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. The season was composed by fourteen races. Aguascalientes was venue of the kickoff and the final event.

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won his second championship in row.

Report

For first time

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took part in a series sanctioned by

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. Mazda entered with the

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. TeamGP was the first team to run with this car. Mazda won its first three races and the final race in the season. The season kickoff in Aguascalientes. Rafael Martínez began the year taking the victory. In the second race in Querétaro, Martínez won again. The third race was won by the Martínez's teammate,

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, in San Luis Potosí. But, Rafael Martínez had a chrash and finished in 27th place and lost the leadership of the season, and Antonio Pérez became in the new leader. The fourth race of the season was the first night race in the NCS.

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was venue of this race.

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took his first pole position and Germán Quiroga won the race. Pérez maintained the leadership of NCS. Homero Richards took the victory in the fifth race in the

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's oval. Richards again won in Puebla, meanwhile Pérez continued like leader.

Teams and drivers

Driver changes *

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leave the Equipo Telcel. Alejandro Capín took his seat. * Ricardo Pérez de Lara joined to 2b Racing since the Round 2. * After the Round 5, Daniel Suárez replaced to Alejandro Capín in the Equipo Telcel. *

was suspended after the Round 13 for aggressive driving. He was replaced by

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Schedule

The schedule was presented in January comprised 14 races in 8 tracks. On May 22 Chiapas was the first night race in the NCS history. The Award ceremony was held on December 9.

Results and standings

Races

:1 Qualifying cancelled by rain. :2 Qualifying cancelled by rain.

Standings

( key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. ''Italics'' - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. : Goeters, Ramírez and López suffered 15 points reduction by drive shaft irregularities.

Rookie of the Year

Only the best 10 results count in the final classification.

References

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* NASCAR Mexico Series