Germán Quiroga facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Germán Quiroga
Born	(1980-05-29) May 29, 1980 (age 44) Mexico City, Mexico
Achievements	2009, 2010, 2011 NASCAR Corona Series Champion 2004 Mexican Formula Renault Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	135th (2007)
First race	2007 Telcel-Motorola 200 (Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
53 races run over 5 years
2016 position	31st
Best finish	6th (2014)
First race	2011 F.W. Webb 175 (Loudon)
Last race	2016 Drivin' for Linemen 200 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 19 1
NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series career
94 races run over 7 years
2011 position	1st
Best finish	1st (2009, 2010, 2011)
First race	2004 (Mexico City)
Last race	2011 México Fest 200 (Mexico City)
First win	2004 (San Luis Potosí)
Last win	2011 Queretana 200 (Querétaro)
Wins Top tens Poles 18 75 11
Statistics current as of June 25, 2016.

Germán Quiroga Jr. (born May 29, 1980) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver. In 2011, he became the first three-time NASCAR Corona Series champion.

Racing career

Beginnings

Quiroga began his career in Reto Neon in 1996.

Corona Series

In 2004, he began racing in the NASCAR Corona Series (NCS), racing for Jorge Seman's race team . During the following year, he won the Formula Renault championship. In 2005, he drove in the Infiniti Pro Series before returning to Desafio Corona for 2006. His first championship in the Corona Series came in 2009, while racing for Equipo Telcel. He won the championship again in 2010 and 2011.

Toyota All-Star Showdown

In 2011, Quiroga participated in the Toyota All-Star Showdown in Irwindale, California, racing for Bill McAnally. He finished in the 12th position behind fellow NCS driver Daniel Suárez.

Nationwide Series

Quiroga's 2013 truck at Rockingham Speedway

Quiroga's first race in the NASCAR's national touring series came in 2007 in the Busch Series (now the Nationwide Series), competing in the series' then-annual event at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for Jay Robinson Racing where he finished 28th.

Camping World Truck Series

He made his debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2011, competing in two events for Kyle Busch Motorsports at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway, with a best finish of 16th coming in his first race.

In 2012, Quiroga returned to KBM for a limited schedule of events, driving the No. 51 Toyota in four races at Talladega Superspeedway, Texas Motor Speedway, Phoenix International Raceway and Homestead. He moved to Red Horse Racing for the 2013 season, running the entire series schedule in an attempt to win the series' Rookie of the Year honors.

He also has worked part-time on NASCAR on NBC broadcasts, being part of mun2's broadcast of the NASCAR Toyota Series Toyota 120 at Phoenix International Raceway in February 2014.

Quiroga had a great start in 2014 season with five straight top ten finishes until Texas.

After sitting out 2015, he returned to drive part-time in the Red Horse's No. 11 truck in 2016 beginning at Texas.

Motorsports career results

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

Barber Dodge Pro Series

Indy Pro Series

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series

Camping World Truck Series

Corona Series

Busch East Series

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

See also

In Spanish: Germán Quiroga para niños