NASCAR Mexico T4 Series

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The NASCAR Mexico T4 Series is a NASCAR amateur racing series organized by NASCAR Mexico and only runs in Mexico . It is considered the second division of the Mexican NASCAR leagues behind the NASCAR Corona Series .

The series has the largest field of drivers of any Mexican racing series with more than 30 teams racing the full racing calendar and a few others racing on a part-schedule schedule. The field of drivers in the series is very diverse and ranges from 15-year-old beginners to drivers over 40 years old who can end their careers in the NASCAR Mexico T4 Series.

The races will be broadcast by the Mexican sports broadcaster AYM. There is no television broadcast of the racing series in Europe.

history

Beginnings (1993 - 2003)

The NASCAR Mexico T4 Series is the oldest of the touring car series currently in operation in Mexico . It was founded in 1994 under the name Reto Neon (Neon Challenge). It was an inexpensive racing series whose vehicles were exclusively Dodge Neon . These cars were each shared by two drivers, an experienced pilot and a novice. Both pilots drove half an hour each of the one-hour races. This concept worked very well for a few years, so that in some cases a field of over 50 pilots was created.

T4 Series

When the Desafio Corona Series, today's NASCAR Corona Series , was founded in 2004, the Reto Neon Series was discontinued. The former Reto Neon series was then transformed into the T4 Series Series. In 2005 it was named Lotto T4 Series because an Italian sporting goods manufacturer sponsored the series for one year.

When NASCAR took over the Desafio Corona Series in 2006, this also had an impact on the T4 Series. The regulations were changed and adapted to those of the American NASCAR series such as the Sprint Cup . The most important changes were that the teams now had to make pit stops and a driver change was only allowed in exceptional cases. The rules known from the USA, the “Lucky Dog Rule” and two-lane restarts have also been included in the T4 Series regulations. In addition, the racing calendar was changed so that the T4 Series races only took place on ovals. The Chevrolet Astra was allowed to be used as a vehicle model alongside the Dodge Neon.

Since 2007 the series has officially been known as the NASCAR Mexico T4 Series.

Web links

Official website