Nelson Canache Jr.

Nelson Canache Jr.
Born	(1978-03-16) March 16, 1978 Caracas, Venezuela
ARCA Menards Series career
20 races run over 2 years
Best finish	8th (2012)
First race	2012 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona)
Last race	2013 Barbera's Autoland 150 (Milville)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0
Statistics current as of June 20, 2023.

Nelson Canache Jr. (born March 16, 1978) is a Venezuelan professional auto racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Racing Series, the American Le Mans Series, and the Rolex Grand Am Sports Car Series.

Racing career

In 2012, Canache Jr. raced full time in the ARCA Racing Series for Venturini Motorsports, primarily driving the No. 35 Chevrolet/Toyota, although he drove the Nos. 15 and 66 so select events. He had two top-ten finishes, a seventh place at Chicagoland Speedway after starting third, and a tenth-place finish at the second Pocono Raceway on his way to finish eighth in the final points standings.

He made a one-off return to the series the following year for Venturini at New Jersey Motorsports Park driving the No. 15 Toyota, where he finished eleventh after starting fifth. It was also during this year that he, alongside David Donohue, Shane Lewis, and Jim Norman won the 24 Hours of Daytona in the GX class for Napleton Racing.

Motorsports results

NASCAR

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

PEAK 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	NPMSC	Pts	Ref
2012	SC Racing	01	Toyota	MTY	SLP	QRO	MXC	PUE	AGS	MXC	SLP	QRO	AGS	PUE	MTY	CHI 28	MXC	43rd	16
2017	Juan Carlos González	45	Toyota	MTY 17	SLP	PUE	GDL	LEO	AGS	PAC	QRO	GDL	TUX	PUE	MXC			38th	0

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing 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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2012	Venturini Motorsports	35	Toyota	DAY 22			TAL 27	TOL 16	ELK 16			WIN 19			CHI 7										8th	3660
			Chevy		MOB 22	SLM 33				POC 14	MCH 32					IRP 14			ISF 23		SLM 11	DSF C
		15	Ford										NJE 12
		66	Chevy											IOW 30
			Toyota														POC 10	BLN 12		MAD 12			KAN 12
2013		15		DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH	ROA	WIN	CHI	NJE 11	POC	BLN	ISF	MAD	DSF	IOW	SLM	KEN	KAN	106th	175

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2012	APR Motorsport	Ian Baas Jim Norman Emanuele Pirro Dion von Moltke	Audi R8	GT	447	44th	31st
2013	Napleton Racing	David Donohue Shane Lewis Jim Norman	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GX	635	26th	1st
2014	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Tim Pappas Spencer Pumpelly Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS	GTD	662	19th	2nd
2015	Park Place Motorsports	Kévin Estre Patrick Lindsey Jim Norman Spencer Pumpelly	Porsche 911 GT America	GTD	644	35th	16th

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Points	Ref
2014	Flying Lizard Motorsports	GTD	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Audi 5.2L V10 V10	DAY 2	SEB 8	LGA 6	BEL 14	WGL 15	MOS 10	IMS 8	ELK 7	VIR 16	AUS 7	ATL 14	16th	232
2015	Park Place Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 16†	SEB	LGA	DET	WGL	LIM	ELK	VIR	COA	PET		56th	1

External links

• Nelson Canache Jr. driver statistics at Racing-Reference