2004 Desafío Corona season
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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 |
| 2 | Rubén Pardo | All | ||
| Escudería Telcel Sun Motorola | Pontiac | 5 | Rogelio López | All |
| 6 | Carlos Pardo | All | ||
| Escudería Seman Baker | Pontiac | 38 | Jorge Seman | 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12–14 |
| Dodge | 83 | Germán Quiroga | All | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Héctor Rached | 2 | |||
| Tiger Team | Pontiac | 99 | Marcelo Núñez | 1–4 |
Schedule
2004 Desafío Corona venues
| No. | Race Title | Track | Date | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |  Autódromo Marco Magaña, 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 |  Autódromo Internacional de 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 |
Patrick Goeters |
Carlos Pardo |
Carlos Contreras |
Pontiac |
| 3 | Quéretaro |
Germán Quiroga |
Rubén Pardo |
Carlos Contreras |
Pontiac |
| 4 | Monterrey |
Gianfranco Cané |
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 |
Fernando Plata |
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 |
Sebastián Ocaranza |
Rogelio López |
Rogelio López |
Pontiac |
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 | Fernando Plata |
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 | Oscar Ruíz |
22 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 1887 |
| 9 | Héctor Sánchez |
6 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1857 |
| 10 | Luis F. Montaño |
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 | Ignacio Alvarado |
8 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 1705 |
| 13 | Juan Lópezpape |
25 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 1553 | |
| 14 | Alejandro Portillo |
24 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 1525 | |
| 15 | Patrick Goeters |
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 | Sebastián Ocaranza |
12 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 1213 | ||
| 18 | Raúl García |
14 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 1084 | ||||
| 19 | Jorge Seman |
21 | 26 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 24 | 857 | ||||||
| 20 | Julio Bracho, Jr. |
16 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 854 | ||||||
| 21 | Jesús Castellanos |
12 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 799 | |||||||
| 22 | Javier de la Parra |
13 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 796 | |||||||
| 23 | Gianfranco Cané |
2 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 649 | |||||||||
| 24 | Miguel de la Parra |
22 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 22 | 545 | |||||||||
| 25 | Marcelo Núñez ✝[note 1] |
3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 533 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Jonathan Manatou |
15 | 14 | 16 | 499 | |||||||||||
| 27 | Héctor Rached |
20 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 492 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Sebastián Ocaranza, Jr. |
17 | 12 | 19 | 475 | |||||||||||
| 29 | Eduardo Troconis |
15 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 467 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Eduardo Goeters |
23 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 430 | ||||||||||
| 31 | César Pedrero |
4 | 10 | 11 | 429 | |||||||||||
| 32 | Horacio Topete |
14 | 21 | 22 | 318 | |||||||||||
| 33 | Michael Goeters |
10 | 7 | 280 | ||||||||||||
| 34 | Roberto Fernández |
15 | 21 | 17 | 212 | |||||||||||
| 35 | Eliseo Márquez |
18 | 9 | 194 | ||||||||||||
| 36 | Iván Pérez |
7 | 146 | |||||||||||||
| 37 | Jonathan Briseño |
10 | 8 | 134 | ||||||||||||
| 38 | Horacio Richards |
15 | 118 | |||||||||||||
| 39 | Ignacio Márquez |
26 | 19 | 106 | ||||||||||||
| 40 | David Hernández |
20 | 103 | |||||||||||||
| Alfredo Galland |
17 | 103 | ||||||||||||||
| Eduardo Calderón |
21 | 103 | ||||||||||||||
| José González |
20 | 103 | ||||||||||||||
| 44 | Rafael Vallina |
21 | 100 | |||||||||||||
| Ricardo Marroquín |
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]