2012 NACAM Rally Championship

The 2012 NACAM Rally Championship was the 5th season of the FIA's NACAM Rally Championship. This Championship is the FIA rally championship for the North America and Central America region. The season began April 20 in Puebla, Mexico, and endeded November 18 in Cartagena, Colombia, after 6 events. Raúl Orlandini Griswold was at that date the reigning champion.[1] Ricardo Triviño, 2009 champion, ran int the .[2]

2012 NACAM Rally Championship
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Report

Round 1: Rally Cañadas

Ricardo Triviño took the first round in Puebla.[3] Nicolás Bedoya not completed the first stage. Francisco Name also abandoned in after the third stage. Triviño won the first six stages making an advantage of 1:37.0 over John Powell. Powell won the last stage, but he only can recover 22.8 seconds. Triviño took the first place in the Driver's Championship.

Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
Leg 1
(April 21)		 SS1 8:28 Tepenene-Huehuetlán 1 20.80 km Ricardo Triviño 13:50.6 90.10 km/h Ricardo Triviño
SS2 9:09 Huehuetlán-La Magdalena T. 1 12.98 km Ricardo Triviño 8:29.3 91.80 km/h
SS3 9:34 La Magdalena T.-San Juan Atzompa 1 18.00 km Ricardo Triviño 12:22.3 87.33 km/h
Leg 2
(April 21)		 SS4 12:47 Tepenene-Huehuetlán 2 20.80 km Ricardo Triviño 13:57.3 89.46 km/h
SS5 13:28 Huehuetlán-La Magdalena T. 2 12.98 km Ricardo Triviño 8:28.5 91.98 km/h
SS6 13:53 La Magdalena T.-San Juan Atzompa 2 18.00 km Ricardo Triviño 12:30.9 86.28 km/h
Leg 3
(April 21)		 SS7 16:21 San Juan Atzompa-Huehuetlán 20.80 km John Powell 18:52.7 91.50 km/h

Round 2: Rally Montañas

The second round in Oaxaca started with Carlos Izquierdo taking the lead. Powell, Landazuri and Fernández not finished the first stage. Triviño lost near 10 minutes in this stage. However, Triviño won the next 8 stages reaching the fourth place in the NACAM classification. In the special stage 10 Name had abandon, Name been in the second position. Izquierdo won the last 3 stages, and took the victory.[4]

Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
Leg 1
(May 19)		 SS1 8:08 Teotitlán 1 18.00 km Carlos Izquierdo 15:50.1 68.21 km/h Carlos Izquierdo
SS2 8:41 Benito Juárez A 1 10.10 km Ricardo Triviño 8:03.4 75.28 km/h
SS3 8:59 Latuvi A 1 12.00 km Ricardo Triviño 8:11.2 87.98 km/h
SS4 10:12 Reynoso 1 11.80 km Ricardo Triviño 7:58.5 88.68 km/h
SS5 10:31 Latuvi B 1 10.10 km Ricardo Triviño 7:50.5 77.36 km/h
SS6 10:49 Benito Juárez B 1 17.50 km Ricardo Triviño 14:48.1 70.94 km/h
Leg 2
(May 19)		 SS7 12:37 Teotitlán 2 18.00 km Ricardo Triviño 15:25.0 70.05 km/h
SS8 13:10 Benito Juárez A 2 10.10 km Ricardo Triviño 8:01.3 75.93 km/h
SS9 13:28 Latuvi A 2 12.00 km Ricardo Triviño 8:18.1 86.74 km/h
SS10 14:41 Reynoso 2 11.80 km Carlos Izquierdo 8:26.7 83.78 km/h
SS11 15:00 Latuvi B 2 10.10 km Carlos Izquierdo 8:21.4 72.57 km/h
SS12 15:18 Benito Juárez B 2 17.50 km Carlos Izquierdo 15:48.2 66.45 km/h

Round 3: Rally Costa del Pacífico
Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
Leg 1
(July 7)		 SS1 8:23 Curubande 1 21.20 km John Powell 9:46.2 John Powell
SS2 9:11 Curubande 2 21.20 km John Powell 9:36.2
Leg 2
(July 7)		 SS3 10:49 Curubande Invertido 1 21.20 km John Powell 6:21.4
SS4 10:37 Curubande Invertido 2 21.20 km Ricardo Triviño 6:16.6 Ricardo Triviño
Leg 3
(July 7)		 SS5 13:10 Cañas Dulces 1 12.90 km Ricardo Triviño
SS6 13:58 Cañas Dulces 2 12.90 km John Powell
Leg 4
(July 7)		 SS7 15:41 Cañas Dulces Invertido 1 12.90 km Ricardo Triviño
SS8 16:29 Cañas Dulces Invertido 2 12.90 km Ricardo Triviño

Calendar

The original calendar had six rallies, two of them in Mexico. Panama was originally included as the venue of the fifth round,[5] however, on March 7 this round was changed to Ecuador.[6]

Round Rally Name
(Base)		 Date
1 31° Rally Cañadas
(Puebla)		 April 20–22
2 Rally Montañas
(Oaxaca)		 May 18–20
3 Rally Costa de Pacífico
(Liberia)		 July 6–8
4 Rally Cusco
(Cusco)		 August 30 – September 2
5 Rally Ecuador
(Ecuador)		 October 12–14
6 Rally Colombia
(Cartagena)		 November 16–18

Teams and drivers
Class 3
TeamCarNo.DriverCo-driverRounds
Triviño WRTMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX202 Ricardo Triviño Marco Hernández1–2
John PowellMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX203 John Powell Michael Fennell1–2
Name RacingMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX204 Francisco Name Armando Zapata1–2
Colombian MotorsportsSubaru Impreza205 Nikolas Bedoya Ricardo Abello1
Riviera Maya Rally TeamMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX206 Carlos Izquierdo Guillermo Izquierdo1–2
David JassanMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX208 David JassanRafael Maggio2
Class 8
Dyer Racing TeamSEAT León210 Yazmín Dyer Julio EchazúTBA
X Rally EcuadorMitsubishi Lancer DE211 Diego Landazuri Adolfo Espinosa1–2
Rally Team VenezuelaMitsubishi Lancer DE212 Alejandro Lombardo Miguel Alvarado1–2
VP GarageMitsubishi Lancer DE213 Luis Miguel Abascal Jaime Marín1
216 Víctor Pérez Eduardo Espinosa2
Mario FernándezRenault Clio RS214 Mario Fernández Eduardo Solís1–2
Molina Rally TeamKia Cerato
Mitsubishi Lancer DE		218 Andrés Molina Eduardo Corrales2
Class 6
Pandeportes Rally TeamPeugeot 206 XS220 Dante Pescetto Alejandro Domínguez1–2
Zhumir Rally TeamPeugeot 206 XS221 Diego Serrano Felipe SerranoTBA
222 Isabel Serrano Juan SerranoTBA
Big Cola Rally TeamPeugeot 206 XS223 Pier Gozzer Christian FranzTBA

Results and standings

Results
Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Distance Starters Finishers
1 31° Rally Cañadas
(April 20–22)		 1 Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:28:54.4 7 132.36 km 24 37
2 John Powell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:30:08.6
3 Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:34:08.8
2 Rally Montañas Oaxaca
(May 18–20)		 1 Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:09:06.3 12 137.10 km 16 23
2 Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:19:35.6
3 Andrés Molina Mitsubishi Lancer DE 2:23:44.8
3 Rally Costa Rica
(July 6–8)		 1 Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:04:07.2 8 138.85 km 14 16
2 John Powell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:10:11.0
3 Andrés Molina Mitsubishi Lancer DE 1:10:46.1
4 Rally Cusco
(August 30 – September 2)		 1 Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:15:53.7 112.20 km
2 Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:18:12.9
3 John Powell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:23:46.2
5 Rally La Leyenda de Eldorado #1
(November 15–16)		 1 Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:23:04 108.18 km
2 Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:23:04
3 Andrés Molina Mitsubishi Lancer DE 1:33:57
6 Rally La Leyenda de Eldorado #2
(November 17–18)		 1 Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:26:41 126.69 km
2 Carlos Izquierdo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:30:22
3 Alejandro Lombardo Mitsubishi Lancer DE 1:45:55

Driver's Championship

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. The best 5 of a driver's results count towards the championship.[7]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Rank Driver
PUE
OAX
CRC
PER
COL		 Points
1 Ricardo Triviño 1 2 1 1 2 1 136
2 Carlos Izquierdo 3 1 2 1 2 101
3 Andrés Molina 4 3 4 3 Ret 54
4 John Powell 2 Ret 2 3 51
Alejandro Lombardo 7 5 4 6 Ret 3 51
6 Mario Fernández 6 Ret Ret 5 4 4 42
Dante Pescetto Ret 7 5 7 5 5 42
8 Víctor Pérez 3 15
9 Diego Landazuri 4 Ret 12
10 Luis Miguel Abascal 7 10
11 David Jassan 6 8
Rank Driver
PUE
OAX
CRC
PER
COL		 Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Nations Cup

Points indicated rather than rally position.

Rank Nation
PUE
OAX
CRC
PER
COL		 Points
1 Mexico 58 66 25 53 55 55 312
2 Costa Rica 12 15 12 15 0 54
3 Trinidad and Tobago 18 0 18 15 51
Venezuela 6 10 12 8 0 15 51
5 Panama 0 6 10 6 10 10 42
6 Ecuador 15 0 15
Rank Nation
PUE
OAX
CRC
PER
COL		 Points
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References
  1. "Orlandini obtuvo el título en Perú y se alista el cierre del NRC en Colombia". nacamrallychampionship.com. September 7, 2011. Archived from the original on September 3, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  2. "¡Triviño, campeón NACAM!". CNRM. September 8, 2009. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. "Un rally internacional bajo las cenizas del Popocatepetl". NACAM. April 27, 2012. Archived from the original on September 3, 2012.
  4. "Carlos Izquierdo y Guillermo Izquierdo ganaron el Rally Montañas". nssoaxaca.com. May 19, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  5. "Calendario 2012". NACAM. Archived from the original on April 22, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  6. "El NRC vuelve a Ecuador". NACAM. March 7, 2012. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  7. "2012 FIA Regional Rallies Championships Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. p. V5, Art 5, Item 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
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