagos in an accident almost identical to that of Sperafico, four years earlier.[4]

Cars

Scoring system

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Points 25 20 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Champions

Season Series Name Driver Champion Car Team Champion
1993 Stock Car Light Carlos Col
George Lemonias
Chevrolet Omega
1994 Stock Car Light Nonô Figueiredo Chevrolet Omega
1995 Stock Car Light Ariel Barranco Chevrolet Omega
1996 Stock Car Light Alessandro Weiss Chevrolet Omega
1997 Stock Car Light Cacá Bueno Chevrolet Omega
1998 Stock Car Light Carlos Cunha Chevrolet Omega
1999 Stock Car Light Mario Covas Netto Chevrolet Omega
2000 Stock Car Light Rogerio Motta Chevrolet Omega
2001 Stock Car Light Thiago Marques Chevrolet Omega Action Power
2002 Stock Car Light Mateus Greipel Chevrolet Omega F&F Racing
2003 Stock Car Light Luis Carreira Jr. Chevrolet Astra RC Competições
2004 Stock Car Light Diogo Pachenki Chevrolet Astra PowerTech
2005 Stock Car Light Renato Jader David Chevrolet Astra Carreira Racing
2006 Stock Car Light Marcos Gomes Chevrolet Astra Nova/RR Competições
2007 Stock Car Light Norberto Gresse Chevrolet Astra Nova/RR Competições
2008 Copa Vicar Fabio Carreira Mitsubishi Lancer RCM Motorsport
2009 Copa Vicar Rafael Daniel Peugeot 306 Full Time Sports
2010 Copa Chevrolet Montana Diogo Pachenki Chevrolet Montana Hot Car Racing
2011 Copa Chevrolet Montana Rafael Daniel Chevrolet Montana Nascar Motorsport

See also

References

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