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
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
Drivers' championship
Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.;Notes:
- 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.