Bob Espinosa holds off Novelo to win the fourth round of Trucks México in Puebla

Novelo finished fourth and lost his lead in the championship after two consecutive wins

Bob Espinosa wins in Puebla and takes the lead in Trucks Mexico

Bob Espinosa holds off Novelo to win the fourth round of Trucks México in Puebla

Novelo finished fourth and lost his lead in the championship after two consecutive wins

Photos: Media Trucks México Series
Puebla
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Roberto Espinosa obtained his first victory of the season in the Trucks México Series this Sunday, in a race that saw him out front from the pole position and leaves him as the new championship leader after the fourth round of the season at the 2,590‑meter circuit of Autódromo Miguel E. Abed. Espinosa had started among the top three in each of the previous rounds but had not managed to win. The victory in Puebla breaks the streak of Carlos Novelo, who arrived with two consecutive wins and finished fourth.

On Saturday, Espinosa set a 1:11.178 in qualifying and took his third pole in four races. Sunday's race was a mirror of that pace. He broke away from Sebastián Rodríguez, his teammate at Dynamic Motorsports, and held the lead until the mandatory pit stop, where Arturo Vázquez moved to the front for a brief period. Espinosa caught him before the stage on lap 18 and regained the position, never relinquishing it.

A late caution bunched the field, and on the restart Rodríguez made contact with Espinosa, lost second place, and handed it to Santiago Cruz, who had been advancing from the back. Cruz finished second, Edwin Arenas third, Novelo fourth, and Jesús Ruíz fifth. Valeria Aranda, who was two points behind the leader, did not make the top five.

With this result, Espinosa displaces Novelo from the top of the overall standings for the first time this year. The regular season reaches its halfway point with the top seven drivers separated by fewer than 30 points. The fifth round of the Trucks México Series will be on June 6‑7 at the Óvalo Aguascalientes México.

NASCAR México - Puebla - Trucks Mexico Race
Pos # Driver Team Class Time Diff.
1 96 Roberto Espinosa Mobil- Chick In- Mobilizate TM 01:00:48.056 -
2 26 Santiago Cruz Alessandros Racing TM 01:00:49.985 1.929s
3 51 Edwin Arenas Prime Sports TM 01:00:50.086 2.030s
4 18 Carlos Novelo Bribonmi- Ingenieria Total- Yaoca TM 01:00:50.643 2.587s
5 25 Jesús Ruíz Nucage Racing and Advertising TM 01:00:53.939 5.883s
6 94 Everardo Fonseca Nucage Racing And Advertising TM 01:00:54.282 6.226s
7 31 Arturo Vazquez Gie Power-Jaea Motorsport TM 01:00:57.404 9.348s
8 16 Enrique Guilbert (N) Prime Sports TM 01:00:57.699 9.643s
9 13 Jassyr Salazar (N) Selvania- Bosques del Sur- Grand Mayan Tuxtla- La TM 01:00:58.530 10.474s
10 77 Rafael Maggio Renn Team TM 01:00:59.083 11.027s
11 9 Sebastian Rodríguez (N) Dynamic Motorsports TM 01:00:59.461 11.405s
12 46 Ignacio Sánchez (N) Motul- Seltz- Anvi Motorsport TM 01:01:02.510 14.454s
13 1 Jan Krull Prime Sports TM 01:01:56.954 1:08.898
14 03 Ricardo Elizondo Salcedo Motorsport TM 01:01:01.482 1 lap
15 5 Victor Gama Salcedo Motorsport TM 51:20.365 6 laps
16 50 Gael Aguilar (N) Car Motion TM 39:05.226 14 laps
17 17 Sol Diaz Vida Divina TM 37:07.377 19 laps
18 27 Valeria Aranda Bizarro- Telecom TM 22:20.393 25 laps
19 11 Luis Goulart (N) Prime Sports TM 20:12.220 28 laps
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