Carlos Contreras (racing driver)

Carlos Contreras (born June 8, 1970) is a Mexican 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]

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 position	56th
Best finish	30th (2014)
First race	2003 1-800-Pitshop.com 300 (California)
Last race	2015 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
75 races run over 6 years
2016 position	59th
Best finish	14th (2001)
First race	1999 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (California)
Last race	2016 DC Solar 350 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 5 0
NASCAR Mexico Series career
76 races run over 6 years
Best finish	15th (2010)
First race	2008 Race No. 1 (Querétaro)
Last race	2013 Mexico Final 200 (Mexico City)
Wins Top tens Poles 12 23 2
Statistics current as of October 1, 2016.

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 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	Ref
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	-	[4]
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	[5]
	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	[6]
		12																												CAL 33
2006		14		DAY	CAL	MXC 11																																HOM 33	69th	437	[7]
		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	[8]
		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	[9]
		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	[10]

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	Ref
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	[11]
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	[12]
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	[13]
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	[14]
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	[15]
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	[16]

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	[17]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References

1. "NASCAR Making Strides in Drive for Hispanic Diversity". University of Central Florida. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
2. "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 – 2002 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
5. "Carlos Contreras – 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
6. "Carlos Contreras – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
7. "Carlos Contreras – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
8. "Carlos Contreras – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
9. "Carlos Contreras – 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
10. "Carlos Contreras – 2015 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
11. "Carlos Contreras – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
12. "Carlos Contreras – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
13. "Carlos Contreras – 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
14. "Carlos Contreras – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
15. "Carlos Contreras – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
16. "Carlos Contreras – 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
17. "Carlos Contreras – 2007 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2020.

External links

• Carlos Contreras driver statistics at Racing-Reference