Mexican racing driver
NASCAR driver
Germán Quiroga Jr. (born May 29, 1980) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver. In 2011, he became the first three-time NASCAR Corona Series champion.
Racing career
Beginnings
Quiroga began his career in Reto Neon in 1996.
Corona Series
In 2004 , he began racing in the NASCAR Corona Series (NCS), racing for Jorge Seman's race team .[ 1] 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.[ 2] [ 3]
Toyota All-Star Showdown
In 2011, Quiroga participated in the Toyota All-Star Showdown in Irwindale, California , racing for Bill McAnally.[ 4] He finished in the 12th position behind fellow NCS driver Daniel Suárez.[ 5]
Nationwide Series
Quiroga's 2013 truck at Rockingham Speedway
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.[ 6]
Camping World Truck Series
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.[ 7]
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.[ 3] [ 8] 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.[ 9]
He also has worked part-time on NASCAR on NBC broadcasts, being part of mun2 's broadcast of the NASCAR Toyota Series Toyota 120 at Phoenix International Raceway in February 2014.[ 10]
Quiroga had a great start in 2014 season with five straight top ten finishes until Texas.
After sitting out 2015, he returned to drive part-time in the Red Horse's No. 11 truck in 2016 beginning at Texas.
Motorsports career results
American Open-Wheel racing results
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)
Barber Dodge Pro Series
Indy Pro Series
NASCAR
(key ) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. )
Busch Series
Camping World Truck Series
Corona Series
Busch East Series
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
^ "Germán Quiroga" . Sporcar. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2011 .
^ "Germán Quiroga, bicampeón de la Nascar México Series" . La Jornada. November 22, 2010.
^ a b Spencer, Lee (November 2, 2012). "Quiroga Jr. hoping to make history" . Fox Sports . Retrieved 2013-02-11 .
^ "Germán Quiroga se declara listo para el 'Toyota All Star Showdown' " . Excelsior. January 27, 2011.
^ "Daniel Suárez, cerca del top ten en la Toyota All-Star Showdown" . Vision Automotriz. January 30, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-02-02.
^ "German Quiroga - NASCAR Nationwide Series Results" . Racing-Reference . USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2012-07-20 .
^ "German Quiroga - NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results" . Racing-Reference . USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2012-07-20 .
^ "Mexican Driver German Quiroga To Participate in NASCAR" . Fox News Latino. July 20, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-20 .
^ "Quiroga added to Red Horse Racing lineup" . NASCAR.com . February 19, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-21 .
^ " "Deportes Telemundo en mun2" to Air NASCAR Mexico Toyota Series Opening Race Live on Friday, February 28, 9 P.M. EST" . BusinessWire . February 25, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-02 .
^ "Germán Quiroga – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2023 .
^ "Germán Quiroga – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2023 .
^ "Germán Quiroga – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2023 .
^ "Germán Quiroga – 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2023 .
^ "Germán Quiroga – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2023 .
^ "Germán Quiroga – 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2023 .
^ "Driver German Quiroga 2008 Corona Mexico Series Results - Racing-Reference.info" . www.racing-reference.info . Retrieved 2021-04-19 .
^ "Driver German Quiroga 2009 Corona Mexico Series Results - Racing-Reference.info" . www.racing-reference.info . Retrieved 2021-04-19 .
^ "Driver German Quiroga 2010 Corona Mexico Series Results - Racing-Reference.info" . www.racing-reference.info . Retrieved 2021-04-19 .
^ "Driver German Quiroga 2011 Corona Mexico Series Results - Racing-Reference.info" . www.racing-reference.info . Retrieved 2021-04-19 .
^ "Germán Quiroga – 2007 NASCAR Busch East Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2023 .
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Years active 2004–2017
Personnel Former drivers Buyouts and mergers
Years active 2000–2020
Personnel Former drivers
NASCAR Hall of Fame Partnerships and affiliations Buyouts and mergers Formerly known as Jay Robinson Racing