2024 NASCAR Mexico Series

Rubén García Jr, the 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2024 champion, finished first in the championship

The 2024 NASCAR Mexico Series was the seventeenth season of the NASCAR Mexico Series, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in Mexico. It is the twentieth season of the series as a NASCAR-sanctioned series. It began with the non-championship King Taco La Batalla En El Coliseo at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on 4 February,[1] and ended with a race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on 2 November.

Regulation Changes

Playoff Format

A revised format was announced for the 2024 season, which would include 10 playoff-eligible drivers compared to 6 in 2023.

All drivers with a win would now qualify for the playoffs, with the remaining positions being determined by the regular season points standings.

In the new format, the amount of playoff races would be increased from 2 to 3. After each of the first 2 races, the bottom three drivers would be eliminated. Those drivers would have their points reset to their regular season total, in addition to points that were accumulated throughout the two playoff races. In the final race, the highest finisher out of the remaining four drivers would be the champion of the season.

Drivers would have to compete in every regular season event to be eligible for the playoffs, similar to 2023. However, in the event of force majeure and/or clashes with international motorsport events, drivers would be allowed to miss up to two races and remain eligible for the playoffs; with approval from the series.

2024 Playoff Starting Pts. Distribution
Position Points Position Points
1st 1010 6th 1005
2nd 1009 7th 1004
3rd 1008 8th 1003
4th 1007 9th 1002
5th 1006 10th 1001

Stage Racing

2024 saw the introduction of stage racing in the series, that had been used for NASCAR's three major domestic series since 2017.

All races would feature a mandatory caution at roughly the halfway point of the race - deemed a "stage break". During the caution, all teams would be allowed to make tire changes and refuel, in a non-competitive pit stop.

Additionally, the end of the stage would also reward points to the top three finishers:

Stage Points Distribution
1st 2nd 3rd
During Reg. Season Races 3 2 1
During Playoff Races 2 1 0.5

Schedule, results and standings

Schedule and race results

Source: [2]

No. Race Title Track Location Date Winning driver
- King Taco La Batalla En El Coliseo Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, California, USA 4 February Daniel Suárez
1 San Luis Potosi 200 Super Óvalo Potosino San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí 24 March Rubén García Jr.
2 Nus Káh Chiapas 200 Súper Óvalo Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas 14 April Abraham Calderón
3 Chihuahua 240 El Dorado Speedway Juan Aldama, Chihuahua 4 May Xavi Razo
4 Monterrey 120 Autódromo Monterrey Apodaca, Nuevo León 25 May Xavi Razo
5 Aguascalientes the Giant of México Óvalo Aguascalientes México Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes 9 June Andrés Pérez de Lara
6 Red Tail Grand Prize Autódromo Miguel E. Abed Amozoc, Puebla 7 July Rubén García Jr.
7 San Luis Potosí 200 Super Óvalo Potosino San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí 21 July Rubén García Jr.
8 Querétaro 140 Autódromo de Querétaro El Marqués, Querétaro 11 August Irwin Vences
9 Aguascalientes the Giant of México 250 Óvalo Aguascalientes México Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes 1 September Xavi Razo
Playoffs
Round of 10
10 Queretaro 200 Autódromo de Querétaro El Marqués, Querétaro 22 September Xavi Razo
Round of 7
11 Red Tail Grand Prize Autódromo Miguel E. Abed Amozoc, Puebla 13 October Alex de Alba
Championship 4
12 SpeedFest/La Gran Final Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City 2 November Julio Rejón

Standings

.  – Eliminated after Round of 10
.  – Eliminated after Round of 7

Pos. Driver SLP TGZ CHIH MTY AGS PUE SLP QRO AGS QRO PUE CDMX Points
1 Rubén García Jr. 1 10 6 3 7 1 1 18 4 6 2 4 1040
2 Xavi Razo 2 9 1 1 3 2 4 8 1 1 5 6 1038
3 Abraham Calderón 16 1 18 18 17 8 14 7 14 2 6 14 1019
4 Alex de Alba 3 18 7 6 2 17 6 2 5 4 1 15 1018
Playoff Cutoff
5 Irwin Vences 11 4 4 4 6 4 18 1 2 7 11 11 439
6 Julio Rejón 4 7 2 7 8 14 8 4 17 5 4 1 419.5
7 Max Gutiérrez 9 13 5 13 4 16 9 3 3 3 7 5 413.5
8 Santiago Tovar 6 11 12 2 11 3 15 10 12 10 3 7 412
9 Jake Cosío 8 6 13 10 18 5 7 6 10 8 8 2 405
10 Rogelio López 10 2 11 17 10 6 2 9 11 9 9 17 385
11 Germán Quiroga 5 3 14 12 5 11 11 5 18 12 10 8 372
12 Rubén Rovelo 13 17 10 8 13 10 3 12 8 18 13 3 360
13 Rodrigo Rejón 17 5 3 5 9 15 16 15 6 11 14 9 354
14 Michael Dörrbecker 12 15 15 16 15 7 10 11 13 13 12 16 312
15 Omar Jurado 20 16 9 11 12 9 13 13 7 14 17 12 309
16 Andrés Pérez de Lara 7 8 14 1 18 17 17 15 20 13 254
17 Jorge Goeters 15 12 16 15 16 12 12 14 15 16 16 19 245
18 José Luis Ramírez 19 19 17 9 14 13 5 16 16 19 19 10 243
19 Enrique Baca 8 9 17 15 18 128
20 Rubén Pardo 18 14 34
21 Salvador de Alba Jr. 18 18

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "NASCAR's Mexico Series makes a stop at the L.A. Coliseum in first U.S. race since 2015". Los Angeles Times. February 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 Calendario". NASCAR Mexico. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
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