Jorge Goeters

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

Jorge Goeters
Born (1970-06-26) June 26, 1970
Mexico City, Mexico
Awards2002 MasterCard Truck Series champion
2005 Desafío Corona champion
2012 NASCAR Toyota Series champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
First race2005 Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
10 races run over 3 years
First race2005 Telcel Motorola 200 (Mexico City)
Last race2007 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 1
Statistics current as of January 11, 2009.

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 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

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points Pos.
1998 Indy Lights Quaker State Team Go 12 0 1 0 34 16th
2005 Champ Car PKV Racing 1 0 0 0 3 29th
2007-08 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Mexico 2 0 0 0 0 16th (1)
  • (1) = Team standings.

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
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NNCC Pts
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 82nd 63

Busch Series
NASCAR Busch Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NBSC Pts
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 82nd 283
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		 82nd 295
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 90th 297

West Series
NASCAR West Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NWSC Pts Ref
2004 Info not available PHO MMR CAL S99 EVG IRW S99 RMR DCS PHO CNS MMR IRW
DNQ		 N/A - [2]
2005 Performance P-1 Motorsports 77 Ford PHO MMR PHO S99 IRW EVG S99 PPR CAL
10		 DCS CTS MMR 42nd 134 [3]
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References
  1. "Driver dies in Nascar Mexico race". Reuters. 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  2. "Jorge Goeters – 2004 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  3. "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
César Tiberio Jiménez
Preceded by
Carlos Pardo		 Desafío Corona Champion
2005		 Succeeded by
Rogelio López
Preceded by
Germán Quiroga		 NASCAR Toyota Series Champion
2012		 Succeeded by
Rodrigo Peralta
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