Apdaly Lopez

Apdaly Lopez
Apdaly Lopez
	Lopez competing in the Stadium Super Trucks race at the 2014 Grand Prix of Long Beach
Nationality	Mexican
Born	Carlos Lopez; December 2, 1994 (age 29); Tecate, Baja California
SCORE International career
Current team	RPM Off Road
Car number	1
Engine	Dougans Engine
Crew chief	Rick Geiser, Matthew Alley
Co-driver	Luis Omar Montiel
Former teams	PIN Manufacturing, BORM RACING
Starts	25 In Trophy truck
Wins	2 In Trophy truck
Poles	1
Finished last season	2017 Score Tijuana desert challenge 2nd
Previous series
2013–2018 ; 2013	Stadium Super Trucks ; Stadium Super Trucks Super Buggy
Championship titles
2015; 2015; 2014	SCORE Trophy Truck 2015, 2016 championship; Open Truck Code Off-Road Championship; SCORE TT Spec Championship
Awards
2015; 2015; 2015; 2014	Univision Extreme Athlete of the Year; Silver FIA American Award; SCORE Driver of the Year; Toyota Milestone Award
Best in the Desert career
Car number	5
Medal record
Representing Mexico
Summer X Games

Last updated April 30, 2024

Carlos "Apdaly" Lopez (born December 2, 1994) is an off-road racing driver from Tecate, Baja California. Lopez won the gold medal in the Stadium Super Trucks class at the X Games Austin 2014. His father, Juan Carlos Lopez, is also a professional off-road racer.

Career history

Lopez made his debut in the SCORE International championship at the 2011 Baja 250. He won the ATVPRO 25 class with co-drivers Ivan Mejorado and Gilberto Perez in a Honda TRX450.^[1]

Lopez competed in the newly-formed Stadium Super Trucks Super Buggy championship in 2013. At the Qualcomm Stadium Lopez won two races.^[2] He also competed in the main series at St. Louis and Costa Mesa. At St. Louis the Mexican driver finished fourth. In Costa Mesa Lopez finished third in two out three races.

In 2014 Lopez participated in the San Felipe 250. As a co-driver to Clyde Stacy the duo competed in the SCORE Trophy Truck class. The duo finished sixth in class, eighth overall.^[3] He also competed full-time in the Stadium Super Trucks. After a solid start of the season Lopez won the second race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in support of the 2014 Grand Prix of Indianapolis. He had another good run during the X Games Austin 2014 where the Stadium Super Trucks made their debut. At the modified Circuit of the Americas Lopez won his heat race and subsequently won the final to claim his first X Games gold medal. Lopez went on to claim nine top three finishes during the season to claim third place in the championship.^[4]

After failing to qualify for the X Games Austin 2015 final (he finished last in his heat and 13th in the Last Chance Qualifier),^[5] Lopez did not return to SST until 2016 when he participated in the Pike’s Peak Hill Climb Challenge.^[6] His next series points race took place in 2017 with the Race & Rock World Championship at Lake Elsinore Diamond; Lopez won the first race but retired from the second after flipping.^[7] He also ran the 2018 season opener at the baseball park, a race in which he shared the victory with Bill Hynes due to confusion as multiple drivers had failed to take the Joker Lap.^[8]

Personal

Lopez studied engineering at cetys universidad in Tijuana, Baja California.

Motorsports career results

Stadium Super Trucks

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

Stadium Super Trucks results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	SSTC	Pts	Ref
2013	PHO	LBH	LAN	SDG	SDG	STL 4	TOR	TOR	CRA	CRA	OCF 3	OCF 3	OCF 10	CPL									17th	51	^[9]
2014	STP 5	STP 8	LBH 6	IMS 3	IMS 1*	DET 9	DET 8	DET 6*	AUS 1*	TOR 5	TOR 5	OCF 9	OCF 8	CSS 6	LVV 9	LVV 3							3rd	331	^[10]
2015	ADE	ADE	ADE	STP	STP	LBH	DET	DET	DET	AUS DNQ	TOR	TOR	OCF	OCF	OCF	SRF	SRF	SRF	SRF	SYD	LVV	LVV	36th	7	^[11]
2017	ADE	ADE	ADE	STP	STP	LBH	LBH	PER	PER	PER	DET	DET	TEX	TEX	HID	HID	HID	BEI	GLN	GLN	ELS 1*	ELS 11	18th	59	^[12]
2018	ELS 1	ADE	ADE	ADE	LBH 13	LBH 9	PER	PER	DET	DET	TEX	TEX	ROA	ROA	SMP	SMP	HLN	HLN	MXC 10	MXC 10			12th	81	^[13]

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References

↑ "Race Results From Baja 250". SCORE International. Archived from the original on November 27, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
↑ "APDALY LOPEZ WINS AGAIN AT QUALCOMM STADIUM". Stadium Super Trucks. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
↑ "28th Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250". SCORE International. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
↑ "Chasing Down Apdaly Lopez". Race DeZert. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
↑ "Off Road Truck Racing". X Games . Archived from the original on June 19, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
↑ "RPM Off-Road Enters 5 Trucks in Mike's Peak Hill Climb Challenge". Off-Road. July 20, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
↑ Nguyen, Justin (December 17, 2017). "SST: Race & Rock World Championship Recap". Overtake Motorsport. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
↑ Nguyen, Justin (February 7, 2018). "SST: Bill Hynes declared winner of Lake Elsinore race". Overtake Motorsport. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
↑ "2013 SST Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks . Retrieved January 29, 2019.
↑ "2014 Standings". Stadium Super Trucks . Retrieved January 29, 2019.
↑ "2015 Official Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks . Retrieved January 29, 2019.
↑ "2017 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks . Retrieved January 29, 2019.
↑ "2018 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks . Retrieved January 29, 2019.

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[1] "Race Results From Baja 250". SCORE International. Archived from the original on November 27, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2014.

[2] "APDALY LOPEZ WINS AGAIN AT QUALCOMM STADIUM". Stadium Super Trucks. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.

[3] "28th Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250". SCORE International. Retrieved November 23, 2014.

[4] "Chasing Down Apdaly Lopez". Race DeZert. Retrieved November 23, 2014.

[5] "Off Road Truck Racing". X Games . Archived from the original on June 19, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.

[6] "RPM Off-Road Enters 5 Trucks in Mike's Peak Hill Climb Challenge". Off-Road. July 20, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2017.

[7] Nguyen, Justin (December 17, 2017). "SST: Race & Rock World Championship Recap". Overtake Motorsport. Retrieved December 15, 2019.

[8] Nguyen, Justin (February 7, 2018). "SST: Bill Hynes declared winner of Lake Elsinore race". Overtake Motorsport. Retrieved April 17, 2018.

[9] "2013 SST Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks . Retrieved January 29, 2019.

[10] "2014 Standings". Stadium Super Trucks . Retrieved January 29, 2019.

[11] "2015 Official Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks . Retrieved January 29, 2019.

[12] "2017 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks . Retrieved January 29, 2019.

[13] "2018 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks . Retrieved January 29, 2019.

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