Carlos Pardo

For the Johns Hopkins professor, see Carlos Pardo-Villamizar.
Carlos Pardo
Born (1975-09-15)September 15, 1975
Mexico City, Mexico
Died June 14, 2009(2009-06-14) (aged 33)
Autódromo Miguel E. Abed
Amozoc, Puebla, Mexico
Cause of death Racing accident
Achievements 2004 NASCAR Corona Series Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish 143rd (2006)
First race 2006 Telcel-Motorola 200 (Mexico City)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

Carlos Alberto Pardo Estévez (September 15, 1975 – June 14, 2009) was a Mexican stock car racing driver from Mexico City. He was the first driver to win the NASCAR Mexico Corona Series championship.[1]

Career

Pardo won 10 of his 74 NASCAR Mexico Corona Series starts and had 8 poles. He won the championship in 2004.[2] He was third in standings in 2005 and 2006.[3] Pardo also competed in six races in the NASCAR Camping World Series East in 2004 and 2005 and raced in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez in 2006.[2]

Death

Pardo was killed in an accident which occurred on the 97th lap of a 100-lap NASCAR Mexico Corona Series race at Autódromo Miguel E. Abed in Amozoc, Puebla, on June 14, 2009. As Pardo led the field with just four laps remaining, Jorge Goeters attempted to overtake Pardo going into turn 3.[4] Pardo attempted to block Goeters, but came into contact with the front of Goeters' car. Pardo's car spun down the track and collided side-on with the edge of a concrete retaining wall[5] at over 200 kmh.[6] Even with water drums (Fitch Barrier) in place to soften any collison, the car disintegrated upon impact.[7] Pardo was transported to a nearby hospital by helicopter, where he was pronounced dead. He was declared the winner of the race as he was leading the race at the last completed lap before the accident occurred, beating Goeters by 0.044 seconds.[2] Pardo, driving for Motorcraft team, had started the race from the last row.[8] He is survived by wife Ana, and an infant child.[9]

Pardo's brother Ruben also competes in the NASCAR Mexico Corona Series,[2] and finished sixth in the race that his brother won posthumously.

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.)

Busch Series

References

  1. ↑ "Carlos Pardo". ask.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-19. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Carlos Pardo Posthumously Awarded NASCAR Mexico Series Win". fullthrottle.com. 2009-06-15. Archived from the original on 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  3. ↑ "Carlos Pardo at Driver Database". driverdb.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  4. ↑ "Fallece el piloto Carlos Pardo" (in Spanish). Crónica. 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  5. ↑ "Driver dies in Nascar Mexico race". Reuters. 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  6. ↑ "Sufre Carlos Pardo aparatoso accidente" (in Spanish). eluniversal.com. 2009-06-14. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  7. ↑ "NASCAR Mexico driver killed in crash". ESPN. 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  8. ↑ "Carlos Pardo dies in NASCAR Mexico Series race Sunday". scenedaily.com. 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  9. ↑ LaCapria, Kim (2009-06-15). "NASCAR driver Carlos Pardo dies in fiery wreck". inquisitr.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
First season		 Desafío Corona Champion
2004 		Succeeded by
Jorge Goeters
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