# Germán Quiroga

Germán Quiroga Jr. (born May 29, 1980) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver. In 2011, he became the first three-time NASCAR Corona Series champion.

## Racing career
### Beginnings

Quiroga began his career in Reto Neon in 1996.

### Corona Series

In 2004, he began racing in the NASCAR Corona Series (NCS), racing for Jorge Seman's race team . During the following year, he won the Formula Renault championship. In 2005, he drove in the Infiniti Pro Series before returning to Desafio Corona for 2006. His first championship in the Corona Series came in 2009, while racing for Equipo Telcel. He won the championship again in 2010 and 2011.

### Toyota All-Star Showdown

In 2011, Quiroga participated in the Toyota All-Star Showdown in Irwindale, California, racing for Bill McAnally. He finished in the 12th position behind fellow NCS driver Daniel Suárez.

### Nationwide Series

Quiroga's first race in the NASCAR's national touring series came in 2007 in the Busch Series (now the Nationwide Series), competing in the series' then-annual event at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for Jay Robinson Racing where he finished 28th.

### Camping World Truck Series

He made his debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2011, competing in two events for Kyle Busch Motorsports at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway, with a best finish of 16th coming in his first race.
In 2012, Quiroga returned to KBM for a limited schedule of events, driving the No. 51 Toyota in four races at Talladega Superspeedway, Texas Motor Speedway, Phoenix International Raceway and Homestead. He moved to Red Horse Racing for the 2013 season, running the entire series schedule in an attempt to win the series' Rookie of the Year honors.
He also has worked part-time on NASCAR on NBC broadcasts, being part of mun2's broadcast of the NASCAR Toyota Series Toyota 120 at Phoenix International Raceway in February 2014.
Quiroga had a great start in 2014 season with five straight top ten finishes until Texas.
After sitting out 2015, he returned to drive part-time in the Red Horse's No. 11 truck in 2016 beginning at Texas.

## Motorsports career results
### American Open-Wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

#### Barber Dodge Pro Series

| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points |
| 2002 | SEB 20 | LRP 16 | LAG 16 | POR 16 | TOR 15 | CLE 15 | VAN 8 | MDO 8 | ROA 6 | MTL 20 | 16th | 28 |
| 2003 | STP 8 | MTY 8 | MIL 8 | LAG 9 | POR 5 | CLE 3 | TOR 12 | VAN 6 | MDO 15 | MTL 12 | 7th | 75 |

#### Indy Pro Series

| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
| 2005 | Kenn Hardley Racing | HMS | PHX | STP | INDY 10 | TXS | IMS | NSH | MIL | KTY | PPIR | SNM | CHI | WGL | FON | 25th | 20 |

### NASCAR

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

#### Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NNSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2007 | Jay Robinson Racing | 28 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | MXC 28 | LVS | ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 135th | 84 | |

#### Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts |
| 2011 | Kyle Busch Motorsports | 51 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | DAR | MAR | NSH | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | KEN | IOW | NSH | IRP | POC | MCH | BRI | ATL | CHI | NHA 16 | KEN | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | HOM 26 | 56th | 46 |
| 2012 | Kyle Busch Motorsports | 51 | Toyota | DAY | MAR | CAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | CHI | POC | MCH | BRI | ATL | IOW | KEN | LVS | TAL 8 | MAR | TEX 28 | PHO 24 | HOM 15 | | | | 40th | 101 |
| 2013 | Red Horse Racing | 77 | Toyota | DAY 25 | MAR 29 | CAR 19 | KAN 11 | CLT 35 | DOV 13 | TEX 3 | KEN 8 | IOW 14 | ELD 20 | POC 3 | MCH 19 | BRI 21 | MSP 15 | IOW 6 | CHI 14 | LVS 21 | TAL 31 | MAR 7 | TEX 14 | PHO 12 | HOM 7 | | | | 13th | 625 |
| 2014 | Red Horse Racing | 77 | Toyota | DAY 10 | MAR 6 | KAN 7 | CLT 9 | DOV 9 | TEX 23 | GTY 2 | KEN 15 | IOW 5 | ELD 12 | POC 22 | MCH 6 | BRI 14 | MSP 2 | CHI 19 | NHA 15 | LVS 16 | TAL 29 | MAR 10 | TEX 17 | PHO 26 | HOM 15 | | | | 6th | 683 |
| 2016 | Red Horse Racing | 11 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX 8 | IOW 14 | GTW 7 | KEN | ELD | POC | BRI | MCH | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | | | 31st | 70 |

#### Corona Series

NASCAR Corona Series results :
| Year | Team Owner | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NCSC | Pts |
| 2008 | Monica Morales | 5 | Ford | AGS 10 | MXC 3 | SLP 22* | GDL 12 | ZAC 3 | PUE 4 | MTY 3 | SLP 1 | GDL 6 | PUE 4 | QRO 4 | SLP 1* | TXG 2* | MXC 21 | 2nd | 2,153 |
| 2009 | Monica Morales | 2 | Ford | AGS 1* | TXG 2* | SLP 1* | PUE 4 | QRO 9 | GDL 2 | ZAC 3 | SLP 3 | PUE 4 | MTY 1 | QRO 2 | MXC 12 | TXG 21 | AGS 2 | 1st | 2,273 |
| 2010 | Monica Morales | 2 | Dodge | AGS 23 | QRO 4 | SLP 5 | TXG 1 | MXC 2 | PUE 20 | GDL 2 | MTY 9 | SLP 1 | MXC 3 | QRO 2 | PUE 1 | TXG 15 | AGS 4 | 1st | 2,173 |
| 2011 | Monica Morales | 2 | Toyota | MTY 2 | SLP 4 | AGS 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1st | 2,272 |
| 2011 | Monica Morales | 2 | Dodge | | | | TUX 9 | QRO 12 | PUE 2 | MXC 3 | SLP 2* | MTY 2 | QRO 1 | PUE 17 | SLP 1 | AGS 1 | MXC 5 | 1st | 2,272 |

#### Busch East Series

NASCAR Busch East Series results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NBESC | Pts |
| 2007 | Troy Williams Racing | 21 | Chevy | GRE 26 | | | | STA 28 | | | MCM 26 | ADI | LRP 29 | MFD | NHA | DOV | 31st | 405 |
| 2007 | Troy Williams Racing | 12 | Chevy | | ELK DNQ | IOW | SBO | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 405 |
| 2007 | Troy Williams Racing | 21 | Dodge | | | | | | NHA 33 | TMP | | | | | | | | | 31st | 405 |
$^*$ Season still in progress $^1$ Ineligible for series points