2012 NASCAR Toyota Series

The 2012 NASCAR Toyota Series was the sixth NASCAR Series and the ninth organized by NASCAR Mexico. It was contested over 14 races. Chihuahua was added to calendar, while Guadalajara returned after a one-year hiatus. Germán Quiroga was the defending Driver's Champion.

Teams and drivers

37 drivers competed in the first race.^[1]

Driver changes

• Three time champion Germán Quiroga left the category and his place in the Equipo Telcel. Salvador Durán took his seat.^[2]
• Jorge Arteaga moved to K&N Pro Series East.^[3]
• Javier Razo ran with H&H Speed in the first two races.^[4]
• Héctor Félix began the season with Ramírez Racing, but changed to Anvi Motorsports after three races.^[5]
• Oscar Ruíz was incorporated to Suspension y Dirección team for the race in Aguascalientes.^[6]

2012 calendar

The schedule was presented in January 19 with fourteen races in eight venues.^[7] Chihuahua debuted with a race at the Dorado Speedway.^[8] Guadalajara returned after a year absence, while Tuxtla Gutiérrez was removed for the year.

Guadalajara

Querétaro

México City

Apodaca

SLP

Puebla

Aguascalientes

Chihuahua

2012 NTS venues.

No.	Race Title	Track	Date	Time
				Local	UTC
1	Regia 200	Autódromo Monterrey, Apodaca	March 25	13:30	19:30
2	Potosina 200	Autódromo Potosino, Zaragoza	April 15	13:30	18:30
3	Queretana 200	Autódromo Querétaro, El Marqués	April 29	13:30	18:30
4	Nocturna 200‡	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	May 13	20:30	01:30
5	Puebla 240	Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Puebla	May 27	13:30	18:30
6	Aguascalientes 240	Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes	June 17	13:30	18:30
7	Mexico Fest 200	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	July 7	12:30	18:30
8	Potosina 200	Autódromo Potosino, Zaragoza	July 29	TBD	TBD
9	Queretana 200	Autódromo Querétaro, El Marqués	August 12	TBD	TBD
10	Aguascalientes 240	Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes	August 26	TBD	TBD
11	Puebla 240	Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Amozoc	September 9	TBD	TBD
12	Guadalajara 200	Trióvalo Bernardo Obregón, Guadalajara	September 30	TBD	TBD
13	Chihuahua 200	Dorado Speedway, Chihuahua	October 28	TBD	TBD
14	Mexico Final 200	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	November 11	TBD	TBD

‡ Night Race

Season summary

Autódromo Monterrey venue for the kick-off race.

The season began in Monterrey with the Regia 200. 37 drivers registered for the event; however an important absentee was the triple champion Germán Quiroga. Additionally, the most popular driver winner, Jorge Arteaga, left the series. The race was marked by an accident that involved ten cars, which included Homero Richards who abandoned the race as a result. In the final lap, Rubén Rovelo passed Daniel Suárez to take the victory.^[9]

In the second race at Autódromo Potosino, Antonio Pérez started in fifth position and took the victory.^[10] Also in the race, Homero Richards had to drive the car of his teammate, Javier Razo, due to the breakdown of Richards' car.

In race three at Querétaro, Homero Richards achieved his tenth victory in the NTS in a GWC. The race was run 9 laps in excess. Rogelio López became the leader with a two point of advantage over Daniel Suárez.^[11]

Nocturna 200 was the fourth race in the season. Rogelio López took the pole position, and Daniel Suárez ultimately won the race. This was Suárez' first victory in NTS and he reached the number one position in the championship.^[12]

In the fifth race, Rubén García, Jr. (son of Rubén García Novoa), took his first pole position.^[13] García Jr clocked the track in 39.093 at 115.10 mph and became the youngest pole-sitter in NTS at age of 16.^[14] Jorge Goeters won the race in a GWC final. Goeters also took the first place in the championship, 11 points ahead of Suárez.^[15]

In the Aguascalientes 240, Antonio Pérez became the first driver to win two races in the season.^[16] Suárez came in second and Jorge Goeters finished third. In the championship, Suárez reduced his disadvantage to Goeters to nine points.

Results and standings

Races

Drivers

References