# 2018 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series

The 2018 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series was the eleventh season of the NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series and the fourteenth season organized by NASCAR Mexico. It began with the Gran Premio Difrenosa at Autódromo Monterrey on 25 March and concluded with the Gran Premio FedEx at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on 2 December. Abraham Calderón entered the season as the defending Drivers' champion. Rubén García Jr. won the championship, nineteen points in front of Irwin Vences. And Fabián Welter was declared the Rookie of the Year.

## Drivers

| No. | Manufacturer | Car Owner | Race Driver | Crew Chief |
| 00 | Toyota | Patricia Marbán | Rodrigo Marbán 4 | Alfredo Montiel |
| 0 | Toyota | Rafael Vallina | Rafael Vallina 1 | Juan Salazar |
| 1 | Toyota | Daniel Morales | Luis Michael Dörrbecker 2 | Jorge Torres |
| 2 | Toyota | Jimmy Morales | Abraham Calderón | Alejandro Vega |
| 3 | Toyota | Sara Morales | Fabián Welter (R) 11 | Xristos Pappas |
| 3 | Toyota | Sara Morales | Jorge Goeters 1 | Xristos Pappas |
| 4 | Toyota | Xenia Alexis Morales | Rodrigo Rejón 1 | Miguel Guzmán |
| 4 | Toyota | Xenia Alexis Morales | Piero Rodarte 1 | Miguel Guzmán |
| 6 | Toyota | Priscila Palazuelos | Rogelio López | Juan Tapia |
| 07 | Toyota | Héctor Félix | Héctor Félix 3 | Óscar Torres |
| 7 | Toyota | Antonio Camacho | Carlos Peralta 4 | Carlos Valencia 1 Antonio Camacho 11 |
| 7 | Toyota | Antonio Camacho | Elliot Van Rankin 8 | Carlos Valencia 1 Antonio Camacho 11 |
| 08 | Ford | José Luis Ramírez | José Luis Ramírez | Juan Luis Quintanar |
| 8 | Toyota | David Tame | Enrique Baca 8 | Juan Salazar 2 Gregorio Loza 7 |
| 8 | Toyota | David Tame | Rafael Martínez 1 | Juan Salazar 2 Gregorio Loza 7 |
| 11 | Dodge | Juan Salazar | Hugo Oliveras | Luis Ruíz |
| 13 | Toyota | Oscar Rodríguez | Alex González 1 | Federico Cedillo |
| 15 | Dodge | Luis Ruíz | Rubén Pardo | Francisco Guzmán |
| 16 | Toyota | Miguel Sánchez | Mike Sánchez 6 | Sergio Zúñiga |
| 16 | Toyota | Miguel Sánchez | Alex González 3 | Sergio Zúñiga |
| 19 | Toyota | Ramíro Fidalgo | Héctor Aguirre | Cuauhtémoc González |
| 20 | Toyota | Homero Richards | Homero Richards | Luis Angel Avelar |
| 24 | Toyota | Pepe González | Pepe González 3 | Pablo Gutiérrez |
| 25 | Ford | Martha Teresa Chavez | Abraham Jurado 1 | Cristobal García |
| 26 | Dodge | Estefanía Oliveras | Santiago Tovar | Emanuel Moreno |
| 28 | Toyota | Lilian Castellano | Rubén Rovelo | Leonel Morales |
| 30 | Toyota | Carlos Marbán | Víctor Barrales 8 | Juan Cervantes 6 Unknown 2 Rafaél Hernández 1 |
| 30 | Toyota | Carlos Marbán | Víctor Barrales Jr. 1 | Juan Cervantes 6 Unknown 2 Rafaél Hernández 1 |
| 31 | Ford 5 Toyota 7 | Franco Zanella 1 Paola Cardona 11 | Jorge Goeters 11 | Unknown 3 Juan Manuel Hernández 2 Jorge Gerardo González 7 |
| 31 | Ford 5 Toyota 7 | Franco Zanella 1 Paola Cardona 11 | Patrick Goeters 1 | Unknown 3 Juan Manuel Hernández 2 Jorge Gerardo González 7 |
| 37 | Toyota | Pepe González | Max González | Jorge Castorena |
| 40 | Toyota | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Luis Carlos Machorro |
| 41 | Toyota | Rafael Vallina | Patrick Goeters 3 | Daniel Garrido 1 |
| 41 | Toyota | Rafael Vallina | Patrick Goeters 3 | Unknown 2 |
| 46 | Toyota | Jordi Vidal | Irwin Vences | Jorge Eduardo García |
| 48 | Toyota | Salvador de Alba Jr. | Salvador de Alba Jr. | Randy Cardenas |
| 54 | Toyota | Miguel Jurado | Omar Jurado 2 | Arturo Sánchez 1 |
| 54 | Toyota | Miguel Jurado | Omar Jurado 2 | Marcos García 1 |
| 55 | Ford | Gerardo Rejón | Julio Rejón 1 | Humberto Castilla |
| 65 | Toyota | Isaac Aragón | Alex González 5 | Pablo Gutiérrez |
| 68 | Toyota | Horacio Richards | Manolín Gutiérrez | Mauricio Quintanar |
| 77 | Toyota | Anapaula Villegas | Xavi Razo | Fernando Huerta |
| 88 | Toyota | Juan Pablo García | Rubén García Jr. | Martín Bautista |
| 90 | Ford | Alberto Tame | Piero Rodarte 3 | Edgar Romano |
| 90 | Ford | Alberto Tame | Rafael Martínez 7 | Edgar Romano |
| 96 | Toyota | Javier Fernández | Javier Fernández 2 | Valentín Fernández 1 |
| 96 | Toyota | Javier Fernández | Javier Fernández 2 | Juan Manuel Hernández 1 |
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## Schedule

On 25 January 2018, NASCAR announced the 2018 schedule. León and Pachuca were dropped from the schedule in favor of El Dorado and a road course race at Aguascalientes. The race in El Marqués was held on the road course instead of the oval.
| No. | Race Title | Track | Date |
| 1 | Gran Premio Difrenosa | Autódromo Monterrey, Apodaca | 25 March |
| 2 | Gran Premio Canel's | Autódromo Potosino, Zaragoza | 22 April |
| 3 | Gran Premio Frontera | El Dorado Speedway, Juan Aldama | 20 May |
| 4 | Gran Premio Sam's Club | Trióvalo Internacional de Cajititlán, Guadalajara | 10 June |
| 5 | Gran Premio Red Cola | Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Puebla | 8 July |
| 6 | Gran Premio BLU Smartphones | Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes | 29 July |
| 7 | Gran Premio Monster Energy | Autódromo del Ecocentro de la Unión Ganadera, El Marqués | 19 August |
| 8 | Gran Premio Red Cola | Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Puebla | 9 September |
| 9 | Gran Premio ARRIS | Súper Óvalo Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez | 30 September |
| 10 | Gran Premio Baoli | Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes | 21 October |
| 11 | Gran Premio Scotiabank | Trióvalo Internacional de Cajititlán, Guadalajara | 11 November |
| 12 | Gran Premio FedEx | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City | 2 December |

## Results and standings
### Races

| No. | Race | Pole position | Most laps led | Winning driver | Manufacturer |
| 1 | Gran Premio Difrenosa | Salvador de Alba Jr. | Salvador de Alba Jr. | Homero Richards | Toyota |
| 2 | Gran Premio Canel's | Salvador de Alba Jr. | Irwin Vences | Irwin Vences | Toyota |
| 3 | Gran Premio Frontera | Rubén García Jr. | Rubén García Jr. | Rubén Rovelo | Toyota |
| 4 | Gran Premio Sam's Club | Rubén Rovelo | Irwin Vences | Irwin Vences | Toyota |
| 5 | Gran Premio Red Cola | Hugo Oliveras | Hugo Oliveras | Rubén García Jr. | Toyota |
| 6 | Gran Premio BLU Smartphones | Rubén García Jr. | Rubén García Jr. | Rubén García Jr. | Toyota |
| 7 | Gran Premio Monster Energy | Hugo Oliveras | Hugo Oliveras | Rubén García Jr. | Toyota |
| 8 | Gran Premio Red Cola | Santiago Tovar | Rubén Rovelo | Rubén Rovelo | Toyota |
| 9 | Gran Premio ARRIS | Rubén García Jr. | Irwin Vences | Irwin Vences | Toyota |
| 10 | Gran Premio Baoli | Salvador de Alba Jr. | Salvador de Alba Jr. | Abraham Calderón | Toyota |
| 11 | Gran Premio Scotiabank | Salvador de Alba Jr. | Abraham Calderón | Salvador de Alba Jr. | Toyota |
| 12 | Gran Premio FedEx | Abraham Calderón | Abraham Calderón | Abraham Calderón | Toyota |

### Drivers' championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.
| Pos. | Driver | MTY | SLP | CHI | GDL | PUE | AGS | QRO | PUE | TXG | AGS | GDL | MXC | Points |
| 1 | Rubén García Jr. | 7 | 8 | 7* | 3 | 1 | 1* | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 488 |
| 2 | Irwin Vences | 2 | 1* | 27 | 1* | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1* | 3 | 17 | 4 | 469 |
| 3 | Rubén Rovelo | 4 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1* | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 459 |
| 4 | Hugo Oliveras | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2* | 12 | 2* | 4 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 439 |
| 5 | Abraham Calderón | 18 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 12* | 1* | 435 |
| 6 | Salvador de Alba Jr. | 13* | 4 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 16* | 1 | 2 | 419 |
| 7 | Santiago Tovar | 9 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 419 |
| 8 | Manolín Gutiérrez | 11 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 400 |
| 9 | Xavi Razo | 20 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 393 |
| 10 | Rubén Pardo | 8 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 387 |
| 11 | Héctor Aguirre | 5 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 378 |
| 12 | Rogelio López | 19 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 379 |
| 13 | Jorge Goeters | 12 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 376 |
| 14 | Homero Richards | 1 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 22 | 368 |
| 15 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 3 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 363 |
| 16 | José Luis Ramírez | 22 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 354 |
| 17 | Fabián Welter (R) | 17 | 17 | 31 | 10 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 19 | | 295 |
| 18 | Max González | 23 | 15 | 29 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 19 | 294 |
| 19 | Elliot Van Rankin | | 5 | 11 | 4 | | 5 | | 13 | 9 | 13 | 10 | | 267 |
| 20 | Enrique Baca | | 9 | 5 | 8 | Wth | 18 | | 14 | QL$^4$ | | 18 | 10 | 226 |
| 21 | Alex González | 15 | 20 | Wth | 17 | 19 | 15 | 23 | 19 | | | | 21 | 203 |
| 22 | Rafael Martínez | | | | 22 | 17 | 15 | | 19 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 197 |
| 23 | Víctor Barrales | 21 | 21 | 20 | | 21 | 23 | QL$^2$ | 16 | | 20 | | 14 | 172 |
| 24 | Mike Sánchez | 16 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 19 | | | | | | | 146 |
| 25 | Carlos Peralta | 6 | | | | 15 | | 12 | | | | | 9 | 134 |
| 26 | Piero Rodarte | 14 | 12 | 8 | | | | | | 25 | | | | 117 |
| 27 | Patrick Goeters | | | 32 | | | 11 | 16 | | | | | 17 | 100 |
| 28 | Héctor Félix | | | | | | | | | | 19 | 16 | 25 | 72 |
| 29 | Pepe González | | | | | | | DNS$^3$ | | | | 20 | 24 | 44 |
| Drivers ineligible for PEAK Mexico Series points |||||||||||||||
| | Julio Rejón | | | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Luis Michael Dörrbecker | | | 23 | | | | | | 13 | | | | |
| | Víctor Barrales Jr. | | | | | | | 13 | | | | | | |
| | Rodrigo Marbán | | 25 | 24 | | | | 23 | | 15 | | | | |
| | Omar Jurado | | | 17 | | | | | | | | 23 | | |
| | Javier Fernández | | | 26 | | | | | | 18 | | | | |
| | Rafael Vallina | | | 22 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Rodrigo Rejón | | | 28 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Abraham Jurado | | | 30 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pos. | Driver | MTY | SLP | CHI | GDL | PUE | AGS | QRO | PUE | TXG | AGS | GDL | MXC | Points |

#### Notes

    ^ They receive championship points in supporter series.
* $^2$ – Víctor Barrales qualified in the No. 30 for Víctor Barrales Jr.
* $^3$ – Pepe González received championship points, despite the fact that he did not start the race.
* $^4$ – Enrique Baca qualified in the No. 8 for Rafael Martínez.