Jorge Goeters

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Jorge Goeters
Born (1970-06-26) June 26, 1970 (age 54)
Mexico City, Mexico
Awards 2002 MasterCard Truck Series champion
2005 Desafío Corona champion
2012 NASCAR Toyota Series champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
First race 2005 Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
10 races run over 3 years
First race 2005 Telcel Motorola 200 (Mexico City)
Last race 2007 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
WinsTop tens Poles
021
Statistics current as of January 11, 2009.

Jorge Goeters (born June 26, 1970) is a Mexican racecar driver.

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At the present time, Goeters competes full-time in the NASCAR Mexico Series in Mexico. In the past few years he also competed at the international level on a limited basis, running a handful of races in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series, NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, Indy Lights, Champ Car World Series, A1 Grand Prix, and Rolex Sports Car Series. He is known for winning the pole position for the inaugural Busch Series race in Mexico City.

Early career

Goeters had an early start in motorsports, beginning in motocross at age 8. He won several championships in Mexico, as well as international events in this discipline, before making the move to auto racing in 1993.

In 1996, he won his first national championship, in the Prototypes category. The next year he won the Mexican Trans-Am series, and in 1998 he went to compete in the United States.

In 1998, he had a fairly successful debut season in the Indy Lights championship, in which he earned one Pole position, one track record, two top five, and two top ten finishes.

Back in his homeland, he competed in the Mexican Formula 2 Championship in 2001, and the MasterCard Truck Series Championship in 2002.

In 2004 he took part in the inaugural season of the Desafío Corona stock car series, and finished 4th in the championship.

Career in NASCAR and other international series

In 2004, he entered a NASCAR West Series event at Irwindale Event Center but failed to qualify. In his return to the West Series in 2005, now at Auto Club Speedway, Goeters made the race and finished 10th.

2005 was a very eventful year for Goeters, as he won the championship in the Desafío Corona series, and made his NASCAR and Grand-Am debut, as well as his lone start in the Champ Car World Series.

Goeters won a very popular pole position in his NASCAR Busch Series debut during the 2005 Telcel Motorola 200 at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, driving the No. 66 Canel's/Scotiabank Ford Taurus for Brewco Motorsports. He led 24 laps, but later had to retire from the race with an engine failure. He ran two more Busch Series races in 2005, driving the No. 32 Chevy for Braun Racing, with a best result of 9th at Watkins Glen International.

He contested a Champ Car race in Monterrey, Mexico for PKV Racing, but had to retire with mechanical problems on Lap 24.

He made his lone NASCAR Nextel Cup Series start at Watkins Glen, driving the No. 50 Dodge for Arnold Motorsports. He led some laps during the race, but eventually finished 35th as a result of small contact in the closing laps.

In 2005, he also competed in the Rolex Sports Car Series event at Watkins Glen.

After his success in the 2005 season, Goeters looked to continue his career in the United States, and in 2006 the announcement was made that he would drive for a new team in the Busch Series, Latin American Racing; however, the team never became a reality. Still, Goeters took part in a handful of races in the Busch Series. He returned to run the Mexico City race with Brewco, finishing 14th, and then joined Jay Robinson Racing to drive the No. 49 Ford. He finished 41st at Bristol and 24th at Nashville, but failed to qualify at Las Vegas, Atlanta, Texas, Phoenix and Richmond in the team's underpowered car. Goeters left the team, and then made another start in the season finale at Homestead, driving the No. 63 car for Spraker Racing Enterprises, but retired with mechanical problems.

Also in 2006, he made a start in ARCA Re/Max Series at Chicagoland Speedway driving No. 24 Ford for Bob Schacht Motorsports. Goeters started 19th and finished 7th after led 4 laps.

In 2007, Goeters competed in the NASCAR Busch Series as a road course ringer. He ran at Mexico City, Watkins Glen, and Montreal, with strong qualifying performances in the three races. However, his only good finish came at home as he finished 7th at Mexico City. He also competed in the Rolex Sports Car Series race at Mexico City, and in the opening event of the A1 Grand Prix series for Team Mexico. He also drove full-time in the NASCAR Corona Series, in which he won a race at Guadalajara and finished 6th in the championship.

In 2008, he returned to run full-time in Mexico, and finished 6th in the NASCAR Corona Series, driving the No. 4 car.

During the 97th lap of a 100-lap Corona Series race at Autódromo Miguel E. Abed in Amozoc, Puebla, on June 14, 2009, Goeters made contact with Carlos Pardo, which caused the latter to lose control of his car and impact against a barrier sideways at over 200 km/h causing the disintegration of the car and Pardo's death. As the race was over the time limit, the standings of the previous lap were taken into account and Pardo was posthumously declared winner. [1]

In 2012 he was the champion of NASCAR Toyota Series.

Personal life

Goeters is part of a racing family that also includes his brothers Patrick and Eduardo, who have also competed successfully in several categories in Mexico, including the NASCAR Corona Series.

Motorsports career results

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumPolesPointsPosition
1996Copa Sicrea - Nissan Sport PrototiposGoeters Racing Team?????1st
1997 Formula 3000 Mexico Goeters Racing Team90304484th
1998 Indy Lights Quaker State Team Go120013416th
2000 Mexican Formula Three Championship Contreras Motorsport93561292nd
2001 Mexican Formula Three Championship Contreras Motorsport94761461st
2002Ford Mustang Championship Mexico?????2nd
2003Ford Mustang Championship MexicoCanel's Racing??????
2004 Desafío Corona Canel's Racing1317320454th
2005 Desafío Corona Team GP14410423201st
Champ Car World Series PKV Racing 1000329th
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Arnold Motorsports 10006382nd
NASCAR Busch Series Jay Robinson Racing 300128382nd
Rolex Sports Car Series - DPEssex Racing20002469th
2006 NASCAR Busch Series Spraker Racing 400029582nd
ARCA Re/Max Series Spraker Racing 1000200109th
2007 NASCAR Corona Series Xtreme1411118917th
NASCAR Busch Series Brewco Motorsports 300029790th
Rolex Sports Car Series - DPDoran Racing30004948th
2007-08 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Mexico 2000016th (1)
2008 NASCAR Corona Series Spartac RT1401118966th
2009 NASCAR Corona Series Canel's-Scotiabank-Xtreme1414219923rd
2010 NASCAR Corona Series Team GP1425318805th
2011 NASCAR Corona Series Canel's Racing1424319423rd
Super Copa Telcel Bardahl1615011896th
2012 NASCAR Toyota Series Canel's Racing142605391st
2013 NASCAR Toyota Series FICREA-Xtreme-Potosinos1500140318th
Super Copa Telcel200014218th
2014 NASCAR Toyota Series FICREA1500043416th
2015 NASCAR México Series Ficrea-Xtreme-Potosinos1400041718th
2016Super Copa Telcel91307006th
2017 NASCAR PEAK México Series JV Motorsport120113784th
2018 NASCAR PEAK México Series Cavall 71200037713th
2019 NASCAR PEAK México Series Escudería Telmex120204544th
2020NASCAR PEAK México Series120004136th
2021 NASCAR PEAK México Series Autoforum1200026112th
2022 NASCAR México Series 11000698th

American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (small number denotes finishing position)

Indy Lights

YearTeam1234567891011121314RankPoints
1998 Quaker State Team Go MIA
16		 LBH
15		 NZR
11		 STL
5		 MIL
6		 DET
16		 POR
9		 CLE
9		 TOR
7		 MIS
21		 TRS
15		 VAN LAG FON
20		16th34

Champ Car

YearTeam12345678910111213RankPointsRef
2005 PKV Racing LBH MTY
18		 MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL LVG SRF MXC 29th3 [2]

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nextel Cup Series

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NNCCPtsRef
2005 Arnold Motorsports 50 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN
35		 MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 82nd63 [3]

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NBSCPtsRef
2005 Brewco Motorsports 66 Ford DAY CAL MXC
38		 LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA 82nd283 [4]
Braun Racing 32 Chevy PPR
24		 GTY IRP GLN
9		 MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV
Red Cactus Racing 73 Chevy KAN
DNQ		 CLT MEM TEX
DNQ		 PHO HOM
2006 Brewco Motorsports 66 Ford DAY CAL MXC
14		82nd295 [5]
Jay Robinson Racing 49 Ford LVS
DNQ		 ATL
DNQ		 BRI
41		 TEX
DNQ		 NSH
24		 PHO
DNQ		 TAL
28 RCH
DNQ		 DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
Spraker Racing Enterprises 63 Chevy TEX
DNQ		 PHO HOM
40
2007 Brewco Motorsports 27 Ford DAY CAL MXC
7		 LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV
31		 GLN
29		 MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 90th297 [6]

West Series

NASCAR West Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213NWSCPtsRef
2004 James O'Kane 42 Ford PHO MMR CAL S99 EVG IRW S99 RMR DCS PHO CNS MMR IRW
DNQ		N/A- [7]
2005 Performance P-1 Motorsports 77 Ford PHO MMR PHO S99 IRW EVG S99 PPR CAL
10		 DCS CTS MMR 42nd134 [8]


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References

  1. ↑ "Driver dies in Nascar Mexico race". Reuters. 2009-06-15. Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  2. ↑ "Jorge Goeters – 2005 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Jorge Goeters – 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Jorge Goeters – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Jorge Goeters – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Jorge Goeters – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Jorge Goeters – 2004 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Jorge Goeters – 2005 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
First season
 MasterCard Truck Series Champion
2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Desafío Corona Champion
2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by NASCAR Toyota Series Champion
2012 		Succeeded by
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