Rubén García Jr. (racing driver) explained

Rubén García Jr.
Birth Date:	21 November 1995
Birth Place:	Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Achievements:	2015, 2018, 2019, and 2022 NASCAR Mexico Series champion 2011 NASCAR Stock V6 Series champion
Total Busch Races:	3
Years In Busch:	1
Prev Busch Pos:	54th
Prev Busch Year:	2014
Best Busch Pos:	54th (2014)
First Busch Race:	2014 Blue Jeans Go Green 200 (Phoenix)
Last Busch Race:	2014 John R. Elliott HERO Campaign 300 (Kentucky)
Busch Wins:	0
Busch Top Tens:	0
Busch Poles:	0
Total Corona Races:	124
Years In Corona:	11
Prev Corona Pos:	1st
Prev Corona Year:	2022
Best Corona Pos:	1st (2015), (2018), (2019) (2022)
First Corona Race:	2011 Aguascalientes 240 (Aguascalientes)
First Corona Win:	2013 Aguascalientes 240 (Aguascalientes)
Last Corona Win:	2022 Gran Premio Chihuahua (Chihuahua)
Corona Wins:	17
Corona Top Tens:	96
Corona Poles:	15
Updated:	May 27, 2022

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.

Racing career

Personal life

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

NASCAR

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

Nationwide Series

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		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

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		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

NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15		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

Notes and References

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