Apdaly Lopez
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| Apdaly Lopez | ||||||||||||
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.jpg) Lopez competing in the Stadium Super Trucks race at the 2014 Grand Prix of Long Beach | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Mexican | |||||||||||
| Born | Carlos Lopez December 2, 1994 | |||||||||||
| SCORE International career | ||||||||||||
| Current team | RPM Off Road | |||||||||||
| Car number | 1 | |||||||||||
| Engine | Dougans Engine | |||||||||||
| Crew chief | Rick Geiser, Matthew Alley | |||||||||||
| Co-driver | Luis Omar Montiel | |||||||||||
| Former teams | PIN Manufacturing, BORM RACING | |||||||||||
| Starts | 25 In Trophy truck | |||||||||||
| Wins | 2 In Trophy truck | |||||||||||
| Poles | 1 | |||||||||||
| Finished last season | 2017 Score Tijuana desert challenge 2nd | |||||||||||
| Previous series | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2018 2013 | Stadium Super Trucks Stadium Super Trucks Super Buggy | |||||||||||
| Championship titles | ||||||||||||
| 2015 2015 2014 | SCORE Trophy Truck 2015, 2016 championship Open Truck Code Off-Road Championship SCORE TT Spec Championship | |||||||||||
| Awards | ||||||||||||
| 2015 2015 2015 2014 | Univision Extreme Athlete of the Year Silver FIA American Award SCORE Driver of the Year Toyota Milestone Award | |||||||||||
| Best in the Desert career | ||||||||||||
| Car number | 5 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Carlos "Apdaly" Lopez (born December 2, 1994) is an off-road racing driver from Tecate, Baja California. Lopez won the gold medal in the Stadium Super Trucks class at the X Games Austin 2014. His father, Juan Carlos Lopez, is also a professional off-road racer.
Lopez made his debut in the SCORE International championship at the 2011 Baja 250. He won the ATVPRO 25 class with co-drivers Ivan Mejorado and Gilberto Perez in a Honda TRX450.[1]
Lopez competed in the newly-formed Stadium Super Trucks Super Buggy championship in 2013. Lopez won two races at Qualcomm Stadium.[2] He also competed in the main series at St. Louis and Costa Mesa. At St. Louis, he finished fourth. In Costa Mesa, Lopez finished third in two out three races.
In 2014, Lopez participated in the San Felipe 250. As a co-driver to Clyde Stacy the duo competed in the SCORE Trophy Truck class. The duo finished sixth in class, eighth overall.[3] He also competed full-time in the Stadium Super Trucks. After a solid start of the season, Lopez won the second race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in support of the 2014 Grand Prix of Indianapolis. He had another good run during the X Games Austin 2014, where the Stadium Super Trucks made their debut. At the modified Circuit of the Americas, Lopez won his heat race and subsequently won the final to claim his first X Games gold medal. Lopez went on to claim nine top three finishes during the season to claim third place in the championship.[4]
After failing to qualify for the X Games Austin 2015 final (he finished last in his heat and 13th in the Last Chance Qualifier),[5] Lopez did not return to SST until 2016 when he participated in the Pike’s Peak Hill Climb Challenge.[6] His next series points race took place in 2017 with the Race & Rock World Championship at Lake Elsinore Diamond; Lopez won the first race but retired from the second after flipping.[7] He also ran the 2018 season opener at the baseball park, a race in which he shared the victory with Bill Hynes due to confusion as multiple drivers had failed to take the Joker Lap.[8]