Germán Quiroga

Germán Quiroga Jr. (born May 29, 1980) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver who currently competes in NASCAR Mexico Series. In 2011, he became the first three-time NASCAR Corona Series champion.

Racing career

Beginnings Quiroga began his career in Reto Neon in 1996.

Corona Series In 2004, Quiroga began racing in the NASCAR Corona Series (NCS), racing for Jorge Seman's race team . During the following year, he won the Formula Renault 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 Toyota All-Star Showdown in Irwindale, California, racing for Bill McAnally. He finished in the twelfth position behind fellow NCS driver Daniel Suárez.

Nationwide Series

Quiroga's first race in the NASCAR's national touring series came in 2007 in the Busch Series (now the Nationwide Series), competing in the series' then-annual event at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for Jay Robinson Racing where he finished 28th.

Camping World Truck Series Quiroga made his debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2011, competing in two events for Kyle Busch Motorsports at New Hampshire Motor Speedway 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 Talladega Superspeedway, Texas Motor Speedway, Phoenix International Raceway 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.

Quiroga also has worked part-time on NASCAR on NBC broadcasts, being part of mun2's broadcast of the NASCAR Toyota Series Toyota 120 at Phoenix International Raceway in February 2014.

Quiroga had a great start in 2014 season with five straight top-ten finishes until Texas.

After sitting out 2015, Quiroga returned to drive part-time in the Red Horse's No. 11 truck in 2016 beginning at Texas. Unfortunately, it was his final appearance in the championship as he failed to attract enough sponsors to continue.

Return to NASCAR Mexico Quiroga returned to racing in 2021, joining the NASCAR Mexico field ten years after his last appearance in the category. He began in the No. 11 car to replace Hugo Oliveras,

In 2024, Quiroga began the year with a top five and a podium. However, a handful of results outside of the top ten midseason, including a retirement in Aguascalientes, meant that he did not reach the playoffs and finished the season in eleventh overall.

Quiroga continued in the No. 69 car for the 2025 season, which started strong, with two top-tens and a top-five in Puebla. He qualified on pole in round four at Aguascalientes and went on to finish on the podium. With a pair of top ten finishes in the Mexico City double-header, he was eighth in the standings going into round eight in Monterrey.

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 NASCAR Busch 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 Pts Ref 2007 Jay Robinson Racing 28 Chevy DAY CAL MXC28 LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 135th 84

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 Pts Ref 2011 Kyle Busch Motorsports 51 Toyota DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP POC MCH BRI ATL CHI NHA16 KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX HOM26 56th 46 2012 DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS TAL8 MAR TEX28 PHO24 HOM15 40th 101 2013 Red Horse Racing 77 Toyota DAY25 MAR29 CAR19 KAN11 CLT35 DOV13 TEX3 KEN8 IOW14 ELD20 POC3 MCH19 BRI21 MSP15 IOW6 CHI14 LVS21 TAL31 MAR7 TEX14 PHO12 HOM7 13th 625 2014 DAY10 MAR6 KAN7 CLT9 DOV9 TEX23 GTY2 KEN15 IOW5 ELD12 POC22 MCH6 BRI14 MSP2 CHI19 NHA15 LVS16 TAL29 MAR10 TEX17 PHO26 HOM15 6th 683 2016 Red Horse Racing 11 Toyota DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX8 IOW14 GTW7 KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 31st 70

Busch East Series NASCAR Busch East Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2007 Troy Williams Racing 21 Chevy GRE26 STA28 MCM26 ADI LRP29 MFD NHA DOV 31st 405 12 ELKDNQ IOW SBO 21 Dodge NHA33 TMP

Mexico Series

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points