2011 Carrera Panamericana

The 2011 edition of the Carrera Panamericana Mexican sports car racing event started in Huatulco, Oaxaca and finished in Zacatecas, Zacatecas. This edition was composed by 7 stages. The race started in October 21 and finished in October 27.

Route

The 2011 edition traveled through eight states: started in Oaxaca and passed by, Puebla, Hidalgo, Querétaro, Michoacán, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes, and finished in Zacatecas.

Participants

At least 75 drivers from México, USA, Canada, Sweden, Belgium and Germany took part in this edition. Douglas Mockett (2002 champion) raced in this edition. Ex-Formula one Jochen Mass raced this year in a Ford Mustang. Mexican drivers as Michel Jourdain Jr. (Champ Car, WRC) and Ricardo Triviño (WRC), eventual winner, also took part in this edition.

Results

Overall

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Category	Time
1	Ricardo Triviño	Marco Hernández	Studebaker	Turismo Mayor	4:27:39.1
2	Douglas Mockett	Angélica Fuentes	Oldsmobile	Turismo Mayor	+4.5
3	Hilaire Damiron	Horacio Chousal Jr.	Buick	Turismo Mayor	+11:08.1
4	Ignacio Izaurieta	Raúl Villarreal	Ford	Historic C	+11:24.7
5	Carlos Castillo	Carlos Ramirez	Studebaker	Turismo Producción	+13:10.1

By Class

Category	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time
Turismo Mayor	Ricardo Triviño	Marco Hernández	Studebaker	4:27:39.1
Turismo Producción	Carlos Castillo	Carlos Ramirez	Studebaker	4:40:50.0
Historic A	Emilio Velázquez	Liz Tejada	Volkswagen Beetle	5:19:50.7
Historic A+	Oscar Uribe	Alexis Uribe	Porsche	5:01:41.0
Historic B	Tomas López Rocha	Luis Vazquez	Porsche 911	4:58:21.5
Historic C	Ignacio Izaurieta	Raúl Villarreal	Ford	4:39:03.8
Original Panam	Carson Scheller	Lauren Sheller	Victoria	6:03:35.3
Sport Mayor	Russel Gee	Jim Pace	Jaguar	5:43:51.4
Sport Menor	Miguel Campero	Alejandra Campero	Porsche 356	5:09:58.2
Exhibition	John Groendyke	Charles Samples	Cadillac	5:02:24.2

Stages

Day	Stage	Route	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	link
October 20	Preclassification	Huatulco	Ricardo Triviño	Marco Hernández	Studebaker
October 21	Stage 1	Huatulco-Oaxaca de Juárez	Ricardo Triviño	Marco Hernández	Studebaker
October 22	Stage 2	Oaxaca de Juárez-Puebla	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Miguel Angel Diez	Studebaker
October 23	Stage 3	Puebla-Santiago de Querétaro	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Miguel Angel Diez	Studebaker
October 24	Stage 4	Santiago de Querétaro-Morelia	Ricardo Triviño	Marco Hernández	Studebaker
October 25	Stage 5	Morelia-Guanajuato	Ricardo Triviño	Marco Hernández	Studebaker
October 26	Stage 6	Guanajuato-Aguascalientes	Douglas Mockett	Angélica Fuentes	Oldsmobile
October 27	Stage 7	Aguascalientes-Zacatecas	Ricardo Triviño	Marco Hernández	Studebaker

By day

Day 0

The preclassification consisted in a 30.2 km stage around Huatulco. There was a special stage of 8.12 km. The route took the Huatulco freeway to Salina Cruz and returned by Conejos beach. As this stage was optional, only 87 of 112 drivers took the start. There were four accidents, but no consequences.

Pos	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Category	Time	Speed
1	Ricardo Triviño	Marco Hernández	Studebaker	Turismo Mayor	3:49.0	119.948 K/H
2	Carlos Castillo	Carlos Ramirez	Studebaker	Turismo Produccion	+ 4.0	117.888 K/H
3	Mats Linden	Dan Hallstrom	Mustang	Historic C	+ 9.0	115.412 K/H
4	Hilaire Damiron	Horacio Chousal Jr.	Buick	Turismo Mayor	+ 10.0	114.929 K/H
5	Douglas Mockett	Angélica Fuentes	Oldsmobile	Turismo Mayor	+10.0	114.929 K/H

Day 1

The first stage began in Huatulco in direction to Oaxaca de Juárez. This stage passed by Salina Cruz, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Santa María Jalapa del Marqués, San Pedro Totolapa, Tlacolula de Matamoros. Competitors ran 401 km, 137 km in 10 special stages. The finish was in the Zocalo of Oaxaca.

Pos	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Category	Time	Speed
1	Ricardo Triviño	Marco Hernández	Studebaker	Turismo Mayor	55:25.7	141.294 K/H
2	Douglas Mockett	Angélica Fuentes	Oldsmobile	Turismo Mayor	+15.9	140.618 K/H
3	Mats Linden	Dan Hallstrom	Mustang	Historic C	+1:17.4	138.097 K/H
4	Gabriel Pérez	Ignacio Rodriguez	Studebaker	Turismo Produccion	+1:23.0	139.078 K/H
5	Raphael Van der Straten	Eric Werner	Buick	Turismo Mayor	+1:43.2	137.050 K/H

Day 2

The second stage began in Oaxaca de Juárez and finished in Puebla. This day the Carrera pass only for Oaxaca and Puebla states. Huajuapan de León and Tehuacán were the main cities visited.

Pos	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Category	Time	Speed
1	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Miguel Ángel Diez	Studebaker	Turismo Mayor	44:12.9	130.363 K/H
2	Douglas Mockett	Angélica Fuentes	Oldsmobile	Turismo Mayor	+31.0	128.857 K/H
3	Gabriel Pérez	Ignacio Rodriguez	Studebaker	Turismo Produccion	+1:04.9	127.245 K/H
3	Jorge Espinosa	Gerardo Mendoza	Studebaker	Turismo Mayor	+1:12.7	126.872 K/H
5	Raphael Van der Straten	Eric Werner	Buick	Turismo Mayor	+1:20.4	126.457 K/H

Day 3

The third stage began in Puebla and finished in Santiago de Querétaro. Ricardo Triviño finished the stage with the best time but received one minute of penalization.

Pos	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Category	Time	Speed
1	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Miguel Ángel Diez	Studebaker	Turismo Mayor	23:12.4	118.707 K/H
2	Douglas Mockett	Angélica Fuentes	Oldsmobile	Turismo Mayor	+36.4	115.633 K/H
3	Ignacio Izaurieta	Raúl Villarreal	Ford Hardtop	Historic C	+41.6	115.230 K/H
4	Raphael Van der Straten	Eric Werner	Buick	Turismo Mayor	+44.3	114.990 K/H
3	Ricardo Triviño	Marco Hernández	Studebaker	Turismo Mayor	+45.4	119.913 K/H

Day 4

The second stage began in Santiago de Querétaro and finished in Morelia

Pos	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Category	Time	Speed
1	Ricardo Triviño	Marco Hernández	Studebaker	Turismo Mayor	25:08.9	135.674 K/H
2	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Miguel Ángel Diez	Studebaker	Turismo Mayor	+2.0	135.494 K/H
3	Raphael Van der Straten	Eric Werner	Buick	Turismo Mayor	+33.3	132.770 K/H
4	Douglas Mockett	Angélica Fuentes	Oldsmobile	Turismo Mayor	+43.1	131.915 K/H
5	Gabriel Pérez	Ignacio Rodriguez	Studebaker	Turismo Produccion	+48.5	131.491 K/H

Day 5

The second stage began in Morelia and finished in Guanajuato

Day 6

The second stage began in Guanajuato and finished in Aguascalientes

Day 7

The second stage began in Aguascalientes and finished in Zacatecas