Max Gutiérrez

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Max Gutiérrez
NationalityMexico Mexican
BornMaximiliano Gutiérrez Hoppe
(2002-12-18) December 18, 2002 (age 19)
Mexico City, Mexico
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season2020
Current teamAM Racing
Car number32
EngineChevrolet
Crew chiefJamie Jones
Former teams (2020)
Rette Jones Racing (2021)
Starts5
Championships0
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish30th in 2021
Finished last season30th (2021)
Previous series
2021-present
2019-2020		NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series
NASCAR Mexico T4 Series
Last updated on: February 15, 2022
ARCA Menards Series East career
Debut season2020
Current teamRette Jones Racing
Car number30
EngineFord
Crew chiefMark Rette
Former teams (2020)
Starts10
Championships0
Wins1
Poles0
Best finish4th in 2021
Finished last season4th (2021)
Last updated on: February 15, 2022
ARCA Menards Series West career
Debut season2021
Current teamRette Jones Racing
Car number30
EngineFord
Crew chiefMark Rette
Starts1
Championships0
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish60th in 2021
Finished last season60th (2021)
Last updated on: February 15, 2022.
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Maximiliano Gutiérrez Hoppe (born December 18, 2002) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 32 Chevrolet for AM Racing, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 30 Ford for Rette Jones Racing.

He also last competed full-time in the NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro.

Racing career[]

Early career[]

Gutiérrez began racing at 3 years old, racing in the Mexico National Super Kart Championship in 2006, where he finished third in the standings in the Baby Stock category. He returned in 2007, where he would once again end up finishing third in the standings in the Modified Baby 50 category. From 2008 to 2013, he would win six consecutive Super Kart Championship titles.

In 2017, Gutiérrez would compete full-time in the NASCAR Mikel's Truck Series, where he would end up winning Rookie of the Year honors. He would go on to win the championship in 2018.

Gutiérrez would move up to the NASCAR FedEx Challenge (now Mexico T4 Series) in 2019, getting 2 wins, 7 top 5s, and 8 top 10s, ranking 5th in the standings. He returned to the series in 2020, where he won the championship with 5 wins, 10 top 5s, and 11 top 10s.

Gutiérrez moved up to the NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series full-time in 2021, where he currently has 7 top 5s, and 9 top 10s, and currently ranks third in the standings with two races left in the season.[1]

ARCA Menards Series East[]

On September 17, 2020, Gutiérrez made his ARCA Menards Series East debut at Bristol Motor Speedway, driving the No. 53 for , where he would start 26th and finish 14th. He finished off the East Series at Five Flags Speedway, starting 14th and finished 12th. He did not return to after 2020.

On February 5, 2021, Gutiérrez announced that he will drive full-time in the East Series, driving the No. 30 Ford Fusion for Rette Jones Racing.[2]

On February 8, 2021, three days after the announcement, Gutiérrez earned his first career East Series win, after taking the lead on the final turn, beating out Sammy Smith and Taylor Gray in a three wide finish.[3][4] He would finish out the season with 1 win, 2 top 5s, and 5 top 10s, and ranked 4th in the standings.

ARCA Menards Series[]

Gutiérrez would make one start in the 2020 ARCA Menards Series season, driving for Troy Williams Racing. He drove the car at Bristol Motor Speedway, starting 26th and finishing 14th.

He returned for the 2021 ARCA Menards Series, running the races that's paired with the East Series, his best finish being 12th at Iowa Speedway.

ARCA Menards Series West[]

Gutiérrez made his first ARCA Menards Series West start at Phoenix Raceway, where he started 12th and finished 21st.

Motorsport career results[]

ARCA Menards Series[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 AMSC Pts Ref
2020 53E Toyota DAY PHO TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL MCH DAY GTW L44 TOL BRI
14 		WIN MEM ISF KAN 71st 30 [5]
2021 Rette Jones Racing 30 Ford DAY PHO TAL KAN TOL CLT
15 		MOH POC ELK BLN IOW
12 		WIN GLN MCH ISF MLW
15 		DSF BRI
14 		SLM KAN 30th 120 [6]
2022 AM Racing 32 Chevy DAY
32 		PHO TAL KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL [7]

ARCA Menards Series East[]

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AMSEC Pts Ref
2020 Troy Williams Racing 53E Toyota NSM TOL DOV TOL BRI
14 		23rd 62 [8]
53 FIF
12
2021 Rette Jones Racing 30 Ford NSM
1 		FIF
7 		NSV
9 		DOV
5 		SMP
10 		IOW
12 		MLW
15 		BRI
14 		4th 333 [9]
2022 NSM
3 		FIF DOV NSV IOW MLW BRI -* -* [10]

ARCA Menards Series West[]

ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 AMSWC Pts Ref
2021 Rette Jones Racing 30 Ford PHO SON IRW CNS IRW PIR LVS AAS PHO
21 		60th 23 [11]

References[]

  1. ^ "MEET MAX GUTIERREZ". teknekk.com. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "Max Gutiérrez Joins Rette Jones Racing For Full East Series Schedule". ARCA. February 5, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  3. ^ Haislop, Tadd (February 9, 2021). "Rookie Max Gutiérrez Earns First ARCA Win In Photo Finish At New Smyrna". ARCA. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  4. ^ Haislop, Tadd (February 10, 2021). "Who is Max Gutiérrez? Meet The Rookie Who Burst Onto The Scene At New Smyrna". ARCA. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  5. ^ "Max Gutierrez – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  6. ^ "Max Guiterrez - 2021 ARCA Menards Series East Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  7. ^ "Max Gutierrez – 2022 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  8. ^ "Max Gutierrez – 2020 ARCA Menards East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  9. ^ "Max Gutierrez – 2021 ARCA Menards East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  10. ^ "Max Gutierrez – 2022 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  11. ^ "Max Gutierrez – 2021 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2021.

External links[]

Max Gutiérrez driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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