Germán Quiroga Jr. (born May 29, 1980) is a Mexican professional

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driver. In 2011, he became the first three-time

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Corona Series champion.

Racing career

Beginnings

Quiroga began his career in Reto Neon in 1996.

Corona Series

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, he began racing in the NASCAR Corona Series (NCS), racing for Jorge Seman's race team . During the following year, he won the

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championship. In 2005, he drove in the Infiniti Pro Series before returning to Desafio Corona for 2006. His first championship in the Corona Series came in 2009, while racing for Equipo Telcel. He won the championship again in 2010 and 2011.

Toyota All-Star Showdown

In 2011, Quiroga participated in the

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, racing for Bill McAnally. He finished in the 12th position behind fellow NCS driver Daniel Suárez.

Nationwide Series

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Quiroga's first race in the NASCAR's national touring series came in 2007 in the

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(now the Nationwide Series), competing in the series' then-annual event at

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for

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where he finished 28th.

Camping World Truck Series

He made his debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2011, competing in two events for

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and Homestead-Miami Speedway, with a best finish of 16th coming in his first race. In 2012, Quiroga returned to KBM for a limited schedule of events, driving the No. 51 Toyota in four races at

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and Homestead. He moved to Red Horse Racing for the 2013 season, running the entire series schedule in an attempt to win the series' Rookie of the Year honors. He also has worked part-time on ''

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in February 2014. Quiroga had a great start in 2014 season with five straight top ten finishes until Texas. After sitting out 2015, he returned to drive part-time in the Red Horse's No. 11 truck in 2016 beginning at Texas.

Motorsports career results

American Open-Wheel racing results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest race lap)

Barber Dodge Pro Series

Indy Pro Series

NASCAR

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

Busch Series

Camping World Truck Series

Corona Series

Busch East Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

References

External links

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