Jorge Goeters (born June 26, 1970) is a Mexican racecar driver.

Jorge Goeters
Born (1970-06-26) June 26, 1970 (age 54)
Mexico City, Mexico
Awards2002 MasterCard Truck Series champion
2005 Desafío Corona champion
2012 NASCAR Toyota Series champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
First race2005 Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
10 races run over 3 years
First race2005 Telcel Motorola 200 (Mexico City)
Last race2007 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 1
Statistics current as of January 11, 2009.

At the present time, Goeters competes full-time in the NASCAR Mexico Series in Mexico. In the past few years he also competed at the international level on a limited basis, running a handful of races in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series, NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, Indy Lights, Champ Car World Series, A1 Grand Prix, and Rolex Sports Car Series. He is known for winning the pole position for the inaugural Busch Series race in Mexico City.

Early career

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Goeters had an early start in motorsports, beginning in motocross at age 8. He won several championships in Mexico, as well as international events in this discipline, before making the move to auto racing in 1993.

In 1996, he won his first national championship, in the Prototypes category. The next year he won the Mexican Trans-Am series, and in 1998 he went to compete in the United States.

In 1998, he had a fairly successful debut season in the Indy Lights championship, in which he earned one Pole position, one track record, two top five, and two top ten finishes.

Back in his homeland, he competed in the Mexican Formula 2 Championship in 2001, and the MasterCard Truck Series Championship in 2002.

In 2004 he took part in the inaugural season of the Desafío Corona stock car series, and finished 4th in the championship.

Career in NASCAR and other international series

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In 2004, he entered a NASCAR West Series event at Irwindale Event Center but failed to qualify. In his return to the West Series in 2005, now at Auto Club Speedway, Goeters made the race and finished 10th.

2005 was a very eventful year for Goeters, as he won the championship in the Desafío Corona series, and made his NASCAR and Grand-Am debut, as well as his lone start in the Champ Car World Series.

Goeters won a very popular pole position in his NASCAR Busch Series debut during the 2005 Telcel Motorola 200 at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, driving the No. 66 Canel's/Scotiabank Ford Taurus for Brewco Motorsports. He led 24 laps, but later had to retire from the race with an engine failure. He ran two more Busch Series races in 2005, driving the No. 32 Chevy for Braun Racing, with a best result of 9th at Watkins Glen International.

He contested a Champ Car race in Monterrey, Mexico for PKV Racing, but had to retire with mechanical problems on Lap 24.

He made his lone NASCAR Nextel Cup Series start at Watkins Glen, driving the No. 50 Dodge for Arnold Motorsports. He led some laps during the race, but eventually finished 35th as a result of small contact in the closing laps.

In 2005, he also competed in the Rolex Sports Car Series event at Watkins Glen.

After his success in the 2005 season, Goeters looked to continue his career in the United States, and in 2006 the announcement was made that he would drive for a new team in the Busch Series, Latin American Racing; however, the team never became a reality. Still, Goeters took part in a handful of races in the Busch Series. He returned to run the Mexico City race with Brewco, finishing 14th, and then joined Jay Robinson Racing to drive the No. 49 Ford. He finished 41st at Bristol and 24th at Nashville, but failed to qualify at Las Vegas, Atlanta, Texas, Phoenix and Richmond in the team's underpowered car. Goeters left the team, and then made another start in the season finale at Homestead, driving the No. 63 car for Spraker Racing Enterprises, but retired with mechanical problems.

Also in 2006, he made a start in ARCA Re/Max Series at Chicagoland Speedway driving No. 24 Ford for Bob Schacht Motorsports. Goeters started 19th and finished 7th after led 4 laps.

In 2007, Goeters competed in the NASCAR Busch Series as a road course ringer. He ran at Mexico City, Watkins Glen, and Montreal, with strong qualifying performances in the three races. However, his only good finish came at home as he finished 7th at Mexico City. He also competed in the Rolex Sports Car Series race at Mexico City, and in the opening event of the A1 Grand Prix series for Team Mexico. He also drove full-time in the NASCAR Corona Series, in which he won a race at Guadalajara and finished 6th in the championship.

In 2008, he returned to run full-time in Mexico, and finished 6th in the NASCAR Corona Series, driving the No. 4 car.

During the 97th lap of a 100-lap Corona Series race at Autódromo Miguel E. Abed in Amozoc, Puebla, on June 14, 2009, Goeters made contact with Carlos Pardo, which caused the latter to lose control of his car and impact against a barrier sideways at over 200 km/h causing the disintegration of the car and Pardo's death. As the race was over the time limit, the standings of the previous lap were taken into account and Pardo was posthumously declared winner.[1]

In 2012 he was the champion of NASCAR Toyota Series.

Personal life

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Goeters is part of a racing family that also includes his brothers Patrick and Eduardo, who have also competed successfully in several categories in Mexico, including the NASCAR Corona Series.

Motorsports career results

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Podium Poles Points Position
1996 Copa Sicrea - Nissan Sport Prototipos Goeters Racing Team ? ? ? ? ? 1st
1997 Formula 3000 Mexico Goeters Racing Team 9 0 3 0 448 4th
1998 Indy Lights Quaker State Team Go 12 0 0 1 34 16th
2000 Mexican Formula Three Championship Contreras Motorsport 9 3 5 6 129 2nd
2001 Mexican Formula Three Championship Contreras Motorsport 9 4 7 6 146 1st
2002 Ford Mustang Championship Mexico ? ? ? ? ? 2nd
2003 Ford Mustang Championship Mexico Canel's Racing ? ? ? ? ? ?
2004 Desafío Corona Canel's Racing 13 1 7 3 2045 4th
2005 Desafío Corona Team GP 14 4 10 4 2320 1st
Champ Car World Series PKV Racing 1 0 0 0 3 29th
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Arnold Motorsports 1 0 0 0 63 82nd
NASCAR Busch Series Jay Robinson Racing 3 0 0 1 283 82nd
Rolex Sports Car Series - DP Essex Racing 2 0 0 0 24 69th
2006 NASCAR Busch Series Spraker Racing 4 0 0 0 295 82nd
ARCA Re/Max Series Spraker Racing 1 0 0 0 200 109th
2007 NASCAR Corona Series Xtreme 14 1 1 1 1891 7th
NASCAR Busch Series Brewco Motorsports 3 0 0 0 297 90th
Rolex Sports Car Series - DP Doran Racing 3 0 0 0 49 48th
2007-08 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Mexico 2 0 0 0 0 16th (1)
2008 NASCAR Corona Series Spartac RT 14 0 1 1 1896 6th
2009 NASCAR Corona Series Canel's-Scotiabank-Xtreme 14 1 4 2 1992 3rd
2010 NASCAR Corona Series Team GP 14 2 5 3 1880 5th
2011 NASCAR Corona Series Canel's Racing 14 2 4 3 1942 3rd
Super Copa Telcel Bardahl 16 1 5 0 1189 6th
2012 NASCAR Toyota Series Canel's Racing 14 2 6 0 539 1st
2013 NASCAR Toyota Series FICREA-Xtreme-Potosinos 15 0 0 1 403 18th
Super Copa Telcel 2 0 0 0 142 18th
2014 NASCAR Toyota Series FICREA 15 0 0 0 434 16th
2015 NASCAR México Series Ficrea-Xtreme-Potosinos 14 0 0 0 417 18th
2016 Super Copa Telcel 9 1 3 0 700 6th
2017 NASCAR PEAK México Series JV Motorsport 12 0 1 1 378 4th
2018 NASCAR PEAK México Series Cavall 7 12 0 0 0 377 13th
2019 NASCAR PEAK México Series Escudería Telmex 12 0 2 0 454 4th
2020 NASCAR PEAK México Series 12 0 0 0 413 6th
2021 NASCAR PEAK México Series Autoforum 12 0 0 0 261 12th
2022 NASCAR México Series 11 0 0 0 69 8th
  • (1) = Team standings.

American open–wheel racing results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (small number denotes finishing position)

Indy Lights

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
1998 Quaker State Team Go MIA
16
LBH
15
NZR
11
STL
5
MIL
6
DET
16
POR
9
CLE
9
TOR
7
MIS
21
TRS
15
VAN LAG FON
20
16th 34

Champ Car

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points Ref
2005 PKV Racing LBH MTY
18
MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL LVG SRF MXC 29th 3 [2]

NASCAR

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

Nextel Cup Series

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NASCAR Nextel Cup 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 36 NNCC Pts Ref
2005 Arnold Motorsports 50 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN
35
MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 82nd 63 [3]

Busch Series

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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 NBSC Pts Ref
2005 Brewco Motorsports 66 Ford DAY CAL MXC
38
LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA 82nd 283 [4]
Braun Racing 32 Chevy PPR
24
GTY IRP GLN
9
MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV
Red Cactus Racing 73 Chevy KAN
DNQ
CLT MEM TEX
DNQ
PHO HOM
2006 Brewco Motorsports 66 Ford DAY CAL MXC
14
82nd 295 [5]
Jay Robinson Racing 49 Ford LVS
DNQ
ATL
DNQ
BRI
41
TEX
DNQ
NSH
24
PHO
DNQ
TAL
28 RCH
DNQ
DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
Spraker Racing Enterprises 63 Chevy TEX
DNQ
PHO HOM
40
2007 Brewco Motorsports 27 Ford DAY CAL MXC
7
LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV
31
GLN
29
MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 90th 297 [6]

West Series

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NASCAR West Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NWSC Pts Ref
2004 James O'Kane 42 Ford PHO MMR CAL S99 EVG IRW S99 RMR DCS PHO CNS MMR IRW
DNQ
N/A - [7]
2005 Performance P-1 Motorsports 77 Ford PHO MMR PHO S99 IRW EVG S99 PPR CAL
10
DCS CTS MMR 42nd 134 [8]


References

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  1. ^ "Driver dies in Nascar Mexico race". Reuters. 2009-06-15. Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  2. ^ "Jorge Goeters – 2005 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  3. ^ "Jorge Goeters – 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  4. ^ "Jorge Goeters – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  5. ^ "Jorge Goeters – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  6. ^ "Jorge Goeters – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  7. ^ "Jorge Goeters – 2004 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  8. ^ "Jorge Goeters – 2005 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by
First season
MasterCard Truck Series Champion
2002
Succeeded by
Preceded by Desafío Corona Champion
2005
Succeeded by
Preceded by NASCAR Toyota Series Champion
2012
Succeeded by