| Jorge Arteaga Plascencia | |||||||
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| Born | March 28, 1986 Aguascalientes, Mexico |
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| Awards | NASCAR Mexico's Most Popular Driver 2009 [1] | ||||||
| NASCAR Nationwide Series career | |||||||
| First race | 2010 Lee, NH (Lee USA Speedway) | ||||||
| Last race | 2010 Dover, DE (Dover International Speedway) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Corona Series career | |||||||
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| Best finish | 14th - 2009 | ||||||
| First race | 2008 Querétaro (Nuevo Autodromo Querétaro) | ||||||
| Last race | 2010 Puebla (Autódromo Miguel E. Abed) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of Sept 7th, 2010. | |||||||
Jorge Arteaga (born March 28, 1986 in Aguascalientes) is a Mexican racing driver. He competes in the NASCAR Corona Series. He's won the Most Popular Driver award for the Mexican Series three straight times, from 2009 to 2011.
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Jorge entered the NASCAR Corona Series after establishing himself in the Mexico feeder T4 Series in 2007, aged 20. After an impressive season he made the transition to NASCAR Corona Series for the 2008 season shortly after the franchise was established. His best season was in 2009 where he came 14th in the overall rankings after making a series of top-ten finishes. 2010 saw a good start to the season where he had 3 top 10 finishes in the first 5 races.
In July 2010, Jorge made an impressive debut to NASCAR racing in the USA when he finished in the top 10 at the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at Lee USA Speedway. He worked his way up to 6th place before accidents in the last few laps dropped him down the field to 10th position.
In 2009 Jorge Arteaga was voted the most popular driver in the NASCAR Mexico Series by the fans in an official vote posted on NASCAR.com. He received 34% of the votes, a majority by 23%.[2]
Jorge raced for FCV Racing alongside experienced NASCAR driver Carlos Contreras (the first Hispanic driver to run in NASCAR). The team was established in 2006 and have racing experience in both US and Mexican NASCAR series. Arteaga scored his first Pole Position at Aguascalientes in 2010.
Jorge begun racing in the USA in 2010, acting as an ambassador for NASCAR's D4D (Drive for Diversity Program) and working in Revolution Racing alongside with drivers such as Mackena Bell and Sergio Peña. He scored a Top 10 in his series debut. He parted ways with FCV Racing after the September race at Queretaro, changing his number to 46. Since then, he has been struggling in the mexican series. Jorge and his sponsors moved to a new team, with help from one of the series' top drivers, Jose Luis Ramirez, and purchased a race car from Carlos Anaya, a driver with limited economic resources.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | No. | Sponsor | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NSCC | Points |
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| 2010 | FCV Racing | 49 | Equipo Nutricion/Red Baron | Dodge | AGS 9 |
QRO 29 |
SLP 10 |
TXT 23 |
D.F. 7 |
PUE 17 |
GDL 4* |
MTY 11 |
SLP 6 |
D.F. 11 |
QRO 14 |
PUE 12 |
TXT | AGS |
During the 2010 racing season Jorge Arteaga is being filmed for a reality TV series entitled NASCAR Mexico 24/7 which follows the behind-the-scenes happenings of NASCAR from the perspective of the FCV Racing Team. It's currently being broadcast on Speed TV in Latin America during race weeks.
Equipo Nutricion (The Nutrition Team) was established by Jorge Arteaga in partnership with La Huerta and Red Baron to provide support to Mexico's poor and malnourished. After each race he works with the local government and institutions to donate 12 tonnes of frozen vegetables to those who need it most in the municipality of the racetrack. He has pledged to increase his donation to 22 tonnes after each race he wins. During the 2009 season he donated 190 tonnes of frozen vegetables.[3][4] On top of their donations they aim to raise awareness for malnutrition and obesity by conducting chats in schools to combat the problem at a grass-roots level.