Nelson Canache Jr.

Nelson Canache Jr. (born March 16, 1978) is a Venezuelan professional auto racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Racing Series, the American Le Mans Series, and the Rolex Grand Am Sports Car Series.

Racing career

In 2012, Canache raced full time in the ARCA Racing Series for Venturini Motorsports, primarily driving the No. 35 Chevrolet/Toyota, although he drove the Nos. 15 and 66 so select events. He had two top-ten finishes, a seventh place at Chicagoland Speedway after starting third, and a tenth-place finish at the second Pocono Raceway on his way to finish eighth in the final points standings.

Can made a one-off return to the series the following year for Venturini at New Jersey Motorsports Park driving the No. 15 Toyota, where he finished eleventh after starting fifth. It was also during this year that he, alongside David Donohue, Shane Lewis, and Jim Norman won the 24 Hours of Daytona in the GX class for Napleton Racing.

Motorsports results

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) PEAK Mexico Series NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2012 SC Racing 01 Toyota MTY SLP QRO MXC PUE AGS MXC SLP QRO AGS PUE MTY CHI MXC 43rd 16 2017 Juan Carlos González 45 Toyota MTY SLP PUE GDL LEO AGS PAC QRO GDL TUX PUE MXC 38th 0

ARCA Racing Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Racing 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 Pts Ref 2012 Venturini Motorsports 35 Toyota DAY TAL TOL ELK WIN CHI 8th 3660 Chevy MOB SLM POC MCH IRP ISF SLM DSF 15 Ford NJE 66 Chevy IOW Toyota POC BLN MAD KAN 2013 15 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH ROA WIN CHI NJE POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 106th 175

24 Hours of Daytona results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2012 APR Motorsport Ian Baas Jim Norman Emanuele Pirro Dion von Moltke Audi R8 GT 447 44th 31st 2013 Napleton Racing David Donohue Shane Lewis Jim Norman Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GX 635 26th 1st 2014 Flying Lizard Motorsports Tim Pappas Spencer Pumpelly Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS GTD 662 19th 2nd 2015 Park Place Motorsports Kévin Estre Patrick Lindsey Jim Norman Spencer Pumpelly Porsche 911 GT America GTD 644 35th 16th

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Points Ref 2014 Flying Lizard Motorsports GTD Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi 5.2L V10 V10 DAY SEB LGA BEL WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR AUS ATL 16th 232 2015 Park Place Motorsports GTD Porsche 911 GT America Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LGA DET WGL LIM ELK VIR COA PET 56th 1