2011 NACAM Rally Championship

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2011 NACAM Rally Championship
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The 2011 NACAM Rally Championship was the 4th season of the FIA's NACAM Rally Championship. This Championship is the FIA rally championship for the North America and Central America region.

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile is an association established on 20 June 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users. To the general public, the FIA is mostly known as the governing body for many auto racing events. The FIA also promotes road safety around the world.

The NACAM Rally Championship is an international rally championship which is run under the auspicies FIA and held across the North America and Central America region, which does include events held in South America. The championship was established in 2008.

Report

The season began in Mazamitla, Mexico. Raúl Orlandini took the first victory and took the first place in the championship.^[1] Orlandini won the first five special stage. Rubén Cuenca won the last, but only finished second. Orlandini won the second race in Puebla.^[2] Orlandini won four special stages, Luis Miguel Abascal won the fourth, and Víctor Pérez the fifth. Abascal finished in second place. The third round of NRC was carried out in Jacó, Costa Rica. The local driver José Andrés Montalto won the rally, but he was ineligible to NRC. The second place Orlandini took the points for first place.^[3] Nicolás Fuchs took the victory in the fourth rally, Rally Órganos. Roberto Cuenca finished in 3th^{[ clarification needed ]} place in the rally, but 1st in NRC. However the Peruvian driver, Orlandini was proclaimed champion in this round.^[4]

Mazamitla Municipality and city in Jalisco, Mexico

Mazamitla is a town and municipality of the Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located 124 km south of Guadalajara in the Southeast Region and is a popular resort destination for travelers from Guadalajara and near urban centers. Its name comes from the Nahuatl and means "place where arrows are made to hunt deers"; its area is 177.18 km². According to Count II Population and Housing, the municipality has 11671 inhabitants who are devoted mainly to the tertiary sector. For its natural environment it is considered by the federal Secretariat of Tourism as a Pueblo Mágico.

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost 2,000,000 square kilometers (770,000 sq mi), the nation is the fourth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent state in the world. With an estimated population of over 129 million people, Mexico is the tenth most populous country and the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world, while being the second most populous nation in Latin America after Brazil. Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states plus Mexico City (CDMX), which is the capital city and its most populous city. Other metropolises in the country include Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, Tijuana, and León.

Jacó is a resort city on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica in Central America. Located in the county of Garabito in the Puntarenas province, the city has a population of approximately 10,000 residents. Jacó has a black sand beach that is 4 km (2.5 mi) long and offers some of the best surfing in Costa Rica.

Drivers

Class N4
Team	Car	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
Raul Orlandini	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	202	Raul Orlandini	Diego Zuloaga	1–4
Rubén Cuenca	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	203	Rubén Cuenca	Daniel Galarza	1, 3–4
Name Racing	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	204	Francisco Name	Armando Zapata	2
Rafael Boy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	205	Rafael Boy	Alex Domínguez	1

Calendar

Round	Rally Name (Base)	Date
1	Rally de la Sierra del Tigre (Mazamitla)	April 1–3
2	30° Rally Cañadas (Puebla)	May 13–15
3	Rally Costa del Pacífico (Jaco)	June 24–26
4	Rally Órganos (Piura)	September 2–4
5	Rally Cartagena (Cartagena)	October 14–16

Results and standings

Results

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Distance	Starters	Finishers
1	3° Rally de la Sierra del Tigre (April 1–3)	1	Raúl Orlandini	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	1:22:19.9	6	120.56	26	14
		2	Rubén Cuenca	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	1:24:26.3
		3	Luis Miguel Abascal	Mitsubishi Lancer DE	1:36:52.9

2	30° Rally Cañadas (May 13–15)	1	Raúl Orlandini	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	1:19:05.4	7	112.91 km	15	30
		2	Luis Miguel Abascal	Mitsubishi Lancer DE	1:23:24.1
		3	Omar Chávez	Peugeot 206 XS	1:34:08.8

Driver's Championship

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. The best 4 of a driver's results count towards the championship.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Rank	Driver	JAL	PUE	CRC	PER	COL	Points
1	Raúl Orlandini	1	1	1	2	Ret	93
2	Rubén Cuenca	2		2	1		61
2	Nicolás Bedoya	Ret	Ret	3		1	40
3	Luis Miguel Abascal	3	2				33
4	Emilio Velázquez	4	5				22
5	Omar Chávez		3				15
7	Víctor Pérez	Ret	4	Ret			12
–	Francisco Name		Ret				0
	Juan Carlos Sarmiento		Ret				0
	Rafael Boy	Ret					0

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References

↑ "Raúl Orlandini ganó la primera fecha del Rally FIA-Nacam en México". El Comercio. April 4, 2011.
↑ "Raúl Orlandini ganó en la segunda fecha del Rally FIFA-NACAM en México". Radio Programas del Perú. May 14, 2011.
↑ "De Costa Rica nos vamos a Perú… IV Válida del NRC". NACAM Rally Championship. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
↑ "Rally Los Órganos: fecha de campeones". Peru Rally. Retrieved September 5, 2011.

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[1] "Raúl Orlandini ganó la primera fecha del Rally FIA-Nacam en México". El Comercio. April 4, 2011.

[2] "Raúl Orlandini ganó en la segunda fecha del Rally FIFA-NACAM en México". Radio Programas del Perú. May 14, 2011.

[3] "De Costa Rica nos vamos a Perú… IV Válida del NRC". NACAM Rally Championship. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2012.

[4] "Rally Los Órganos: fecha de campeones". Peru Rally. Retrieved September 5, 2011.