Rubén García Jr. (racing driver)

Rubén García Jr. (born November 21, 1995)[1] is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Mexico Series, driving the No. 88 for Team GP - CANEL'S.

Rubén García Jr.
García Jr. at New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2018
Born (1995-11-21) November 21, 1995 (age 29)
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Achievements2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, and 2024 NASCAR Mexico Series champion
2011 NASCAR Stock V6 Series champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
3 races run over 1 year
2014 position54th
Best finish54th (2014)
First race2014 Blue Jeans Go Green 200 (Phoenix)
Last race2014 John R. Elliott HERO Campaign 300 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Mexico Series career
124 races run over 11 years
2022 position1st
Best finish1st (2015), (2018), (2019), (2022), (2024)
First race2011 Aguascalientes 240 (Aguascalientes)
Last race2022 Gran Premio Chihuahua (Chihuahua)
First win2013 Aguascalientes 240 (Aguascalientes)
Last win2022 Gran Premio Chihuahua (Chihuahua)
Wins Top tens Poles
17 96 15
Statistics current as of May 27, 2022.

Racing career

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García Jr. on track in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 2018

Personal life

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He is the son of the fellow racing driver Rubén García Novoa.[2] And despite the same name, none of them are related to also racing driver Ruben Garcia.

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Nationwide Series

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NASCAR Nationwide 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 NNSC Pts Ref
2014 SR² Motorsports 24 Toyota DAY PHO
25
LVS BRI
33
CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA 54th 41 [3]
Rick Ware Racing 87 Chevy KEN
33
DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM

K&N Pro Series East

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NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2016 Rev Racing 6 Toyota NSM
21
MOB
18
GRE
19
BRI
18
VIR
8
DOM
6
STA
10
COL
16
NHA
20
GLN
17
GRE
8
NJM
6
DOV
5
10th 425 [4]
66 IOW
19
2017 6 NSM
16
GRE
9
BRI
2
SBO
6
SBO
5
MEM
14
BLN
8
NHA
7
IOW
12
GLN
4
LGY
6
NJM
10
DOV
10
5th 501 [5]
03 TMP
8
2018 6 NSM
26
BRI
10
LGY
10
SBO
12
SBO
15
MEM
1
NJM
7
NHA
12
GLN
8
NHA
17
DOV
1*
3rd 489 [6]
12 THO
9
42 IOW
5
GTW
4
2019 6 NSM
8
BRI
17
SBO
5
SBO
7
MEM
12
NHA
14
GLN
5
BRI
3
NHA
7
DOV
8
6th 433 [7]
2 IOW
3
GTW
6

NASCAR Mexico Series

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NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NPMSC Pts Ref
2011 HDI Seguros Racing Team 27 Toyota MTY SLP AGS TUX QRO PUE MXC SLP MTY QRO PUE SLP AGS
17
MXC
25
45th 200 [8]
2012 SC Racing 88 Toyota MTY
8
SLP
27
QRO
7
MXC
11
PUE
6
AGS
7
MXC
17
SLP
24
QRO
10
AGS
26
PUE
17
MTY
24
CHI
10
MXC
3
14th 416 [9]
2013 Team GP Mazda PHO
3
SLP
7
MXC
9
QRO
6
CHI
18
AGS
1*
PUE
25
MTY
8
QRO
7
MXC
11
SLP
6
PUE
8
AGS
19
TUX
10
MXC
5
4th 1176 [10]
2014 HDI Seguros Toyota PHO
7
MXC
11
TUX
10
MTY
9
SLP
26
QRO
27
MXC
6
AGS
19
QRO
8
PUE
5
CHI
9
SLP
9
AGS
3*
TUX
2*
PUE
12
2nd 1191 [11]
2015 Canel's Racing PHO
10
SLP
4
TUX
5
QRO
8
PUE
21
AGS
11
CHI
1*
SLP
5
PUE
15
SLP
8
CHI
1*
AGS
4
MXC
1
MXC
10
TUX
5
1st 1213 [12]
2017 Alpha Racing 88 Toyota MTY
7
SLP
21
PUE
15
GDL
23
LEO
9
AGS
2
PAC
16
QRO
4
GDL
4
TUX
4
PUE
3
MXC
12
3rd 411 [13]
2018 Canel's Racing MTY
7
SLP
8
CHI
7*
GDL
3
PUE
1
AGS
1*
QRO
1
PUE
9
TUX
7
AGS
2
GDL
2
MXC
8
1st 488 [14]
2019 MTY
1
TUX
2
GDL
4
AGS
1
PUE
1
CHI
7
QRO
4
SLP
3
GDL
1
PUE
5
AGS
17
MXC
6
1st* 496 [15][16]
2020 QRO
2
SLP
3
AGS
8*
PUE
1*
PUE
5
QRO
2
QRO
3
SLP
2
AGS
2
QRO
1
QRO
2
PUE
2
2nd 508 [17]
2021 Chevy TUX
3
QRO
2
PUE
2
AGS
1*
SLP
4
QRO
2
MTY
5
AGS
1*
SLP
4
GDL
10
PUE
2
PUE
2
2nd 477 [18]
2022 TUX
13
QRO
1
CHI
1
GDL PUE SLP MTY AGS QRO TBA GDL PUE 1st 232 [19]
2023 2nd
2024 1st

References

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  1. ^ "Rubén García Mateos".
  2. ^ "NASCAR's Next Generation: Q&A with Ruben Garcia Jr". 31 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Ruben Garcia Jr. – 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  4. ^ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing Reference. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  5. ^ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing Reference. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  6. ^ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing Reference. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  7. ^ "Driver Ruben Garcia Jr. 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2011 Corona Mexico Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  9. ^ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2012 NASCAR Toyota Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  10. ^ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2013 NASCAR Toyota Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  11. ^ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2014 NASCAR Toyota Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  12. ^ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2015 NASCAR Mexico Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  13. ^ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2017 NASCAR Peak Mexico Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  14. ^ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2018 NASCAR Peak Mexico Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  15. ^ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2019 NASCAR Peak Mexico Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  16. ^ "Rubén García Mateos | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  17. ^ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2020 NASCAR Peak Mexico Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  18. ^ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2021 NASCAR Peak Mexico Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  19. ^ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2022 NASCAR Peak Mexico Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
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