Germán Quiroga | |||||||
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Born |
Mexico City, Mexico |
May 29, 1980 ||||||
Achievements | 2009, 2010, 2011 NASCAR Corona Series Champion 2004 Mexican Formula Renault Champion |
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 135th (2007) | ||||||
First race | 2007 Telcel-Motorola 200 (Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
53 races run over 5 years | |||||||
Truck no., team | No. 11 (Red Horse Racing) | ||||||
2016 position | 31st | ||||||
Best finish | 6th (2014) | ||||||
First race | 2011 F.W. Webb 175 (Loudon) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Drivin' for Linemen 200 (Gateway) | ||||||
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NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series career | |||||||
94 races run over 7 years | |||||||
2011 position | 1st | ||||||
Best finish | 1st (2009, 2010, 2011) | ||||||
First race | 2004 (Mexico City) | ||||||
Last race | 2011 México Fest 200 (Mexico City) | ||||||
First win | 2004 (San Luis Potosí) | ||||||
Last win | 2011 Queretana 200 (Querétaro) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of June 25, 2016. |
Germán Quiroga Jr. (born May 28, 1980) is a Mexican professional driver. In 2011, he became the first three-time NASCAR Corona Series champion. He currently competes part-time in the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 11 Toyota Tundra for Red Horse Racing.
Quiroga began his career in Reto Neon in 1996.
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.
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.
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.
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.