The NASCAR Cup season concluded one week ago at Phoenix with Kyle Larson besting Denny Hamlin for the crown in overtime, but the NASCAR Mexico Series still had one race left to go, and it’s ending was even more intense.<\/p>\n
NASCAR’s Latin American division headed to\u00a0Amozoc,\u00a0Puebla in central Mexico for the Championship 4 finale. Julio Rej\u00f3n,\u00a0Alex de Alba,\u00a0Germ\u00e1n Quiroga, and\u00a0Max Guti\u00e9rrez faced off in the battle for the title at\u00a0Aut\u00f3dromo Miguel E. Abed.<\/p>\n
The race featured a bizarre incident after Santiago Tovar spun and got stuck in the barriers in his No. 22 machine. While waiting for assistance, a safety vehicle actually rammed the car in the right-front. It’s unclear what happened to cause it, but no one was injured in the strange collision.<\/p>\n
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The title fight also ended dramatically as\u00a0Rej\u00f3n and\u00a0Guti\u00e9rrez battled it out on the final lap. Entering the final corner, they collided and there was a massive crash, involving multiple cars.<\/p>\n
Rub\u00e9n Rovelo, who was ahead of the chaos, captured the checkered flag, but what about the title finalists?<\/p>\n
De Alba made it through the carnage,\u00a0but a Guti\u00e9rrez was right with him as they drag-raced to the line.\u00a0Guti\u00e9rrez, was at the epicenter of the Rej\u00f3n crash, slammed into de Alba. The two drivers crossed the line entangled with\u00a0Guti\u00e9rrez’s nose buried into the left-rear of\u00a0de Alba, who maintained control as he finished fourth and won the championship with the AGA Racing Team.<\/p>\n
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The 28-year-old is a first-time champion for the NASCAR Mexico Series, earning the title one year after being named Rookie of the Year. In the same race, Diego Ort\u00edz won the championship in the NASCAR Mexico Challenge division.<\/p>\n
Along with Larson (Cup), Jesse Love (Xfinity), and Corey Heim (Trucks) as NASCAR’s top national champions for the 2025 season, de Alba and\u00a0Ort\u00edz join the following drivers as some other notable NASCAR champs this year:<\/p>\n
– Brenden Queen (ARCA)<\/p>\n
– Isaac Kitzmiller (ARCA East)<\/p>\n
– Trevor Huddleston (ARCA West)<\/p>\n
– Austin Beers (NASCAR Whelen Modified)<\/p>\n
– Marc-Antoine Camirand (NASCAR Canada Series)<\/p>\n
– Vittorio Ghirelli (EuroNASCAR Pro)<\/p>\n
– Thomas Krasonis (EuroNASCAR Open)<\/p>\n
– Rubens Barrichello (NASCAR Brazil)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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