2016 NACAM Rally Championship

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The 2016 NACAM Rally Championship was the ninth season of the NACAM Rally Championship. This championship was the FIA regional rally championship for the North America and Central America (NACAM) region. The season began 8 April in Oaxaca, Mexico, and ended 22 October in Costa Rica, after five events.[1]

Rallies in Panama and Jamaica were dropped from the championship in favour of a second event in Costa Rica, the and for the first time, a rally in Canada, the in New Richmond, Quebec. Apart from this new event, the other four rallies were single day events.

Defending champion Ricardo Triviño won his seventh NACAM championship. Triviño won the first four events of the series. Season-long rival was second in those same events and won the final rally of the year but was still 24 points behind Triviño. They were the only two drivers to pursue the entire championship. Third in the championship, Miguel Medina drove only the first two events in Mexico finishing third in both.

Event calendar and results[]

The 2016 NACAM Rally Championship was as follows:

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 Mexico
(8–9 April)[2] 		1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Citroën DS3 R5 1:00:11.8 8 108.30 km 23 16
2 Mexico Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 1:00:59.8
3 Mexico Citroën DS3 R3T 1:01:37.3
2 Mexico
(6–7 May)[3] 		1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 1:10:32.4 8 104.06 km 24 16
2 Mexico Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 1:12:05.8
3 Mexico Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 1:13:02.4
3 Canada
(1–3 July)[4] 		1 Canada Mini John Cooper Works WRC 2:09:59.5 14 197.87 km 34 22
2 Canada Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:11:31.8
3 Canada Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:13:45.1
4 Costa Rica
(27 August)[5] 		1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 1:06:21.2 8 96.80 km 9 8
2 Mexico Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 1:06:42.7
3 Costa Rica Peugeot 206 1:13:22.3
5 Costa Rica
(22 October)[6] 		1 Mexico Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 56:09.5 8 96.80 km 10 8
2 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 56:46.2
3 Colombia Subaru Impreza STi N16 1:00:22.9

Championship standings[]

The 2016 NACAM Rally Championship points are as follows:[7]

Pos. Driver Vehicle Mexico
MON 		Mexico
1000 		Canada
BdC 		Costa Rica
CdP 		Costa Rica
PON 		Total
1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Citroën DS3 R5
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 		1 1 1 1 2 132
2 Mexico Citroën DS3 R3T
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 		2 2 2 2 1 108
3 Mexico Ford Fiesta R2 3 3 32
4 Costa Rica Andrés Molina Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3 4 28
5 Colombia Subaru Impreza STi N16 3 16
6 Venezuela Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4 12
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

References[]

  1. ^ "Events Calendar Season 2016". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  2. ^ "43. Rally Montañas Sierra Fria Aguascalientes 2016". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  3. ^ "28. RAC 1000 Rally 2016". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  4. ^ "39. Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs 2016". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Rally Costa del Pacifico 2016". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Rally La Ponderosa 2016". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Classifications Season 2016". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

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