| Rubén García Jr. | |||||||
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![]() García Jr. at New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2018  | |||||||
| Born | November 21, 1995 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico  | ||||||
| Achievements | 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2022 NASCAR Mexico Series champion 2011 NASCAR Stock V6 Series champion  | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 3 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2014 position | 54th | ||||||
| Best finish | 54th (2014) | ||||||
| First race | 2014 Blue Jeans Go Green 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2014 John R. Elliott HERO Campaign 300 (Kentucky) | ||||||
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| NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series career | |||||||
| 124 races run over 11 years | |||||||
| 2022 position | 1st | ||||||
| Best finish | 1st (2015), (2018), (2019) (2022) | ||||||
| First race | 2011 Aguascalientes 240 (Aguascalientes) | ||||||
| Last race | 2022 Gran Premio Chihuahua (Chihuahua) | ||||||
| First win | 2013 Aguascalientes 240 (Aguascalientes) | ||||||
| Last win | 2022 Gran Premio Chihuahua (Chihuahua) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of May 27, 2022. | |||||||
Rubén García Jr. (born November 21, 1995)[1] is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Mexico Series, driving the No. 88 for Team GP - CANEL'S.
Racing career

García Jr. on track in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 2018
Personal life
He is the son of the fellow racing driver Rubén García Novoa.[2] And despite the same name, none of them are related to also racing driver Ruben Garcia.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Nationwide Series
| NASCAR Nationwide Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | NNSC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2014 | SR² Motorsports | 24 | Toyota | DAY | PHO 25  | 
LVS | BRI 33  | 
CAL | TEX | DAR | RCH | TAL | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | ROA | 54th | 41 | [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rick Ware Racing | 87 | Chevy | KEN 33  | 
DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||
K&N Pro Series East
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref | 
| 2016 | Rev Racing | 6 | Toyota | NSM 21  | 
MOB 18  | 
GRE 19  | 
BRI 18  | 
VIR 8  | 
DOM 6  | 
STA 10  | 
COL 16  | 
NHA 20  | 
GLN 17  | 
GRE 8  | 
NJM 6  | 
DOV 5  | 
10th | 425 | [4] | |
| 66 | IOW 19  | 
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| 2017 | 6 | NSM 16  | 
GRE 9  | 
BRI 2  | 
SBO 6  | 
SBO 5  | 
MEM 14  | 
BLN 8  | 
NHA 7  | 
IOW 12  | 
GLN 4  | 
LGY 6  | 
NJM 10  | 
DOV 10  | 
5th | 501 | [5] | |||
| 03 | TMP 8  | 
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| 2018 | 6 | NSM 26  | 
BRI 10  | 
LGY 10  | 
SBO 12  | 
SBO 15  | 
MEM 1  | 
NJM 7  | 
NHA 12  | 
GLN 8  | 
NHA 17  | 
DOV 1*  | 
3rd | 489 | [6] | |||||
| 12 | THO 9  | 
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| 42 | IOW 5  | 
GTW 4  | 
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| 2019 | 6 | NSM 8  | 
BRI 17  | 
SBO 5  | 
SBO 7  | 
MEM 12  | 
NHA 14  | 
GLN 5  | 
BRI 3  | 
NHA 7  | 
DOV 8  | 
6th | 433 | [7] | ||||||
| 2 | IOW 3  | 
GTW 6  | 
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NASCAR 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 | 15 | NPMSC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2011 | HDI Seguros Racing Team | 27 | Toyota | MTY | SLP | AGS | TUX | QRO | PUE | MXC | SLP | MTY | QRO | PUE | SLP | AGS 17  | 
MXC 25  | 
45th | 200 | [8] | |||
| 2012 | SC Racing | 88 | Toyota | MTY 8  | 
SLP 27  | 
QRO 7  | 
MXC 11  | 
PUE 6  | 
AGS 7  | 
MXC 17  | 
SLP 24  | 
QRO 10  | 
AGS 26  | 
PUE 17  | 
MTY 24  | 
CHI 10  | 
MXC 3  | 
14th | 416 | [9] | |||
| 2013 | Team GP | Mazda | PHO 3  | 
SLP 7  | 
MXC 9  | 
QRO 6  | 
CHI 18  | 
AGS 1*  | 
PUE 25  | 
MTY 8  | 
QRO 7  | 
MXC 11  | 
SLP 6  | 
PUE 8  | 
AGS 19  | 
TUX 10  | 
MXC 5  | 
4th | 1176 | [10] | |||
| 2014 | HDI Seguros | Toyota | PHO 7  | 
MXC 11  | 
TUX 10  | 
MTY 9  | 
SLP 26  | 
QRO 27  | 
MXC 6  | 
AGS 19  | 
QRO 8  | 
PUE 5  | 
CHI 9  | 
SLP 9  | 
AGS 3*  | 
TUX 2*  | 
PUE 12  | 
2nd | 1191 | [11] | |||
| 2015 | Canel's Racing | PHO 10  | 
SLP 4  | 
TUX 5  | 
QRO 8  | 
PUE 21  | 
AGS 11  | 
CHI 1*  | 
SLP 5  | 
PUE 15  | 
SLP 8  | 
CHI 1*  | 
AGS 4  | 
MXC 1  | 
MXC 10  | 
TUX 5  | 
1st | 1213 | [12] | ||||
| 2017 | Alpha Racing | 88 | Toyota | MTY 7  | 
SLP 21  | 
PUE 15  | 
GDL 23  | 
LEO 9  | 
AGS 2  | 
PAC 16  | 
QRO 4  | 
GDL 4  | 
TUX 4  | 
PUE 3  | 
MXC 12  | 
3rd | 411 | [13] | |||||
| 2018 | Canel's Racing | MTY 7  | 
SLP 8  | 
CHI 7*  | 
GDL 3  | 
PUE 1  | 
AGS 1*  | 
QRO 1  | 
PUE 9  | 
TUX 7  | 
AGS 2  | 
GDL 2  | 
MXC 8  | 
1st | 488 | [14] | |||||||
| 2019 | MTY 1  | 
TUX 2  | 
GDL 4  | 
AGS 1  | 
PUE 1  | 
CHI 7  | 
QRO 4  | 
SLP 3  | 
GDL 1  | 
PUE 5  | 
AGS 17  | 
MXC 6  | 
1st* | 496 | [15][16] | ||||||||
| 2020 | QRO 2  | 
SLP 3  | 
AGS 8*  | 
PUE 1*  | 
PUE 5  | 
QRO 2  | 
QRO 3  | 
SLP 2  | 
AGS 2  | 
QRO 1  | 
QRO 2  | 
PUE 2  | 
2nd | 508 | [17] | ||||||||
| 2021 | Chevy | TUX 3  | 
QRO 2  | 
PUE 2  | 
AGS 1*  | 
SLP 4  | 
QRO 2  | 
MTY 5  | 
AGS 1*  | 
SLP 4  | 
GDL 10  | 
PUE 2  | 
PUE 2  | 
2nd | 477 | [18] | |||||||
| 2022 | TUX 13  | 
QRO 1  | 
CHI 1  | 
GDL | PUE | SLP | MTY | AGS | QRO | TBA | GDL | PUE | 1st | 232 | [19] | ||||||||
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Rubén García Mateos".
 - ↑ https://www.nbcsports.com/nascar/news/nascars-next-generation-qa-ruben-garcia-jr-donald-trump
 - ↑ "Ruben Garcia Jr. – 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
 - ↑ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing Reference. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
 - ↑ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing Reference. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
 - ↑ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing Reference. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
 - ↑ "Driver Ruben Garcia Jr. 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
 - ↑ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2011 Corona Mexico Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
 - ↑ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2012 NASCAR Toyota Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
 - ↑ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2013 NASCAR Toyota Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
 - ↑ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2014 NASCAR Toyota Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
 - ↑ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2015 NASCAR Mexico Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
 - ↑ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2017 NASCAR Peak Mexico Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
 - ↑ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2018 NASCAR Peak Mexico Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
 - ↑ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2019 NASCAR Peak Mexico Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
 - ↑ "Rubén García Mateos | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
 - ↑ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2020 NASCAR Peak Mexico Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
 - ↑ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2021 NASCAR Peak Mexico Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
 - ↑ "Ruben Garcia, Jr. – 2022 NASCAR Peak Mexico Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
 
External links
- Rubén García Jr. career summary at DriverDB.com
 - Rubén García Jr. driver statistics at Racing-Reference
 
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