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Carlos Contreras
Contreras at Road America in 2014
Born (1970-06-08) June 8, 1970 (age 54)
Mexico City, Mexico
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
35 races run over 6 years
2015 position56th
Best finish30th (2014)
First race2003 1-800-Pitshop.com 300 (California)
Last race2015 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
75 races run over 6 years
2016 position59th
Best finish14th (2001)
First race1999 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (California)
Last race2016 DC Solar 350 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 5 0
NASCAR Mexico Series career
76 races run over 6 years
Best finish16th (2010)
First race2008 Race No. 1 (Querétaro)
Last race2013 Mexico Final 200 (Mexico City)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 23 1
Statistics current as of October 1, 2016.

Carlos Contreras (born June 8, 1970) is a Mexico-born professional stock car racing driver and crew chief. He was the first Mexico-born driver racing full-time in any NASCAR national series.[1] He has competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series.[2]

NASCAR career

Xfinity Series

Contreras racing in the Nationwide Series at Road America in 2014

Contreras made his first Busch Series attempt in 2002 with the Hispanic Racing Team. Driving the No. 09 Chevrolet at Homestead-Miami he was unable to break into the field.[2] He would his debut in 2003 with Jay Robinson Racing. At California Speedway, Contreras put the No. 49 Ford in the field and finished in the 26th position. He also made one start for Innovative Motorsports at Homestead-Miami. He drove the No. 48 Chevrolet to a 17th-place finish. In 2005 he would return to the Busch Series with Fitz Motorsports. He drove the No. 40 Dodge in five races and the No. 12 Dodge in one race. His best finish would come at Homestead-Miami, where he would finish 25th. For the 2006 season, Contreras has again returned to Fitz Motorsports where he has competed in races with the No. 12 team and the No. 14 team. He best finish on the season is an 11th at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

In 2014, Contreras returned to the Nationwide Series, competing in a limited number of races for Rick Ware Racing.[3]

Camping World Truck Series

He debuted at the 1999 NAPA Auto Parts 200 at California Speedway with the No. 68 Dodge. Contreras would drive the car to a 14th-place finish in his first race. In 2000, he competed in the full season for Impact Motorsports in No. 12 Dodge. He has two top tens during the season and finished 17th in points. He moved to Petty Enterprises in 2001. He would again post two top tens on the season and move up to 14th in the overall points standings. For the 2002 season, Contreras returned with to the series with Petty Enterprises and again turned in another solid season. He would post one top ten on the season and would rank 16th in the overall point standings. He made his return to the Truck Series in 2010 after it was renamed the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 00 Chevy for the 2010 NextEra Energy Resources 250 for the first time since 2002, finishing 14th.[2]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity 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 34 35 NXSC Pts
2002 Hispanic Racing Team 09 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL CAR PHO HOM
DNQ 		NA -
2003 Jay Robinson Racing 49 Ford DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL
26 		RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR 92nd 197
Innovative Motorsports 48 Chevy HOM
17
2005 FitzBradshaw Racing 40 Dodge DAY CAL MXC
36 		LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN
32 		MCH BRI RCH DOV KAN
38 		CLT MEM TEX PHO
30 		HOM
25 		77th 396
12 CAL
33
2006 14 DAY CAL MXC
11 		HOM
33 		69th 437
12 LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR
29 		GTY IRP GLN
32 		MCH BRI CAL
38 		RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
39 		TEX PHO
2007 Fitz Motorsports 22 DAY CAL MXC
35 		LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH 129th 97
44 KEN
43 		MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
2014 Rick Ware Racing 15 Ford DAY
DNQ 		30th 204
23 Chevy PHO
29 		LVS BRI CAL
29 		TEX DAR
24 		RCH TAL IOW
33 		CLT
33 		DOV MCH NHA
35 		CHI IND IOW ATL
37 		RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT
29 		HOM
32
TriStar Motorsports 44 Toyota ROA
15 		KEN GLN
23 		MOH
21 		BRI
Rick Ware Racing 87 Chevy DAY
34 		TEX
38 		PHO
2015 15 DAY
DNQ 		ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI
36 		RCH
34 		TAL
DNQ 		IOW CLT DOV MCH CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH
36 		BRI ROA DAR
37 		RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM
36 		56th 41

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 NCWTC Pts
1999 Impact Motorsports 68 Dodge HOM PHO EVG MMR MAR MEM PPR I70 BRI TEX PIR GLN MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA IRP GTY HPT RCH LVS LVL TEX CAL
14 		84th 121
2000 12 DAY
13 		HOM
33 		PHO
21 		MMR
27 		MAR
22 		PIR
18 		GTY
18 		MEM
18 		PPR
30 		EVG
19 		TEX
20 		KEN GLN
8 		MLW
11 		NHA
21 		NZH
18 		MCH
20 		IRP
27 		NSV
19 		CIC
15 		RCH
19 		DOV
10 		TEX
15 		CAL
26 		17th 2414
2001 Petty Enterprises 43 Dodge DAY
20 		HOM
7 		MMR
22 		MAR
11 		GTY
21 		DAR
27 		PPR
29 		DOV
12 		TEX
9 		MEM
27 		MLW
22 		KAN
12 		KEN
16 		NHA
21 		IRP
14 		NSH
17 		CIC
15 		NZH
16 		RCH
23 		SBO
17 		TEX
23 		LVS
20 		PHO
21 		CAL
22 		14th 2586
2002 DAY
8 		DAR
17 		MAR
28 		GTY
16 		PPR
13 		DOV
23 		TEX
18 		MEM
15 		MLW
22 		KAN
16 		KEN
22 		NHA
15 		MCH
17 		IRP
31 		NSH
13 		RCH
19 		TEX
30 		SBO
23 		LVS
13 		CAL
18 		PHO
19 		HOM
24 		16th 2334
2010 Daisy Ramirez Motorsports 00 Chevy DAY
14 		ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 89th 126
2016 Contreras Motorsports 71 Chevy DAY
DNQ 		ATL
27 		MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX
31 		IOW GTW KEN ELD POC
27 		BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS
30 		TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 59th 17

West Series

NASCAR West Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NWSC Pts Ref
2007 Fitz Motorsports 12 Dodge CTS PHO AMP ELK IOW CNS SON
22 		DCS IRW MMP EVG CSR AMP 61st 97 [4]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carlos Contreras.
  1. ^ "NASCAR Making Strides in Drive for Hispanic Diversity". University of Central Florida. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "NASCAR Drivers Statistics". Racing Reference. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Carlos Contreras, NASCAR's Original Diversity Driver and Rick Ware Racing Team Up for Daytona". Catchfence.com. Rick Ware Racing. February 17, 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  4. ^ "Carlos Contreras – 2007 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
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