2004 Desafío Corona season

The 2004 Desafio Corona season was the first season of stock car racing in Mexico. The serial was presented in March as Desafío Corona.^[1] After 14 races Carlos Pardo of Equipo Telcel was declared champion.^[2]

Cars[]

Pontiac Grand Am was the car used for almost drivers. Only two Dodge Stratus, both of Seeman-Baker team, was used.^[3] Pontiac won 13 of 14 runs and the championship.

Teams and drivers[]

Full time entries[]

Team	Manufacturer	No.	Race Driver	Rounds
Escudería Telmex	Pontiac	1	Mara Reyes	All
Escudería Telmex	Pontiac	2	Rubén Pardo	All
Escudería Telcel Sun Motorola	Pontiac	5	Rogelio López	All
Escudería Telcel Sun Motorola	Pontiac	6	Carlos Pardo	All
Escudería Seman Baker	Pontiac	38	Jorge Seman	1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12–14
	Dodge	83	Germán Quiroga	All
	Dodge	87	Luis Felipe Montaño	All
Escudería Díaz Racing	Pontiac	11	Carlos Contreras	4–14
		22	César Pedrero	1–3
			Jonathan Manatou	8–9
			Eduardo Troconis	10–12, 14
Escudería Hecsal Racing	Pontiac	7	Héctor Sánchez	All
Raam Racing Team	Pontiac	43	Óscar Ruíz	All
Team GP	Pontiac	17	Jorge Goeters	1–13
Team GP	Pontiac	18	Fernando Plata	All

Part time entries[]

Team	Manufacturer	No.	Race Driver	Rounds
Bracho Racing Team	Pontiac	12	Julio Bracho Jr.	1–4, 6, 8, 14
Dynamic Motorsport	Pontiac	11	Carlos Contreras	1–3
Escudería Delphi	Pontiac	9	Sebastián Ocaranza	1–2, 4–8
			Héctor Rached	3, 14
			Horacio Topete	9–10, 12
Escudería México	Pontiac	3	Gianfranco Cané	1–5
Escudería Zeppelin	Pontiac	44	César Tiberio Jiménez	1–10
PPG Motorsports	Pontiac	24	José González	14
Racing Toys	Pontiac	66	Jonathan Manatou	1
Racing Toys	Pontiac	66	Héctor Rached	2
Tiger Team	Pontiac	99	Marcelo Núñez	1–4

Schedule[]

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2004 Desafío Corona venues

No.	Race Title	Track	Date	Time
No.	Race Title	Track	Date	Local	UTC
1	Mexico City	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	June 6	13:30	18:30
2	Guadalajara	Trióvalo Bernardo Obregón, Guadalajara	June 27	13:30	18:30
3	Querétaro	Autódromo Querétaro, El Marqués	July 18	13:30	18:30
4	Monterrey	Autódromo Monterrey, Apodaca	August 1	13:30	18:30
5	Torreón	, Gómez Palacio	August 8	13:30	18:30
6	San Luis Potosí	Autódromo San Luis 400, San Luis Potosí	August 22	13:30	18:30
7	Zacatecas	, Guadalupe	September 5	13:30	18:30
8	León	Autódromo de León, León	September 19	13:33	18:33
9	Guadalajara	Trióvalo Bernardo Obregón, Guadalajara	October 3
10	Querétaro	Autódromo Querétaro, El Marqués	October 17
11	León	Autódromo de León, León	October 31
12	Guadalajara	Trióvalo Bernardo Obregón, Guadalajara	November 14	13:33	19:33
13	San Luis Potosí	Autódromo San Luis 400, San Luis Potosí	November 28	13:33	19:33
14	Mexico City	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	December 5	13:33	19:33

Oval/Speedway

Road Course/Street Circuit

Results[]

Races[]

No.	Race	Pole position	Most laps led	Winning driver	Winning manufacturer
1	Mexico City	Mara Reyes	Jorge Goeters	Jorge Goeters	Pontiac
2	Guadalajara		Carlos Pardo	Carlos Contreras	Pontiac
3	Quéretaro	Germán Quiroga	Rubén Pardo	Carlos Contreras	Pontiac
4	Monterrey		Rogelio López	César Tiberio Jiménez	Pontiac
5	Torreón	Rubén Pardo	Carlos Pardo	Carlos Pardo	Pontiac
6	San Luis Potosí	Carlos Pardo¹	Jorge Goeters	Germán Quiroga	Dodge
7	Zacatecas	Carlos Contreras	Carlos Pardo	Carlos Pardo	Pontiac
8	León		Carlos Pardo	Carlos Pardo	Pontiac
9	Guadalajara	Jorge Goeters	Rogelio López	Rogelio López	Pontiac
10	Quéretaro	Jorge Goeters	Rubén Pardo	Rubén Pardo	Pontiac
11	León	Carlos Pardo²	Jorge Goeters	Rogelio López	Pontiac
12	Guadalajara	Jorge Goeters	Jorge Goeters	Carlos Pardo	Pontiac
13	San Luis Potosí	Rubén Pardo	Jorge Goeters	Rogelio López	Pontiac
14	Mexico City		Rogelio López	Rogelio López	Pontiac

1.^ Qualifying cancelled by rain.^[4]

2.^ Qualifying cancelled by works in the track.^[5]

Standings[]

Rank	Driver	MEX	GDL	QRO	MTY	TOR	SLP	ZAC	LEON	GDL	QRO	LEON	GDL	SLP	MEX	Points
1	Carlos Pardo	5	14	3	2	1	7	1	1	2	2	15	1	3	4	2326
2	Rubén Pardo	9	18	2	3	3	4	3	6	4	1	2	5	6	3	2257
3	Rogelio López	7	3	23	15	4	9	2	11	1	3	1	6	1	1	2201
4	Jorge Goeters	1	6	6	4	19	2	18	2	11	4	4	2	2		2045
5		11	5	4	7	6	6	15	9	5	5	14	3	4	26	2026
6	Mara Reyes	10	4	10	18	8	11	5	17	3	6	7	4	8	23	1943
7	Carlos Contreras	13	1	1	6	2	5	13	22	13	7	21	24	5	21	1936
8		22	15	9	5	5	23	11	5	7	16	6	7	10	14	1887
9		6	8	20	19	11	13	9	8	10	11	8	9	11	7	1857
10		17	13	24	22	17	3	6	3	6	22	23	8	9	2	1815
11	Germán Quiroga	20	21	7	24	7	1	8	4	12	17	24	18	7	10	1802
12		8	11	13	11	18	17	19	12	20	19	12	17	14	6	1705
13		25		16	8	14	12	10	16	23	14	5	20	15	13	1553
14		24		14	9	16	19	17	15	18	9	10	19	17	16	1525
15		19	2	8		9	8	3		8	20	19		13	12	1483
16	César Tiberio Jiménez	18	17	5	1	15	22	7	10	9	8					1337
17		12	19		23	12	10	16	18	24	12	3	13		18	1213
18		14		25	17		16	21	20		18	16	11		25	1084
19		21		26			14	20			13		23	12	24	857
20		16	16	19	14		15	13	13						5	854
21	Jesús Castellanos		12	21	12		18			19		20	14			799
22						13		14	21	25		18	16		11	796
23		2	22	15	16	10										649
24				22	13		21	12		22						545
25	✝^{[note 1]}	3	9	12	20											533
26		15							14	16						499
27			20	17									10		9	492
28												17	12		19	475
29	Eduardo Troconis										15	11	15		22	467
30		23	23									13		16		430
31		4	10	11												429
32										14	21		22			318
33					10				7							280
34										15			21		17	212
35				18									9			194
36			7													146
37											10				8	134
38															15	118
39		26							19							106
40							20									103
										17						103
										21						103
															20	103
44					21											100
44												22				100
Rank	Driver	MEX	GDL	QRO	MTY	TOR	SLP	ZAC	LEON	GDL	QRO	LEON	GDL	SLP	MEX	Points

Notes[]

^ The 26-year-old driver died on August 9, 2004, eight days after a racing accident at Autódromo Monterrey.^[6]

References[]

^ "OCESA y SELCA presentan su nuevo serial como "Desafío Corona 2004"". Sporcar.com. March 5, 2004.
^ "Termina el Desafío Corona". Esmas.com. December 5, 2004.
^ "Mopar – Seman Baker seguirá teniendo los únicos autos Dodge en el Desafío". Sportcar. June 23, 2004. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
^ "Carlos Pardo arranca primero en San Luis". SportCar. August 21, 2004.
^ "Carlos Pardo tiene la pole en León de acuerdo a su posición en el campeonato". SportCar. October 30, 2004.
^ "Driver dies after crash in Mexican stock car series". Associated Press Worldstream. August 9, 2004. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 – via HighBeam Research.

[7] The 26-year-old driver died on August 9, 2004, eight days after a racing accident at Autódromo Monterrey.^[6]

[1] "OCESA y SELCA presentan su nuevo serial como "Desafío Corona 2004"". Sporcar.com. March 5, 2004.

[2] "Termina el Desafío Corona". Esmas.com. December 5, 2004.

[3] "Mopar – Seman Baker seguirá teniendo los únicos autos Dodge en el Desafío". Sportcar. June 23, 2004. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2019.

[4] "Carlos Pardo arranca primero en San Luis". SportCar. August 21, 2004.

[5] "Carlos Pardo tiene la pole en León de acuerdo a su posición en el campeonato". SportCar. October 30, 2004.

[6] "Driver dies after crash in Mexican stock car series". Associated Press Worldstream. August 9, 2004. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 – via HighBeam Research.

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