Mexican racing driverNASCAR Camping World Truck Series career53 races run over 5 years2016 position31stBest finish6th (2014)First race2011 F.W. Webb 175 (Loudon)Last race2016 Drivin' for Linemen 200 (Gateway)NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series career94 races run over 7 years2011 position1stBest finish1st (2009, 2010, 2011)First race2004 (Mexico City)Last race2011 México Fest 200 (Mexico City)First win2004 (San Luis Potosí)Last win2011 Queretana 200 (Querétaro)Statistics current as of June 25, 2016.

Germán Quiroga Jr. (born May 28, 1980) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver. In 2011, he became the first three-time NASCAR Corona Series champion.

Contents

• 1 Racing career
  • 1.1 Beginnings
  • 1.2 Corona Series
  • 1.3 Toyota All-Star Showdown
  • 1.4 Nationwide Series
  • 1.5 Camping World Truck Series
• 2 Motorsports career results
  • 2.1 American Open-Wheel racing results
    • 2.1.1 Barber Dodge Pro Series
  • 2.2 NASCAR
    • 2.2.1 Busch Series
    • 2.2.2 Camping World Truck Series
    • 2.2.3 Corona Series
    • 2.2.4 Busch East Series
• 3 References
• 4 External links

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 . 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.

Toyota All-Star Showdown

In 2011, Quiroga participated in the Toyota All-Star Showdown in Irwindale, California, racing for Bill Mc*ly. He finished in the 12th position behind fellow NCS driver Daniel Suárez.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

External links

• Official website
• Germán Quiroga driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Germán Quiroga at Driver Database

NASCAR Hall of Fame

• Kirk Shelmerdine

Partnerships and affiliations

• Richard Childress Racing
• Germain Racing
• Hillman-Circle Sport
• Jordan Anderson Racing
• JR Motorsports
• NEMCO Motorsports
• NY Racing Team
• Spire Motorsports
• Tommy Baldwin Racing

Buyouts and mergers

• HScott Motorsports
• Michael Waltrip Racing
• Phil Parsons Racing
• Rick Ware Racing

Formerly known as Jay Robinson RacingARCA Menards SeriesARCA Menards Series EastARCA Menards Series WestFormer drivers

• Christopher Bell
• Johnny Benson Jr.
• Greg Biffle
• Scott Bloomquist
• Justin Boston
• Brian Brown
• Harrison Burton
• Kurt Busch
• William Byron
• Parker Chase
• Cody Coughlin
• Joey Coulter
• Spencer Davis
• Christian Eckes
• Gray Gaulding
• David Gilliland
• Todd Gilliland
• Noah Gragson
• Derek Griffith
• Chad Hackenbracht
• Denny Hamlin
• Riley Herbst
• Drew Herring
• Brian Ickler
• Brandon Jones
• Erik Jones
• Kasey Kahne
• Parker Kligerman
• Gary Klutt
• Jason Leffler
• Raphaël Lessard
• Dylan Lupton
• Tayler Malsam
• David Mayhew
• Germán Quiroga
• Kimi Räikkönen
• Josh Richards
• Brian Scott
• Logan Seavey
• Myatt Snider
• Daniel Suárez
• Alex Tagliani
• Matt Tifft
• Martin Truex Jr.
• Bubba Wallace

NASCAR Truck Series ChampionshipsPartnerships and affiliations

• Toyota Racing Development
• Joe Gibbs Racing
• Halmar Friesen Racing
• NEMCO Motorsports

Buyouts and mergers

• Joe Gibbs Racing (ARCA team)
• Xpress Motorsports