2014 NACAM Rally Championship

The 2014 NACAM Rally Championship was the seventh season of the NACAM Rally Championship. This championship was the FIA regional rally championship for the North America and Central America (NACAM) region. The season began 28 March in Oaxaca, Mexico, and ended 23 November in Jamaica, after seven events.^[1] Mid-season events, the Venezuelan Rally Isla de Margarita and new rally Rally Guyana were removed from the calendar and replaced by two additional Colombian events, Rally Guane and Rally Volcan Peña Azul.

Reigning champion Ricardo Triviño of Mexico won his fifth championship after winning Rally Guane. Trivino won the Rally Costa del Pacifico as well as Rally Guane and was the leading championship-registered competitor in two other events and second in the remaining rally, giving him an unassailable 63-point lead with two rallies left in the calendar. Trivino won the Rally Volcan Peña Azul as well, and ultimately won the championship by 86 points ahead of Nicolas Bedoya. The only driver to defeat Triviño, Francisco Name Jr., finished third in the championship, two points adrift of Bedoya; he beat Dante Pescetto for the position on a tie-break. Rally Jamaica was not contested by any of the championship regulars, with the event won by Kyle Gregg.

Event calendar and results

The 2014 NACAM Rally Championship was as follows:^[2][3]

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	Rally Montañas Oaxaca (28–29 March)[4]	1	Francisco Name Jr.	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:14:29.8	14	161.80 km	20	14
		2	Ricardo Triviño	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	2:15:07.1
		3	Ricardo Cordero Jr.	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	2:16:08.2
2	Rally Costa del Pacifico (16–18 May)[5]	1	Ricardo Triviño	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	1:10:24.2	12	102.60 km	15	8
		2	Erick Bacherer	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	1:11:32.6
		3	Andrés Molina	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	1:11:34.4
3	Rally Cañete (6–7 June)[6]	1	Richard Palomino	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	1:32:12.6			62	39
		2	Romel Palomino	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	1:34:58.6
		3	Helberth Samalvides	Polaris RZR-XP	1:36:31.7
4	Rally Lago de Tota (1–2 August)[7]	1	Francisco Name Jr.	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	1:04:03.5	8	92.70 km	20	13
		2	Julián Jaramillo	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	1:06:11.6
		3	Ricardo Triviño	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	1:08:26.0
	Rally Isla de Margarita (5–6 September)	cancelled
5	Rally Guane (5–6 September)[8]	1	Ricardo Triviño	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	1:09:51.67	12		27	19
		2	Francisco Name Jr.	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	1:10:19.42
		3	Julián Jaramillo	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	1:14:58.60
6	Rally Volcan Peña Azul (3–4 October)[9]	1	Ricardo Triviño	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
		2	Julián Jaramillo	Subaru Impreza WRX STi
		3	Dante Pescetto	Škoda Fabia S2000
	Rally Guyana (10–11 October)	cancelled
7	Rally Jamaica (21–23 November)	1	Kyle Gregg	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	1:45:16	21		14	9
		2	Joel Jackson	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	1:45:30
		3	Jordan Powell	Honda Civic	1:51:35

Championship standings

The 2014 NACAM Rally Championship points were as follows:^[10]

Pos. Driver Vehicle OAX CdP CAN PdS GUA VPA JAM Total 1 Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1 1 1 2 1 1 143 2 Nicolas Bedoya Kia Koup 3 4 3 3 57 3 Francisco Name Jr. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4 Ret 1 2 55 Dante Pescetto Škoda Fabia Toyota Echo 3 Ret 5 4 2 55 5 Andrés Molina Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2 2 3 Ret 51

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (DNF) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

References

External links

• Official website