2025 NASCAR Mexico Series
The 2025 NASCAR Mexico Series was the eighteenth season of the NASCAR Mexico Series, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in Mexico. It was the twenty-first season of the series as a NASCAR-sanctioned series. It began with a race at the Super Óvalo Potosino on 2 March and concluded with a race at the Autódromo Miguel E. Abed on 9 November.
Rubén García Jr. entered the season as defending champion, having won his fifth title in 2024.
Alex de Alba won his first Mexico Series championship.
Regulation Changes
On 29 January, changes to the playoff format were announced. The total amount of playoff races (including the championship race) was increased from three to five – the round of 10 and round of 7 were both extended from one to two races.[1]
Teams and Drivers
The following is a list of drivers who competed in the NASCAR Mexico Series for 2025.
On 20 March, prior to the race in Chiapas, 2006 champion Rogelio López announced his retirement from motorsport following a 28-year career. At the time, he had amassed the joint-most amount of victories in the series at 26.[2]
(N) = Novice (Rookie)
Italicized = Part-time drivers
| Manufacturer | Team/Owner | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet | Alessandros Racing | 42 | 1–2 | |
| Alpha Racing | 6 | 2 | ||
| 9 | All | |||
| Codialub | 76 | 1–3, 5–7 | ||
| Escudería Telmex | 1 | All | ||
| 2 | All | |||
| HO Speed Racing | 54 | All | ||
| JV Motorsports | 7 | All | ||
| 55 | All | |||
| Team GP | 88 | All | ||
| Ford | Alessandros Racing | 28 | All | |
| Anvi Motor Sport | 51 | All | ||
| Car Motion | 69 | All | ||
| HO Speed Racing | 22 | All | ||
| ProRally | 95 | All | ||
| Ramírez Racing | 08 | All | ||
| Sidral Aga Racing | 14 | All | ||
| Tame Racing | 46 | 1–10 | ||
| 15 | 9 | |||
| Team GP | 23 | All | ||
| Z Racing Team | 31 | 1, 3, 9–10, 14 |
Schedule
On 16 December 2024, the official calendar for the 2025 season was announced, featuring 14 races across 13 weekends, including a doubleheader weekend with the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. Compared to 2024, the final race would be held in Puebla instead of Mexico City.[3][4]
Chihuahua was dropped from the schedule for undisclosed reasons, with Puebla gaining a third date as a replacement.[5]
An international race had been confirmed for Panama for 13 September,[6] but was later dropped for logistical reasons.
San Luis Potosí also had three dates on the 2025 calendar; its August date being a replacement for a previously scheduled race on Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez's oval layout.
| No. | Race title | Track | Location | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Luis Capital 200 | O Super Óvalo Potosino | 2 March | |||
| 2 | Chiapas Extraordinary By Nature 200 | O Súper Óvalo Chiapas | 23 March | |||
| 3 | Commscope 200 Puebla | R Autódromo Miguel E. Abed | 13 April | |||
| 4 | Aguascalientes El gigante de México 250 | O Óvalo Aguascalientes México | 18 May | |||
| 5 | Querétaro 200 | O Autódromo de Querétaro | 1 June | |||
| 6 | Ricardo Rodríguez 60 | R Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 13 June | |||
| 7 | Pedro Rodríguez 60 | 14 June | ||||
| 8 | Commscope 120 | O Autódromo Monterrey | 5 July | |||
| 9 | Puebla 75 | O Autódromo Miguel E. Abed | 20 July | |||
| Playoffs | ||||||
| Round of 10 | ||||||
| 10 | San Luis Potosí 200 | O Super Óvalo Potosino | 10 August | |||
| 11 | Querétaro 140 | O Autódromo de Querétaro | 21 September | |||
| Round of 7 | ||||||
| 12 | La Potosina 200 | O Super Óvalo Potosino | 5 October | |||
| 13 | Aguascalientes "El gigante de México" 170 | O Óvalo Aguascalientes México | 19 October | |||
| Championship 4 | ||||||
| 14 | Puebla 110 | O Autódromo Miguel E. Abed | 9 November | |||
| Source: [7] | ||||||
O Oval Track
R Road course
Race results
2025 NASCAR Challenge Series
The 2025 NASCAR Challenge Series is the ninth season of the NASCAR Challenge Series, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in Mexico. It began with a race at the Super Óvalo Potosino on 2 March, and will conclude with a race at the Autódromo Miguel E. Abed on 9 November. The series is intended for young drivers, and acts as the second-tier series to the NASCAR Mexico Series.
Unlike most other second tier series in motorsport, NASCAR Challenge drivers race alongside NASCAR Mexico drivers in the same event.
The champion from 2024 was Eloy Sebastián, who would take part in the main division in 2025.
Diego Ortíz won the Challenge championship.
Teams and Drivers
The following is a list of teams and drivers who competed in the 2025 NASCAR Challenge Series season.
(N) = Novice (Rookie)
Italicized = Part-time drivers
| Manufacturer | Team/Owner | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet | Alessandros Racing | 26 | All | |
| 27 | 1 | |||
| 2–14 | ||||
| 42 | 6 | |||
| Alpha Racing | 18 | All | ||
| Anvi Motorsport | 13 | 6–7 | ||
| 39 | All | |||
| 62 | 1, 6–8, 12–14 | |||
| 63 | 11 | |||
| Dynamic Motorsports | 10 | All | ||
| Spartac Racing | 0 | 1–10 | ||
| Tame Racing | 77 | 5, 9, 14 | ||
| 3 | 6 | |||
| Ford | Escudería Telmex | 8 | All | |
| HO Speed Racing | 11 | All | ||
| 29 | All | |||
| JV Motorsports | 75 | All | ||
| Tyson Motorsport | 16 | 1–7, 9–14 | ||
| Z Racing Team | 44 | 1–8, 10–11 | ||
| 9 | ||||
| 52 | All |
Race results
| No. | Race title | Pole position | Most laps led | Winning driver | Manufacturer | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Luis Capital 200 | Giancarlo Vecchi | Giancarlo Vecchi | Giancarlo Vecchi | Ford | ||
| 2 | Chiapas Extraordinary By Nature 200 | Giancarlo Vecchi | Víctor Barrales | Víctor Barrales | Chevrolet | ||
| 3 | Commscope 200 | Helio Meza | Koke de la Parra | Koke de la Parra | Chevrolet | ||
| 4 | Aguascalientes "El gigante de México" 250 | Diego Ortíz | Diego Ortíz | Diego Ortíz | Ford | ||
| 5 | Querétaro 200 | Helio Meza | Helio Meza | Helio Meza | Chevrolet | ||
| 6 | Ricardo Rodríguez 60 | Helio Meza | Helio Meza | Helio Meza | Chevrolet | ||
| 7 | Pedro Rodríguez 60 | Diego Ortíz | Helio Meza | Diego Ortíz | Ford | ||
| 8 | Commscope 120 | Helio Meza | Koke de la Parra | Giancarlo Vecchi | Ford | ||
| 9 | Puebla 75 | Helio Meza | Helio Meza | Helio Meza | Chevrolet | ||
| 10 | San Luis Potosí 200 | Helio Meza | Helio Meza | Diego Ortíz | Ford | ||
| 11 | Querétaro 140 | Helio Meza | Helio Meza | Helio Meza | Chevrolet | ||
| 12 | La Potosina 200 | Víctor Barrales | Víctor Barrales | Diego Ortíz | Ford | ||
| 13 | Aguascalientes "El gigante de México" 170 | Helio Meza | Helio Meza | Diego Ortíz | Ford | ||
| 14 | Puebla 110 | Helio Meza | Helio Meza | Diego Ortíz | Ford | ||
| Source:[8] | |||||||
Standings
Scoring Format
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 42 | 43 | Bonus Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race | 43 (+3) | 42 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | Pole position | 1 | |
| Stage (Reg) | 3 | 2 | 1 | Leading a lap | 1 | ||||||||||
| Stage (Playoffs) | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | Most laps led | 1 | ||||||||||
2025 Standings
(key) Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led. S – Stage winner.
. – Eliminated after Round of 10
. – Eliminated after Round of 7
| NASCAR Mexico Series | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Driver | SLP | TGZ | PUE | AGS | QRO | CDMX | MTY | PUE | SLP | QRO | SLP | AGS | PUE | Points | ||
| 1 | Alex de Alba | 30 | 1* | 2 | 12S | 1*S | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12*S | 3*S | 1*S | 7 | 4 | 1st | |
| 2 | Max Gutiérrez | 20 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1*S | 6 | 1*S | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2nd | |
| 3 | Julio Rejón | 12*S | 5 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 3rd | |
| 4 | Germán Quiroga | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1* | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1*S | 22 | 4th | |
| Playoff Cutoff | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Eloy Sebastián (N) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 500 | |
| 6 | Rubén Rovelo | 3 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 1*S | 493 | |
| 7 | Xavi Razo | 2 | 3S | 1*S | 1* | 25 | 8 | 28 | 5 | 2S | 24 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 488.5 | |
| 8 | Rubén García Jr. | 1 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 457 | |
| 9 | Abraham Calderón | 14 | 29 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 1*S | 25 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 446 | |
| 10 | Enrique Baca | 24 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 423 | |
| 11 | Jake Cosío | 6 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 408 | |
| 12 | José Luis Ramírez | 27 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 390 | |
| 13 | Rodrigo Rejón | 28 | 31 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 363 | |
| 14 | Omar Jurado | 4 | 14 | 14 | 26 | 14 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 363 | |
| 15 | Santiago Tovar | 29 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 30 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 18 | 359 | |
| 16 | Irwin Vences | 25 | 21 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 240 | |||||
| 17 | Jorge Goeters | 13 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 190 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Michael Dörrbecker | 21 | 30 | 29 | 17 | 24 | 24 | 119 | |||||||||
| 19 | Juan Manuel González | 26 | 17 | 45 | |||||||||||||
| 20 | Rogelio López | 27 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | Rubén Pardo | 31 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| NASCAR Challenge Series | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Driver | SLP | TGZ | PUE | AGS | QRO | CDMX | MTY | PUE | SLP | QRO | SLP | AGS | PUE | Points | ||
| 1 | Diego Ortíz | 9 | 10 | 30 | 5*S | 8 | 29 | 8S | 21 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1st | |
| 2 | Helio Meza (N) | 13 | 12 | 28 | 4*S | 2*S | 13* | 15 | 3*S | 8*S | 8*S | 8 | 13*S | 9*S | 2nd | ||
| 3 | Santos Zanella Jr. | 11 | 12 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 25 | 21 | 3rd | |
| 4 | Giancarlo Vecchi | 8* | 16 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 11S | 9 | 25 | 4th | |
| Playoff Cutoff | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Koke De la Parra | 10 | 15S | 9*S | 9 | 13 | 13 | 22 | 10*S | 24 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 392.5 | |
| 6 | Víctor Barrales | 15S | 8* | 24 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 18* | DSQ | 26 | 372 | |
| 7 | Alonso Salinas (N) | 18 | 11 | 26 | 21 | 29 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 348 | |
| 8 | Esteban Rodríguez | 16 | 32 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 28 | 339 | |
| 9 | Regina Sirvent | 33 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 29 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 318 | |
| 10 | Eliud Treviño | 22 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 28 | 20 | 16 | 32 | 21 | 28 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 306 | |
| 11 | Rodrigo Maggio (N) | 17 | 22 | 20 | 25 | 31 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 27 | 300 | ||
| 12 | Santos Zanella Sr. | 32 | 20 | 17 | 27 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 228 | |||||
| 13 | Rafael Vallina | 19 | 23 | 31 | 17 | 28 | 25 | 21 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 194 | |||||
| 14 | Gustavo Barrales | 31 | 20 | 30 | 28 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 129 | ||||||||
| 15 | Majo Rodríguez (N) | 21 | 25 | 10 | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Rafael Maggio (N) | 22 | 32 | 34 | |||||||||||||
| 17 | Marco Marín | 20 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| 18 | Chispa Rodríguez (N) | 32 | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | Oscar Torres | 23 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | Franco Zanella | 23 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | Carlos Novelo (N) | 33 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
See also
- 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
- 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series
- 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
- 2025 ARCA Menards Series
- 2025 ARCA Menards Series East
- 2025 ARCA Menards Series West
- 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
- 2025 NASCAR Canada Series
- 2025 NASCAR Euro Series
- 2025 NASCAR Brasil Series
- 2025 CARS Tour
- 2025 SMART Modified Tour
Notes
References
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