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Apdaly Lopez
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Lopez competing in the Stadium Super Trucks race at the 2014 Grand Prix of Long Beach
Nationality Mexico Mexican
Born Carlos Lopez
(1994-12-02) December 2, 1994 (age 29)
Tecate, Baja California
SCORE International career
Current team RPM Off Road
Car no. 1
Engine Dougans Engine
Crew chief Rick Geiser, Matthew Alley
Co-driver Luis Omar Montiel
Former teams PIN Manufacturing, BORM RACING
Starts 25 In Trophy truck
Wins 2 In Trophy truck
Poles 1
Finished last season 2017 Score Tijuana desert challenge 2nd
Previous series
2013–2018
2013
Stadium Super Trucks
Stadium Super Trucks Super Buggy
Championship titles
2015
2015
2014
SCORE Trophy Truck 2015, 2016 championship
Open Truck Code Off-Road Championship
SCORE TT Spec Championship
Awards
2015
2015
2015
2014
Univision Extreme Athlete of the Year
Silver FIA American Award
SCORE Driver of the Year
Toyota Milestone Award
Best in the Desert career
Car no. 5
Medal record
Representing Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Summer X Games
Gold 2014 Austin Stadium Super Trucks


Carlos "Apdaly" Lopez (born December 2, 1994) is an off-road racing driver from Tecate, Baja California. Lopez won the gold medal in the Stadium Super Trucks class at the X Games Austin 2014. His father, Juan Carlos Lopez, is also a professional off-road racer.

Career history

Lopez made his debut in the SCORE International championship at the 2011 Baja 250. He won the ATVPRO 25 class with co-drivers Ivan Mejorado and Gilberto Perez in a Honda TRX450.

Lopez competed in the newly-formed Stadium Super Trucks Super Buggy championship in 2013. At the Qualcomm Stadium Lopez won two races. He also competed in the main series at St. Louis and Costa Mesa. At St. Louis the Mexican driver finished fourth. In Costa Mesa Lopez finished third in two out three races.

In 2014 Lopez participated in the San Felipe 250. As a co-driver to Clyde Stacy the duo competed in the SCORE Trophy Truck class. The duo finished sixth in class, eighth overall. He also competed full-time in the Stadium Super Trucks. After a solid start of the season Lopez won the second race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in support of the 2014 Grand Prix of Indianapolis. He had another good run during the X Games Austin 2014 where the Stadium Super Trucks made their debut. At the modified Circuit of the Americas Lopez won his heat race and subsequently won the final to claim his first X Games gold medal. Lopez went on to claim nine top three finishes during the season to claim third place in the championship.

After failing to qualify for the X Games Austin 2015 final (he finished last in his heat and 13th in the Last Chance Qualifier), Lopez did not return to SST until 2016 when he participated in the Pike’s Peak Hill Climb Challenge. His next series points race took place in 2017 with the Race & Rock World Championship at Lake Elsinore Diamond; Lopez won the first race but retired from the second after flipping. He also ran the 2018 season opener at the baseball park, a race in which he shared the victory with Bill Hynes due to confusion as multiple drivers had failed to take the Joker Lap.

Personal

Lopez studied engineering at cetys universidad in Tijuana, Baja California.

Motorsports career results

Stadium Super Trucks

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

Stadium Super Trucks results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 SSTC Pts Ref
2013 PHO LBH LAN SDG SDG STL
4
TOR TOR CRA CRA OCF
3
OCF
3
OCF
10
CPL 17th 51
2014 STP
5
STP
8
LBH
6
IMS
3
IMS
1*
DET
9
DET
8
DET
6*
AUS
1*
TOR
5
TOR
5
OCF
9
OCF
8
CSS
6
LVV
9
LVV
3
3rd 331
2015 ADE ADE ADE STP STP LBH DET DET DET AUS
DNQ
TOR TOR OCF OCF OCF SRF SRF SRF SRF SYD LVV LVV 36th 7
2017 ADE ADE ADE STP STP LBH LBH PER PER PER DET DET TEX TEX HID HID HID BEI GLN GLN ELS
1*
ELS
11
18th 59
2018 ELS
1
ADE ADE ADE LBH
13
LBH
9
PER PER DET DET TEX TEX ROA ROA SMP SMP HLN HLN MXC
10
MXC
10
12th 81
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