The 2004 Desafio Corona season was the first season of stock car racing in Mexico. The serial was presented in March as Desafío Corona.[1] After 14 races Carlos Pardo of Equipo Telcel was declared champion.[2]
Cars
Pontiac Grand Am was the car used for almost drivers. Only two Dodge Stratus, both of Seeman-Baker team, was used.[3] Pontiac won 13 of 14 runs and the championship.
Teams and drivers
Full time entries
| Team | Manufacturer | No. | Race Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escudería Telmex | Pontiac | 1 | Mara Reyes | All |
| 2 | Rubén Pardo | All | ||
| Escudería Telcel Sun Motorola | Pontiac | 5 | Rogelio López | All |
| 6 | Carlos Pardo | All | ||
| Escudería Seman Baker | Pontiac | 38 | Jorge Seman | 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12–14 |
| Dodge | 83 | Germán Quiroga | All | |
| 87 | Luis Felipe Montaño | All | ||
| Escudería Díaz Racing | Pontiac | 11 | Carlos Contreras | 4–14 |
| 22 | César Pedrero | 1–3 | ||
| Jonathan Manatou | 8–9 | |||
| Eduardo Troconis | 10–12, 14 | |||
| Escudería Hecsal Racing | Pontiac | 7 | Héctor Sánchez | All |
| Raam Racing Team | Pontiac | 43 | Óscar Ruíz | All |
| Team GP | Pontiac | 17 | Jorge Goeters | 1–13 |
| 18 | Fernando Plata | All |
Part time entries
| Team | Manufacturer | No. | Race Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracho Racing Team | Pontiac | 12 | Julio Bracho Jr. | 1–4, 6, 8, 14 |
| Dynamic Motorsport | Pontiac | 11 | Carlos Contreras | 1–3 |
| Escudería Delphi | Pontiac | 9 | Sebastián Ocaranza | 1–2, 4–8 |
| Héctor Rached | 3, 14 | |||
| Horacio Topete | 9–10, 12 | |||
| Escudería México | Pontiac | 3 | Gianfranco Cané | 1–5 |
| Escudería Zeppelin | Pontiac | 44 | César Tiberio Jiménez | 1–10 |
| PPG Motorsports | Pontiac | 24 | José González | 14 |
| Racing Toys | Pontiac | 66 | Jonathan Manatou | 1 |
| Héctor Rached | 2 | |||
| Tiger Team | Pontiac | 99 | Marcelo Núñez | 1–4 |
Schedule
2004 Desafío Corona venues
Oval/Speedway
Road Course/Street Circuit
Results
Races
| No. | Race | Pole position | Most laps led | Winning driver | Winning manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mexico City
|
 Mara Reyes
|
Jorge Goeters
|
Jorge Goeters
|
 Pontiac
|
| 2 |  Guadalajara
|
Patrick Goeters
|
Carlos Pardo
|
Carlos Contreras
|
Pontiac
|
| 3 |  Quéretaro
|
Germán Quiroga
|
Rubén Pardo
|
Carlos Contreras
|
Pontiac
|
| 4 |  Monterrey
|
Gianfranco Cané
|
Rogelio López
|
César Tiberio Jiménez
|
Pontiac
|
| 5 |  Torreón
|
Rubén Pardo
|
Carlos Pardo
|
Carlos Pardo
|
Pontiac
|
| 6 |  San Luis Potosí
|
Carlos Pardo1
|
Jorge Goeters
|
Germán Quiroga
|
Dodge
|
| 7 |  Zacatecas
|
Carlos Contreras
|
Carlos Pardo
|
Carlos Pardo
|
Pontiac
|
| 8 |  León
|
Fernando Plata
|
Carlos Pardo
|
Carlos Pardo
|
Pontiac
|
| 9 | Guadalajara
|
Jorge Goeters
|
Rogelio López
|
Rogelio López
|
Pontiac
|
| 10 | Quéretaro
|
Jorge Goeters
|
Rubén Pardo
|
Rubén Pardo
|
Pontiac
|
| 11 | León
|
Carlos Pardo2
|
Jorge Goeters
|
Rogelio López
|
Pontiac
|
| 12 | Guadalajara
|
Jorge Goeters
|
Jorge Goeters
|
Carlos Pardo
|
Pontiac
|
| 13 | San Luis Potosí
|
Rubén Pardo
|
Jorge Goeters
|
Rogelio López
|
Pontiac
|
| 14 | Mexico City
|
Sebastián Ocaranza
|
Rogelio López
|
Rogelio López
|
Pontiac
|
Standings
| Rank | Driver | MEX |
GDL |
QRO |
MTY |
TOR |
SLP |
ZAC |
LEON |
GDL |
QRO |
LEON |
GDL |
SLP |
MEX |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Pardo
|
5 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2326 |
| 2 | Rubén Pardo
|
9 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2257 |
| 3 | Rogelio López
|
7 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2201 |
| 4 | Jorge Goeters
|
1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2045 | |
| 5 | Fernando Plata
|
11 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 2026 |
| 6 | Mara Reyes
|
10 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 1943 |
| 7 | Carlos Contreras
|
13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 21 | 1936 |
| 8 | Oscar Ruíz
|
22 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 1887 |
| 9 | Héctor Sánchez
|
6 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1857 |
| 10 | Luis F. Montaño
|
17 | 13 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1815 |
| 11 | Germán Quiroga
|
20 | 21 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1802 |
| 12 | Ignacio Alvarado
|
8 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 1705 |
| 13 | Juan Lópezpape
|
25 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 1553 | |
| 14 | Alejandro Portillo
|
24 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 1525 | |
| 15 | Patrick Goeters
|
19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 1483 | |||
| 16 | César Tiberio Jiménez
|
18 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1337 | ||||
| 17 | Sebastián Ocaranza
|
12 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 1213 | ||
| 18 | Raúl García
|
14 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 1084 | ||||
| 19 | Jorge Seman
|
21 | 26 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 24 | 857 | ||||||
| 20 | Julio Bracho, Jr.
|
16 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 854 | ||||||
| 21 | Jesús Castellanos
|
12 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 799 | |||||||
| 22 | Javier de la Parra
|
13 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 796 | |||||||
| 23 | Gianfranco Cané
|
2 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 649 | |||||||||
| 24 | Miguel de la Parra
|
22 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 22 | 545 | |||||||||
| 25 | Marcelo Núñez ✝[note 1]
|
3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 533 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Jonathan Manatou
|
15 | 14 | 16 | 499 | |||||||||||
| 27 | Héctor Rached
|
20 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 492 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Sebastián Ocaranza, Jr.
|
17 | 12 | 19 | 475 | |||||||||||
| 29 | Eduardo Troconis
|
15 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 467 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Eduardo Goeters
|
23 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 430 | ||||||||||
| 31 | César Pedrero
|
4 | 10 | 11 | 429 | |||||||||||
| 32 | Horacio Topete
|
14 | 21 | 22 | 318 | |||||||||||
| 33 | Michael Goeters
|
10 | 7 | 280 | ||||||||||||
| 34 | Roberto Fernández
|
15 | 21 | 17 | 212 | |||||||||||
| 35 | Eliseo Márquez
|
18 | 9 | 194 | ||||||||||||
| 36 | Iván Pérez
|
7 | 146 | |||||||||||||
| 37 | Jonathan Briseño
|
10 | 8 | 134 | ||||||||||||
| 38 | Horacio Richards
|
15 | 118 | |||||||||||||
| 39 | Ignacio Márquez
|
26 | 19 | 106 | ||||||||||||
| 40 | David Hernández
|
20 | 103 | |||||||||||||
| Alfredo Galland
|
17 | 103 | ||||||||||||||
| Eduardo Calderón
|
21 | 103 | ||||||||||||||
| José González
|
20 | 103 | ||||||||||||||
| 44 | Rafael Vallina
|
21 | 100 | |||||||||||||
| Ricardo Marroquín
|
22 | 100 | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | Driver | MEX |
GDL |
QRO |
MTY |
TOR |
SLP |
ZAC |
LEON |
GDL |
QRO |
LEON |
GDL |
SLP |
MEX |
Points |
Notes
- ^ The 26-year-old driver died on August 9, 2004, eight days after a racing accident at Autódromo Monterrey.[6]
References
- ^ "OCESA y SELCA presentan su nuevo serial como "Desafío Corona 2004". Sporcar.com. March 5, 2004.
- ^ "Termina el Desafío Corona". Esmas.com. December 5, 2004. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
- ^ "Mopar – Seman Baker seguirá teniendo los únicos autos Dodge en el Desafío". Sportcar. June 23, 2004. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ "Carlos Pardo arranca primero en San Luis". SportCar. August 21, 2004.
- ^ "Carlos Pardo tiene la pole en León de acuerdo a su posición en el campeonato". SportCar. October 30, 2004.
- ^ "Driver dies after crash in Mexican stock car series". Associated Press Worldstream. August 9, 2004. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 – via HighBeam Research.