2012 NACAM Rally Championship

The 2012 NACAM Rally Championship was the 5th season of the FIA's NACAM Rally Championship. This Championship is the FIA rally championship for the North America and Central America region. The season began April 20 in Puebla, Mexico, and ended November 18 in Cartagena, Colombia, after 6 events. Raúl Orlandini Griswold was at that date the reigning champion.[1] Ricardo Triviño, 2009 champion, ran in the championship.[2]

Report

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Round 1: Rally Cañadas

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Ricardo Triviño took the first round in Puebla.[3] Nicolás Bedoya not completed the first stage. Francisco Name also abandoned in after the third stage. Triviño won the first six stages making an advantage of 1:37.0 over John Powell. Powell won the last stage, but he only can recover 22.8 seconds. Triviño took the first place in the Driver's Championship.

Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
Leg 1
(April 21) 		SS1 8:28 Tepenene-Huehuetlán 1 20.80 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 13:50.6 90.10 km/h Mexico Ricardo Triviño
SS2 9:09 Huehuetlán-La Magdalena T. 1 12.98 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 8:29.3 91.80 km/h
SS3 9:34 La Magdalena T.-San Juan Atzompa 1 18.00 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 12:22.3 87.33 km/h
Leg 2
(April 21) 		SS4 12:47 Tepenene-Huehuetlán 2 20.80 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 13:57.3 89.46 km/h
SS5 13:28 Huehuetlán-La Magdalena T. 2 12.98 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 8:28.5 91.98 km/h
SS6 13:53 La Magdalena T.-San Juan Atzompa 2 18.00 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 12:30.9 86.28 km/h
Leg 3
(April 21) 		SS7 16:21 San Juan Atzompa-Huehuetlán 20.80 km Trinidad and Tobago John Powell 18:52.7 91.50 km/h

Round 2: Rally Montañas

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The second round in Oaxaca started with Carlos Izquierdo taking the lead. Powell, Landazuri and Fernández not finished the first stage. Triviño lost near 10 minutes in this stage. However, Triviño won the next 8 stages reaching the fourth place in the NACAM classification. In the special stage 10 Name had abandon, Name been in the second position. Izquierdo won the last 3 stages, and took the victory.[4]

Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
Leg 1
(May 19) 		SS1 8:08 Teotitlán 1 18.00 km Mexico Carlos Izquierdo 15:50.1 68.21 km/h Mexico Carlos Izquierdo
SS2 8:41 Benito Juárez A 1 10.10 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 8:03.4 75.28 km/h
SS3 8:59 Latuvi A 1 12.00 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 8:11.2 87.98 km/h
SS4 10:12 Reynoso 1 11.80 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 7:58.5 88.68 km/h
SS5 10:31 Latuvi B 1 10.10 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 7:50.5 77.36 km/h
SS6 10:49 Benito Juárez B 1 17.50 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 14:48.1 70.94 km/h
Leg 2
(May 19) 		SS7 12:37 Teotitlán 2 18.00 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 15:25.0 70.05 km/h
SS8 13:10 Benito Juárez A 2 10.10 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 8:01.3 75.93 km/h
SS9 13:28 Latuvi A 2 12.00 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 8:18.1 86.74 km/h
SS10 14:41 Reynoso 2 11.80 km Mexico Carlos Izquierdo 8:26.7 83.78 km/h
SS11 15:00 Latuvi B 2 10.10 km Mexico Carlos Izquierdo 8:21.4 72.57 km/h
SS12 15:18 Benito Juárez B 2 17.50 km Mexico Carlos Izquierdo 15:48.2 66.45 km/h

Round 3: Rally Costa del Pacífico

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Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
Leg 1
(July 7) 		SS1 8:23 Curubande 1 21.20 km Trinidad and Tobago John Powell 9:46.2 Trinidad and Tobago John Powell
SS2 9:11 Curubande 2 21.20 km Trinidad and Tobago John Powell 9:36.2
Leg 2
(July 7) 		SS3 10:49 Curubande Invertido 1 21.20 km Trinidad and Tobago John Powell 6:21.4
SS4 10:37 Curubande Invertido 2 21.20 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño 6:16.6 Mexico Ricardo Triviño
Leg 3
(July 7) 		SS5 13:10 Cañas Dulces 1 12.90 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño
SS6 13:58 Cañas Dulces 2 12.90 km Trinidad and Tobago John Powell
Leg 4
(July 7) 		SS7 15:41 Cañas Dulces Invertido 1 12.90 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño
SS8 16:29 Cañas Dulces Invertido 2 12.90 km Mexico Ricardo Triviño

Calendar

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The original calendar had six rallies, two of them in Mexico. Panama was originally included as the venue of the fifth round,[5] however, on March 7 this round was changed to Ecuador.[6]

Round Rally Name
(Base) 		Date
1 Mexico 31° Rally Cañadas
(Puebla) 		April 20–22
2 Mexico Rally Montañas
(Oaxaca) 		May 18–20
3 Costa Rica Rally Costa de Pacífico
(Liberia) 		July 6–8
4 Peru Rally Cusco
(Cusco) 		August 30 – September 2
5 Ecuador Rally Ecuador
(Ecuador) 		October 12–14
6 Colombia Rally Colombia
(Cartagena) 		November 16–18

Teams and drivers

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Class 3
Team Car No. Driver Co-driver Rounds
Mexico Triviño WRT Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 202 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mexico Marco Hernández 1–2
Trinidad and Tobago John Powell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 203 Trinidad and Tobago John Powell Jamaica Michael Fennell 1–2
Mexico Name Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 204 Mexico Francisco Name Mexico Armando Zapata 1–2
Colombia Colombian Motorsports Subaru Impreza 205 Colombia Nikolas Bedoya Colombia Ricardo Abello 1
Mexico Riviera Maya Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 206 Mexico Carlos Izquierdo Mexico Guillermo Izquierdo 1–2
Mexico David Jassan Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 208 Mexico David Jassan MexicoRafael Maggio 2
Class 8
Peru Dyer Racing Team SEAT León 210 Peru Yazmín Dyer Peru Julio Echazú TBA
Ecuador X Rally Ecuador Mitsubishi Lancer DE 211 Ecuador Diego Landazuri Ecuador Adolfo Espinosa 1–2
Venezuela Rally Team Venezuela Mitsubishi Lancer DE 212 Venezuela Alejandro Lombardo Venezuela Miguel Alvarado 1–2
Mexico VP Garage Mitsubishi Lancer DE 213 Mexico Luis Miguel Abascal Mexico Jaime Marín 1
216 Mexico Víctor Pérez Mexico Eduardo Espinosa 2
Mexico Mario Fernández Renault Clio RS 214 Mexico Mario Fernández Mexico Eduardo Solís 1–2
Costa Rica Molina Rally Team Kia Cerato
Mitsubishi Lancer DE		 218 Costa Rica Andrés Molina Costa Rica Eduardo Corrales 2
Class 6
Panama Pandeportes Rally Team Peugeot 206 XS 220 Panama Dante Pescetto Panama Alejandro Domínguez 1–2
Ecuador Zhumir Rally Team Peugeot 206 XS 221 Ecuador Diego Serrano Ecuador Felipe Serrano TBA
222 Ecuador Isabel Serrano Ecuador Juan Serrano TBA
Peru Big Cola Rally Team Peugeot 206 XS 223 Peru Pier Gozzer Mexico Christian Franz TBA

Results and standings

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Results

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Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Distance Starters Finishers
1 Mexico 31° Rally Cañadas
(April 20–22) 		1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:28:54.4 7 132.36 km 24 37
2 Trinidad and Tobago John Powell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:30:08.6
3 Mexico Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:34:08.8
2 Mexico Rally Montañas Oaxaca
(May 18–20) 		1 Mexico Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:09:06.3 12 137.10 km 16 23
2 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:19:35.6
3 Costa Rica Andrés Molina Mitsubishi Lancer DE 2:23:44.8
3 Costa Rica Rally Costa Rica
(July 6–8) 		1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:04:07.2 8 138.85 km 14 16
2 Trinidad and Tobago John Powell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:10:11.0
3 Costa Rica Andrés Molina Mitsubishi Lancer DE 1:10:46.1
4 Peru Rally Cusco
(August 30 – September 2) 		1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:15:53.7 112.20 km
2 Mexico Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:18:12.9
3 Trinidad and Tobago John Powell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:23:46.2
5 Colombia Rally La Leyenda de Eldorado #1
(November 15–16) 		1 Mexico Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:23:04 108.18 km
2 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:23:04
3 Costa Rica Andrés Molina Mitsubishi Lancer DE 1:33:57
6 Colombia Rally La Leyenda de Eldorado #2
(November 17–18) 		1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:26:41 126.69 km
2 Mexico Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:30:22
3 Venezuela Alejandro Lombardo Mitsubishi Lancer DE 1:45:55

Driver's Championship

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Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. The best 5 of a driver's results count towards the championship.[7]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Rank Driver Mexico
PUE 		Mexico
OAX 		Costa Rica
CRC 		Peru
PER 		Colombia
COL 		Points
1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño 1 2 1 1 2 1 136
2 Mexico Carlos Izquierdo 3 1 2 1 2 101
3 Costa Rica Andrés Molina 4 3 4 3 Ret 54
4 Trinidad and Tobago John Powell 2 Ret 2 3 51
Venezuela Alejandro Lombardo 7 5 4 6 Ret 3 51
6 Mexico Mario Fernández 6 Ret Ret 5 4 4 42
Panama Dante Pescetto Ret 7 5 7 5 5 42
8 Mexico Víctor Pérez 3 15
9 Ecuador Diego Landazuri 4 Ret 12
10 Mexico Luis Miguel Abascal 7 10
11 Mexico David Jassan 6 8
Rank Driver Mexico
PUE 		Mexico
OAX 		Costa Rica
CRC 		Peru
PER 		Colombia
COL 		Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Nations Cup

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Points indicated rather than rally position.

Rank Nation Mexico
PUE 		Mexico
OAX 		Costa Rica
CRC 		Peru
PER 		Colombia
COL 		Points
1 Mexico Mexico 58 66 25 53 55 55 312
2 Costa Rica Costa Rica 12 15 12 15 0 54
3 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 18 0 18 15 51
Venezuela Venezuela 6 10 12 8 0 15 51
5 Panama Panama 0 6 10 6 10 10 42
6 Ecuador Ecuador 15 0 15
Rank Nation Mexico
PUE 		Mexico
OAX 		Costa Rica
CRC 		Peru
PER 		Colombia
COL 		Points

References

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  1. ^ "Orlandini obtuvo el título en Perú y se alista el cierre del NRC en Colombia". nacamrallychampionship.com. September 7, 2011. Archived from the original on September 3, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  2. ^ "¡Triviño, campeón NACAM!". CNRM. September 8, 2009. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Un rally internacional bajo las cenizas del Popocatepetl". NACAM. April 27, 2012. Archived from the original on September 3, 2012.
  4. ^ "Carlos Izquierdo y Guillermo Izquierdo ganaron el Rally Montañas". nssoaxaca.com. May 19, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  5. ^ "Calendario 2012". NACAM. Archived from the original on April 22, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  6. ^ "El NRC vuelve a Ecuador". NACAM. March 7, 2012. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  7. ^ "2012 FIA Regional Rallies Championships Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. p. V5, Art 5, Item 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
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