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
Round 1: Rally Cañadas
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 |
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Leg 1 (April 21) | SS1 | 8:28 | Tepenene-Huehuetlán 1 | 20.80 km | ![]() | 13:50.6 | 90.10 km/h | ![]() |
SS2 | 9:09 | Huehuetlán-La Magdalena T. 1 | 12.98 km | ![]() | 8:29.3 | 91.80 km/h | ||
SS3 | 9:34 | La Magdalena T.-San Juan Atzompa 1 | 18.00 km | ![]() | 12:22.3 | 87.33 km/h | ||
Leg 2 (April 21) | SS4 | 12:47 | Tepenene-Huehuetlán 2 | 20.80 km | ![]() | 13:57.3 | 89.46 km/h | |
SS5 | 13:28 | Huehuetlán-La Magdalena T. 2 | 12.98 km | ![]() | 8:28.5 | 91.98 km/h | ||
SS6 | 13:53 | La Magdalena T.-San Juan Atzompa 2 | 18.00 km | ![]() | 12:30.9 | 86.28 km/h | ||
Leg 3 (April 21) | SS7 | 16:21 | San Juan Atzompa-Huehuetlán | 20.80 km | ![]() | 18:52.7 | 91.50 km/h |
Round 2: Rally Montañas
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 |
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Leg 1 (May 19) | SS1 | 8:08 | Teotitlán 1 | 18.00 km | ![]() | 15:50.1 | 68.21 km/h | ![]() |
SS2 | 8:41 | Benito Juárez A 1 | 10.10 km | ![]() | 8:03.4 | 75.28 km/h | ||
SS3 | 8:59 | Latuvi A 1 | 12.00 km | ![]() | 8:11.2 | 87.98 km/h | ||
SS4 | 10:12 | Reynoso 1 | 11.80 km | ![]() | 7:58.5 | 88.68 km/h | ||
SS5 | 10:31 | Latuvi B 1 | 10.10 km | ![]() | 7:50.5 | 77.36 km/h | ||
SS6 | 10:49 | Benito Juárez B 1 | 17.50 km | ![]() | 14:48.1 | 70.94 km/h | ||
Leg 2 (May 19) | SS7 | 12:37 | Teotitlán 2 | 18.00 km | ![]() | 15:25.0 | 70.05 km/h | |
SS8 | 13:10 | Benito Juárez A 2 | 10.10 km | ![]() | 8:01.3 | 75.93 km/h | ||
SS9 | 13:28 | Latuvi A 2 | 12.00 km | ![]() | 8:18.1 | 86.74 km/h | ||
SS10 | 14:41 | Reynoso 2 | 11.80 km | ![]() | 8:26.7 | 83.78 km/h | ||
SS11 | 15:00 | Latuvi B 2 | 10.10 km | ![]() | 8:21.4 | 72.57 km/h | ||
SS12 | 15:18 | Benito Juárez B 2 | 17.50 km | ![]() | 15:48.2 | 66.45 km/h |
Round 3: Rally Costa del Pacífico
Day | Stage | Time | Name | Length | Winner | Time | Avg. spd. | Rally leader |
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Leg 1 (July 7) | SS1 | 8:23 | Curubande 1 | 21.20 km | ![]() | 9:46.2 | ![]() | |
SS2 | 9:11 | Curubande 2 | 21.20 km | ![]() | 9:36.2 | |||
Leg 2 (July 7) | SS3 | 10:49 | Curubande Invertido 1 | 21.20 km | ![]() | 6:21.4 | ||
SS4 | 10:37 | Curubande Invertido 2 | 21.20 km | ![]() | 6:16.6 | ![]() | ||
Leg 3 (July 7) | SS5 | 13:10 | Cañas Dulces 1 | 12.90 km | ![]() | |||
SS6 | 13:58 | Cañas Dulces 2 | 12.90 km | ![]() | ||||
Leg 4 (July 7) | SS7 | 15:41 | Cañas Dulces Invertido 1 | 12.90 km | ![]() | |||
SS8 | 16:29 | Cañas Dulces Invertido 2 | 12.90 km | ![]() |
Calendar
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 |
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1 | ![]() (Puebla) | April 20–22 |
2 | ![]() (Oaxaca) | May 18–20 |
3 | ![]() (Liberia) | July 6–8 |
4 | ![]() (Cusco) | August 30 – September 2 |
5 | ![]() (Ecuador) | October 12–14 |
6 | ![]() (Cartagena) | November 16–18 |
Teams and drivers
Class 3 | |||||
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Team | Car | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Rounds |
![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 202 | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2 |
![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 203 | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2 |
![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 204 | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2 |
![]() | Subaru Impreza | 205 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 |
![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 206 | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2 |
![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 208 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 |
Class 8 | |||||
![]() | SEAT León | 210 | ![]() | ![]() | TBA |
![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer DE | 211 | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2 |
![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer DE | 212 | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2 |
![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer DE | 213 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 |
216 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | ||
![]() | Renault Clio RS | 214 | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2 |
![]() | Kia Cerato Mitsubishi Lancer DE | 218 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 |
Class 6 | |||||
![]() | Peugeot 206 XS | 220 | ![]() | ![]() | 1–2 |
![]() | Peugeot 206 XS | 221 | ![]() | ![]() | TBA |
222 | ![]() | ![]() | TBA | ||
![]() | Peugeot 206 XS | 223 | ![]() | ![]() | TBA |
Results and standings
Results
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | ||||||
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Rank | Driver | Car | Time | Stages | Distance | Starters | Finishers | ||
1 | ![]() (April 20–22) | 1 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1:28:54.4 | 7 | 132.36 km | 24 | 37 |
2 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1:30:08.6 | ||||||
3 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1:34:08.8 | ||||||
2 | ![]() (May 18–20) | 1 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 2:09:06.3 | 12 | 137.10 km | 16 | 23 |
2 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 2:19:35.6 | ||||||
3 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer DE | 2:23:44.8 | ||||||
3 | ![]() (July 6–8) | 1 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1:04:07.2 | 8 | 138.85 km | 14 | 16 |
2 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1:10:11.0 | ||||||
3 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer DE | 1:10:46.1 | ||||||
4 | ![]() (August 30 – September 2) | 1 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1:15:53.7 | 112.20 km | |||
2 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1:18:12.9 | ||||||
3 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1:23:46.2 | ||||||
5 | ![]() (November 15–16) | 1 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1:23:04 | 108.18 km | |||
2 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1:23:04 | ||||||
3 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer DE | 1:33:57 | ||||||
6 | ![]() (November 17–18) | 1 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1:26:41 | 126.69 km | |||
2 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1:30:22 | ||||||
3 | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer DE | 1:45:55 |
Driver's Championship
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 |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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Nations Cup
Points indicated rather than rally position.
Rank | Nation | ![]() PUE | ![]() OAX | ![]() CRC | ![]() PER | ![]() COL | Points | |
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1 | ![]() | 58 | 66 | 25 | 53 | 55 | 55 | 312 |
2 | ![]() | 12 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 54 | |
3 | ![]() | 18 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 51 | ||
![]() | 6 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 51 | |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 42 |
6 | ![]() | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||
Rank | Nation | ![]() PUE | ![]() OAX | ![]() CRC | ![]() PER | ![]() COL | Points |
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "¡Triviño, campeón NACAM!". CNRM. September 8, 2009. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
- ^ "Un rally internacional bajo las cenizas del Popocatepetl". NACAM. April 27, 2012. Archived from the original on September 3, 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Calendario 2012". NACAM. Archived from the original on April 22, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
- ^ "El NRC vuelve a Ecuador". NACAM. March 7, 2012. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
- ^ "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.