Maximiliano Gutiérrez Hoppe (born December 18, 2002) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 32 Chevrolet for Rette Jones Racing, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 30 Ford for the same team.
Max Gutiérrez | |||||||
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Nationality | Mexican | ||||||
Born | Maximiliano Gutiérrez Hoppe December 18, 2002 Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||
ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
Debut season | 2020 | ||||||
Current team | Rette Jones Racing | ||||||
Car number | 32 | ||||||
Engine | Chevrolet | ||||||
Crew chief | Jamie Jones | ||||||
Former teams | Troy Williams Racing (2020) | ||||||
Starts | 5 | ||||||
Championships | 0 | ||||||
Wins | 0 | ||||||
Poles | 0 | ||||||
Best finish | 30th in 2021 | ||||||
Finished last season | 30th (2021) | ||||||
Previous series | |||||||
2021-present 2019-2020 | NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series NASCAR Mexico T4 Series | ||||||
Last updated on: February 15, 2022 | |||||||
NASCAR Mexico Series career | |||||||
13 races run over 2 years | |||||||
2021 position | 4th | ||||||
Best finish | 4th (2021) | ||||||
First race | 2021 Gran Premio Chiapas (Chiapas) | ||||||
Last race | 2022 Gran Premio Nus-kah (Chiapas) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of April 23, 2022. | |||||||
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He also last competed full-time in the NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro.
Racing career
Early career
Gutiérrez began racing at 3 years old, racing in the Mexico National Super Kart Championship in 2006, where he finished third in the standings in the Baby Stock category. He returned in 2007, where he would once again end up finishing third in the standings in the Modified Baby 50 category. From 2008 to 2013, he would win six consecutive Super Kart Championship titles.
In 2017, Gutiérrez would compete full-time in the NASCAR Mikel's Truck Series, where he would end up winning Rookie of the Year honors. He would go on to win the championship in 2018.
Gutiérrez would move up to the NASCAR FedEx Challenge (now Mexico T4 Series) in 2019, getting 2 wins, 7 top 5s, and 8 top 10s, ranking 5th in the standings. He returned to the series in 2020, where he won the championship with 5 wins, 10 top 5s, and 11 top 10s.
Gutiérrez moved up to the NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series full-time in 2021, where he currently has 7 top 5s, and 9 top 10s, and currently ranks third in the standings with two races left in the season.[1]
ARCA Menards Series East
On September 17, 2020, Gutiérrez made his ARCA Menards Series East debut at Bristol Motor Speedway, driving the No. 53 for Troy Williams Racing, where he would start 26th and finish 14th. He finished off the East Series at Five Flags Speedway, starting 14th and finished 12th. He did not return to Troy Williams Racing after 2020.
On February 5, 2021, Gutiérrez announced that he will drive full-time in the East Series, driving the No. 30 Ford Fusion for Rette Jones Racing.[2]
On February 8, 2021, three days after the announcement, Gutiérrez earned his first career East Series win, after taking the lead on the final turn, beating out Sammy Smith and Taylor Gray in a three wide finish.[3][4] He would finish out the season with 1 win, 2 top 5s, and 5 top 10s, and ranked 4th in the standings.
ARCA Menards Series
Gutiérrez would make one start in the 2020 ARCA Menards Series season, driving for Troy Williams Racing. He drove the car at Bristol Motor Speedway, starting 26th and finishing 14th.
He returned for the 2021 ARCA Menards Series, running the races that's paired with the East Series, his best finish being 12th at Iowa Speedway.
ARCA Menards Series West
Gutiérrez made his first ARCA Menards Series West start at Phoenix Raceway, where he started 12th and finished 21st.
Motorsport career results
ARCA Menards Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Menards 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 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
2020 | Troy Williams Racing | 53E | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | POC | IRP | KEN | IOW | KAN | TOL | TOL | MCH | DAY | GTW | L44 | TOL | BRI 14 |
WIN | MEM | ISF | KAN | 71st | 30 | [5] |
2021 | Rette Jones Racing | 30 | Ford | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT 15 |
MOH | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW 12 |
WIN | GLN | MCH | ISF | MLW 15 |
DSF | BRI 14 |
SLM | KAN | 30th | 120 | [6] |
2022 | 32 | Chevy | DAY 32 |
PHO | TAL 10 |
KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | [7] |
ARCA Menards Series East
ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
2020 | Troy Williams Racing | 53E | Toyota | NSM | TOL | DOV | TOL | BRI 14 |
23rd | 62 | [8] | |||
53 | FIF 12 |
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2021 | Rette Jones Racing | 30 | Ford | NSM 1 |
FIF 7 |
NSV 9 |
DOV 5 |
SMP 10 |
IOW 12 |
MLW 15 |
BRI 14 |
4th | 333 | [9] |
2022 | NSM 3 |
FIF | DOV |
NSV | IOW | MLW | BRI | -* | -* | [10] |
ARCA Menards Series West
ARCA Menards Series West results | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
2021 | Rette Jones Racing | 30 | Ford | PHO | SON | IRW | CNS | IRW | PIR | LVS | AAS | PHO 21 |
60th | 23 | [11] |
References
- ^ "MEET MAX GUTIERREZ". teknekk.com. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
- ^ "Max Gutiérrez Joins Rette Jones Racing For Full East Series Schedule". ARCA. February 5, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
- ^ Haislop, Tadd (February 9, 2021). "Rookie Max Gutiérrez Earns First ARCA Win In Photo Finish At New Smyrna". ARCA. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
- ^ Haislop, Tadd (February 10, 2021). "Who is Max Gutiérrez? Meet The Rookie Who Burst Onto The Scene At New Smyrna". ARCA. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
- ^ "Max Gutierrez – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
- ^ "Max Guiterrez - 2021 ARCA Menards Series East Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
- ^ "Max Gutierrez – 2022 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ "Max Gutierrez – 2020 ARCA Menards East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
- ^ "Max Gutierrez – 2021 ARCA Menards East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
- ^ "Max Gutierrez – 2022 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
- ^ "Max Gutierrez – 2021 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
External links
Max Gutiérrez driver statistics at Racing-Reference