2011 NACAM Rally Championship
The 2011 NACAM Rally Championship was the 4th season of the FIA's NACAM Rally Championship. This Championship is the FIA rally championship for the North America and Central America region.
Report
[edit]The season began in Mazamitla, Mexico. Raúl Orlandini took the first victory and took the first place in the championship.[1] Orlandini won the first five special stage. Rubén Cuenca won the last, but only finished second. Orlandini won the second race in Puebla.[2] Orlandini won four special stages, Luis Miguel Abascal won the fourth, and Víctor Pérez the fifth. Abascal finished in second place. The third round of NRC was carried out in Jacó, Costa Rica. The local driver José Andrés Montalto won the rally, but he was ineligible to NRC. The second place Orlandini took the points for first place.[3] Nicolás Fuchs took the victory in the fourth rally, Rally Órganos. Roberto Cuenca finished in 3th[clarification needed] place in the rally, but 1st in NRC. However the Peruvian driver, Orlandini was proclaimed champion in this round.[4]
Drivers
[edit]| Class N4 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Car | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Rounds |
 Raul Orlandini |
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 202 | Raul Orlandini |
Diego Zuloaga |
1–4 |
 Rubén Cuenca |
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 203 | Rubén Cuenca |
Daniel Galarza |
1, 3–4 |
 Name Racing |
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 204 | Francisco Name |
Armando Zapata |
2 |
| Rafael Boy |
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 205 | Rafael Boy |
Alex Domínguez |
1 |
Calendar
[edit]| Round | Rally Name (Base) |
Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rally de la Sierra del Tigre (Mazamitla) |
April 1–3 |
| 2 | 30° Rally Cañadas (Puebla) |
May 13–15 |
| 3 |  Rally Costa del Pacífico(Jaco) |
June 24–26 |
| 4 | Rally Órganos (Piura) |
September 2–4 |
| 5 |  Rally Cartagena(Cartagena) |
October 14–16 |
Results and standings
[edit]Results
[edit]| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Driver | Car | Time | Stages | Distance | Starters | Finishers | ||
| 1 | 3° Rally de la Sierra del Tigre (April 1–3) |
1 | Raúl Orlandini
|
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1:22:19.9 | 6 | 120.56 | 26 | 14 |
| 2 | Rubén Cuenca
|
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1:24:26.3 | ||||||
| 3 | Luis Miguel Abascal
|
Mitsubishi Lancer DE | 1:36:52.9 | ||||||
| 2 | 30° Rally Cañadas (May 13–15) |
1 | Raúl Orlandini
|
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1:19:05.4 | 7 | 112.91 km | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Luis Miguel Abascal
|
Mitsubishi Lancer DE | 1:23:24.1 | ||||||
| 3 | Omar Chávez
|
Peugeot 206 XS | 1:34:08.8 | ||||||
Driver's Championship
[edit]Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. The best 4 of a driver's results count towards the championship.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Rank | Driver | JAL |
PUE |
CRC |
PER |
COL |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raúl Orlandini
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 93 |
| 2 | Rubén Cuenca
|
2 | 2 | 1 | 61 | ||
| 2 | Nicolás Bedoya
|
Ret | Ret | 3 | 1 | 40 | |
| 3 | Luis Miguel Abascal
|
3 | 2 | 33 | |||
| 4 | Emilio Velázquez
|
4 | 5 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Omar Chávez
|
3 | 15 | ||||
| 7 | Víctor Pérez
|
Ret | 4 | Ret | 12 | ||
| – | Francisco Name
|
Ret | 0 | ||||
| Juan Carlos Sarmiento
|
Ret | 0 | |||||
| Rafael Boy
|
Ret | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Raúl Orlandini ganó la primera fecha del Rally FIA-Nacam en México". El Comercio. April 4, 2011.
- ^ "Raúl Orlandini ganó en la segunda fecha del Rally FIFA-NACAM en México". Radio Programas del Perú. May 14, 2011.
- ^ "De Costa Rica nos vamos a Perú… IV Válida del NRC". NACAM Rally Championship. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- ^ "Rally Los Órganos: fecha de campeones". Peru Rally. Retrieved September 5, 2011.