Stock Series

Stock Series
Category	Touring cars
Country	Brazil
Inaugural season	1993
Constructors	Chevrolet
Tyre suppliers	Goodyear
Drivers' champion	Raphael Reis
Teams' champion	W2 Racing
Official website	www.stockcar.com.br
	Current season

Stock Car Light is a touring car racing series based in Brazil. The series returned in 2018, having replaced the previous Campeonato Brasileiro de Turismo ,Copa Chevrolet Montana formerly known as Stock Car Copa Vicar, ' and Stock Car B which had run since 1993. The series is the category of access to Stock Car Brasil.

History

In 1993, they created the Stock Car B in order to facilitate the access of newcomers to the Stock Car Brasil, until 1999 the category compete in the same grid of Stock Car Brasil.

In 2000 changes the name to Stock Car Brasil Light and become has compete separately from Stock Car Brasil.

In 2010, another change in the access division. The merger between the Copa Vicar and Pick Up Racing resulted in the creation of the Copa Chevrolet Montana, with the engine and the first look of the pick-ups, inspired in the street version of the Chevrolet Montana. Strong and collecting outstanding teams and drivers in the country, the strong division arrived in search of their place in the national automobile scene.

In 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro de Turismo (Brazilian Touring Championship) replacing Copa Chevrolet Montana. The chassis, designed by JL company is similar that used in Stock Car Brasil with V8 engine.

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Points	22	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Champions

Stock Car Light

Season	Champion	Team
1993	Carlos Col George Lemonias	Col/Lemonias
1994	Nonô Figueiredo	Napo Lub
1995	Ariel Barranco	Barranco
1996	Alessandro Weiss	Weiss
1997	Cacá Bueno	WB Motorsport
1998	Carlos Cunha	A.Mattheis Motorsport
1999	Mario Covas Netto	WB Motorsport
2000	Rogerio Motta	Carlos Alves Competition
2001	Thiago Marques	Action Power
2002	Mateus Greipel	F&F Racing
2003	Luis Carreira Jr.	RC Competições
2004	Diogo Pachenki	PowerTech
2005	Renato Jader David	Carreira Racing
2006	Marcos Gomes	Nova/RR Competições
2007	Norberto Gresse	AMG Motorsport
2008	Fabio Carreira	RCM Motorsport
2009	Rafael Daniel	Full Time Sports
2010 – 2017	Not held
2018	Raphael Reis	W2 Racing
2019	Guilherme Salas	KTF Sports

Note – 1993–1999, Stock Car B. The series competed in same races of Stock Car Brasil.
Note – 2000–2007, Stock Car Light. Changes the name and become has compete separately from Stock Car Brasil.
Note – 2008–2009, Stock Car Copa Vicar. Changed his name due organizers' reasons.

Copa Chevrolet Montana

Season	Champion	Team
2010	Diogo Pachenki	Nascar Motorsport
2011	Rafael Daniel	Gramacho Racing
2012	Rafael Daniel	Nascar Motorsport

Campeonato Brasileiro de Turismo

Season	Champion	Team
2013	Felipe Fraga	W2 Racing
2014	Guilherme Salas	W2 Racing
2015	Márcio Campos	Motortech Competições
2016	Márcio Campos	Motortech Competições
2017	Gabriel Robe	Motortech Competições

Fatal accidents

On 9 December 2007, Rafael Sperafico, of the Sperafico racing family, died during the final race of the Stock Car Light 2007 season at Interlagos. His cousins Rodrigo and Ricardo Sperafico race in the top-level series. It was the first fatal accident in the Stock Car Light series.^[1]^[2]^[3]
On April 3, 2011, Gustavo Sondermann, competing in a Copa Chevrolet Montana race, was killed at Interlagos in an accident almost identical to that of Sperafico, four years earlier.^[4]

References

^ "Acidente mata Rafael Sperafico durante prova em Interlagos" (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. 9 December 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
^ "Piloto da Stock Car Light morre em acidente em São Paulo" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 9 December 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
^ "Rafael Sperafico loses his life". F1-Live.com. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
^ Honorio, Rafael (2011-04-03). "Após acidente, Gustavo Sondermann tem morte cerebral confirmada". globoesporte.globo.com (in Portuguese). Organizações Globo. Retrieved 2011-04-04.

External links

Official website of the Copa Chevrolet Montana

[1] "Acidente mata Rafael Sperafico durante prova em Interlagos" (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. 9 December 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2007.

[2] "Piloto da Stock Car Light morre em acidente em São Paulo" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 9 December 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2007.

[3] "Rafael Sperafico loses his life". F1-Live.com. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2007.

[4] Honorio, Rafael (2011-04-03). "Após acidente, Gustavo Sondermann tem morte cerebral confirmada". globoesporte.globo.com (in Portuguese). Organizações Globo. Retrieved 2011-04-04.

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