 | This article's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information.(November 2012) |
2012 NASCAR Stock V6 Series was the support series for the 2012 NASCAR Toyota Series season, which was the fourth season of the series. Twelve races were raced, all on oval tracks.
The season began in Autódromo Potosino, where the local driver, Oscar Torres, Jr. won the race. Oscar Torres, Jr. won back-to-back the race in Querétaro. [1] The third race in Mexico City, again saw win Oscar Torres, Jr. Torres increased his gap to 16 points ahead of Javier Campos. [2] In Puebla the rain avoided the classification, the grid was according to the championship. The race was again dominated by Oscar Torres, Jr., who increased his lead to 22 points. [3] However Oscar Torres, Jr. won 8 races and Javier Campos only 1, the final gap was 25 points and Oscar Torres, Jr. was declared the 2012 season champion.
Guadalajara was supposed to return after a year's absence. However, it was cancelled and replaced by El Dorado Speedway Chihuahua, which debuted in the series. [4]
| Team | Manufacturer | Tires | No. | Race Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamic Motorsport | Mazda | H | 6 | Oscar Torres, Jr. | All |
| 8 | Javier Campos | All | |||
| Megaracing | H | 7 | Diego Mendoza | 1–3, 5–6 | |
| Mazda | 53 | Ricardo Hernández | 1–11 | ||
| Liqui Moly Cuadritos Racing | Toyota | H | 12 | Héctor González, Jr. | All |
| 19 | Carlos Azcarate (R) | 2–12 | |||
| OAM Racing Team | H | 23 | Gisela Ponce | All | |
| Tame Racing | Toyota | H | 17 | Santiago Tovar (R) | All |
| No. | Race Title | Track | Date | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local | UTC | ||||
| 1 | San Luis Potosí |  Autódromo Potosino, Villa de Zaragoza | 15 April | 11:10 | 16:10 |
| 2 | Querétaro |  Autódromo Querétaro, Santiago de Querétaro | 29 April | 11:10 | 16:10 |
| 3 | Ciudad de México |  Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City | 12 May | 18:10 | 23:10 |
| 4 | Puebla |  Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Puebla | 27 May | 11:30 | 16:30 |
| 5 | Aguascalientes |  Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes | 17 June | TBA | TBA |
| 6 | Ciudad de México | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City | 8 July | TBA | TBA |
| 7 | San Luis Potosí | Autódromo Potosino, Villa de Zaragoza | 29 July | TBA | TBA |
| 8 | Querétaro | Autódromo Querétaro, Santiago de Querétaro | 12 August | TBA | TBA |
| 9 | Aguascalientes | Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes | 25 August | TBA | TBA |
| 10 | Puebla | Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Puebla | 9 September | TBA | TBA |
| 11 | Chihuahua 200 |  El Dorado Speedway, Chihuahua | 29 October | TBA | TBA |
| 12 | Mexico Fest 200 | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City | 11 November | TBA | TBA |
| No. | Race | Pole position | Most laps led | Winning Driver | Winning Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Luis Potosí | Javier Campos | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Mazda |
| 2 | Querétaro | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Mazda |
| 3 | Mexico City | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Mazda |
| 4 | Puebla | Oscar Torres, Jr. 1 | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Mazda |
| 5 | Aguascalientes | Tony Garza | Santiago Tovar | Javier Campos | Mazda |
| 6 | Mexico City | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Mazda |
| 7 | San Luis Potosí | Santiago Tovar | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Mazda |
| 8 | Querétaro | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Mazda |
| 9 | Aguascalientes | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Jean Franco Tomasello | |
| 10 | Puebla | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Oscar Torres, Jr. | Mazda |
| 11 | Chihuahua | Jean Franco Tomasello | Héctor González, Jr. | Toyota | |
| 12 | Mexico City | Jorge Contreras, Sr. | Jorge Contreras, Sr. | Erik Mondragón |
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.
| Rank | Driver | SLP | QRO | MXC | PUE | AGS | MX2 | SL2 | QR2 | AG2 | PU2 | CHI | MX3 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar Torres, Jr. | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1* | 13 | 1* | 1* | 1** | 5* | 1** | 2 | 9 | 526 |
| 2 | Javier Campos | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 501 |
| 3 | Héctor González, Jr. | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 462 |
| 4 | Santiago Tovar (R) | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3* | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 462 |
| 5 | Erik Mondragón | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 444 |
| 6 | Mauro Vega (R) | 6 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 426 |
| 7 | Gisela Ponce (R) | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 422 |
| 8 | Ricardo Hernández | 7 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 390 | |
| 9 | Carlos Azcarate (R) | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 387 | |
| 10 | Juan C. Buitrón | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 322 | |||
| 11 | Tony Garza | 11 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 286 | ||||
| 12 | Enrique Baca (R) | 12 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 241 | |||||
| 13 | Jean Franco Tomasello (R) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 164 | ||||||||
| 14 | Diego Mendoza | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 160 | |||||||
| 15 | Jorge Contreras, Sr. | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8* | 153 | ||||||||
| 16 | Neftalí Mondragón (R) | 12 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 135 | ||||||||
| 17 | Valdemar Treviño | 3 | 7 | 78 | ||||||||||
| 18 | David Adissi (R) | 11 | 13 | 64 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Rodrigo Echeverría | 6 | 38 | |||||||||||
| 20 | Rafael Vallina | 8 | 36 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Roberto Espinosa, Jr. (R) | 10 | 34 | |||||||||||
| 22 | Ignacio Fontes | 10 | 34 | |||||||||||
| 23 | Christian Calvo (R) | 11 | 33 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Jorge Contreras, Jr. | 13 | 31 | |||||||||||
| 25 | Daniel Espinoza | 14 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Rank | Driver | SLP | QRO | MXC | PUE | AGS | MX2 | SL2 | QR2 | AG2 | PU2 | CHI | MX3 | Points |
| References | [6] | [7] | [8] | [9] | [10] | [11] | [12] | [13] | [14] | [15] | [16] | |||
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