Stock Car Pro Series

Category	Touring car racing Stock car racing
Country	Brazil
Inaugural season	1979
Drivers	38 (2023)
Teams	16 (2023)
Constructors	Chevrolet Toyota Mitsubishi
Tyre suppliers	Hankook
Drivers' champion	Gabriel Casagrande
Teams' champion	Eurofarma RC
Official website	www.stockproseries.com.br
Current season

TheBRB Stock Car Pro Series, formerly known asStock Car Brasil, is atouring carauto racing series based inBrazil organized by Vicar. It is considered the major Brazilian andSouth American motorsports series.^[1] Starting in 1979 withChevrolet as the only constructor, the series has also seen other constructors joining in and leaving such asPeugeot andVolkswagen, currently the only manufacturers are Chevrolet,Mitsubishi andToyota. The competition has seen many internationally famous drivers in its ranks, such asRubens Barrichello,Felipe Massa,Bruno Junqueira,Lucas di Grassi,Nelson Piquet Jr.,Ricardo Zonta andTony Kanaan. The series is named for its current title sponsor,Banco de Brasília.

It began in 1979 as theCampeonato Brasileiro de Stock Cars, created by General Motors as an alternative to the Division 1 series.^[2] From 2005 to 2009, a deal withNextel gave the series the title ofCopa Nextel Stock Car.^[3] In 2010,Caixa Econômica Federal signed a three-year title sponsorship deal with Vicar, and the series was renamed toCopa Caixa Stock Car until 2012.^[4] Despite its prestige in South America as a whole, the series is largely centered in Brazilian circuits, with the vast majority of races occurring in the country. However, in recent years,Uruguay^[5][6] andArgentina^[7] have both held races.^[8]

TheStock Series, formerly known as Stock Car Light, serves as the access category to the Pro Series.^[9]

The series was created in 1979 as an alternative to the former Division 1 championship that competed withChevrolet Opala andFord Maverick. The dominance ofChevrolet overFord models was causing a lack of public interest and sponsors.General Motors then created a new category, with a name reminiscent of the famousNASCAR with standardized performance and components for all competitors. The first race was run on 22 April 1979 at theAutódromo Internacional de Tarumã,Rio Grande do Sul with 19 cars competing, all of them being 6-cylinder Chevrolet Opalas. The pole position was held byJosé Carlos Palhares, and the race was won byAffonso Giaffone.

This decade saw the emergence of several rivalries between drivers.

The first major change in the Stock Car standard occurred in 1987. With the support of General Motors, a fairing designed and built by coachbuilder Caio was adopted, which was adapted to the Opala's chassis. The car exhibited improved aerodynamics and performance. Safety equipment become more sophisticated.

In 1990 General Motors renewed its interest in the category and built a prototype intended to replace the Caio/Hidroplas model.

In 1991 new rules were established and the races were disputed in double rounds on the weekends, with two drivers per car, but the series continued to lose ground with the public, sponsors and television networks to other championships with many manufacturers involved, such asCampeonato Brasileiro de Marcas e Pilotos that included the involvement ofChevrolet,Fiat,Ford andVolkswagen, as well as the always popularFormula racing championships.

In 1994 the championship returned to the old rules and Chevrolet announced that theChevrolet Omega would be introduced as the new standard model. As part of a marketing strategy and in order to reduce costs, the tickets were free and the races were now held in double rounds sponsored by Brazilian Formula Chevrolet in an event calledChevrolet Challenger. This decade marked a dominant era forIngo Hoffmann with eight titles, three in partnership with Ângelo Giombell. His only serious challenges came from Paulo Gomes in 1995 andChico Serra in 1999.

From 2000 on, General Motors departed the series' management and Vicar Promoções Desportivas, owned by former racing driver Carlos Col, took over the organization. This ushered in a period of modernization and improved security as the category started to use atubular chassis designatedJL G-09. The project engineer was Edgardo Fernandez, who did something similar for the Argentina categoryTop Race V6, inspired by both NASCAR and theDTM. The chassis was built by Zeca Giaffone'sJL Racing.

In 2003 the category replaced the Chevrolet 6-cylinder engine used with modifications since 1979 with a ChevroletV8 imported from theUnited States by JL Racing, similar to the engines used by the NASCAR Busch Series. Despite not managing the series anymore, General Motors still participated in the series with theVectra.

In 2005Mitsubishi entered the series with theMitsubishi Lancer Evolution, marking the first time in the series' history in which Chevrolet was not the sole manufacturer competing. 30 October of that same year marked the first race held inArgentina atAutódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, alongside theTC 2000 category. Attendance was 70,000. Giuliano Losacco was the winner, with Mateus Greipel second andLuciano Burti coming in third.

In 2006,Volkswagen entered in the series with theBora and the championship adopted a point system similar to the one used in NASCAR, as well as a new system with 16 teams and 32 drivers. At the end of the season, the 10 best drivers were automatically qualified to run the 4 final races, calledSuper Final, similar to theChase for the Sprint Cup.

The 2007 season marked the largest amount of manufacturers competing in the category, with the entrance ofPeugeot and the307 Sedan. The season had the presence of Chevrolet, Mitsubishi, Peugeot, and Volkswagen. Volkswagen announced it was withdrawing from the category in 2008, with two-time champion Mitsubishi doing the same one year later in 2009. In 2008, the championship changed fromPirelli tires toGoodyear.^[10][11]

In 2010 the category started usingethanol as fuel and engines withelectronic injection, and Caixa signed a title sponsorship deal that lasted until 2012.^[4]

In 2011, Peugeot re-entered the championship announced with the408 sedan model, replacing the 307.^[12][13] In 2012, Chevrolet introduced theChevrolet Sonic as its competing model, replacing the Vectra.^[14] 2012 was also the last season in which Goodyear supplied tires, with Pirelli returning as the sole tire supplier in the championship from 2013 onward.^[15] The category announced changes in the championship for the 2012 season, dropping theSuper Final system. The scoring system was also changed, with the top twenty drivers in each race being awarded points.

For the 2016 season, General Motors announced theChevrolet Cruze as the replacement for the Sonic.^[16] In 2017, Peugeot announced its withdrawal from the championship, leaving Chevrolet as the sole automaker to compete in the series, making it a one-make championship, with all drivers using Cruze models.^[17]

In 2020,Toyota Gazoo Racing entered alongside Chevrolet, fielding a regulation version of theirToyota Corolla, which received a facelift in 2021.^[18][19] The season also saw a return to amonocoque chassis, replacing the tubular chassis used since 2000. On 12 December 2022, Vicar andPirelli announced that they would not be renewing their contract and that from 2023 onward, Stock Car, Stock Series, and the F4 Brazil Championship will be supplied exclusively byHankook.^[20][21]

In 2025, the series will switch to aCrossover SUV-based formula.^[22] A decision based on Brazilian passenger vehicle sales, theChevrolet Tracker andToyota Corolla Cross will replace the existing cars whilstMitsubishi will return to the category with theEclipse Cross.^[23][24]

In 1982, the Stock Car held two non-points races atAutodromo do Estoril in Portugal.

TheCorrida do Milhão (Million Race) was a special race with a prize pool ofR$1 million, held in 2008 and from 2010 to 2020.

TheCorrida de Duplas (Dual Race) was a two-driver race held from 2014 to 2016, and later in 2018 and 2022. Guest drivers includedJacques Villeneuve,Vitantonio Liuzzi,Jaime Alguersuari,Mark Winterbottom,Oliver Jarvis,António Félix da Costa,Álvaro Parente,Filipe Albuquerque,Jeroen Bleekemolen,Maxime Martin,Laurens Vanthoor andNéstor Girolami.

The series has raced at street circuits in Salvador, Ribeirão Preto and currently Belo Horizonte, as was as the Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport. It has also raced multiple times at theAutódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez in Argentina, and once at theAutódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini in Uruguay.

Created in 1992, theBrazilian Formula Chevrolet was the Series' main support category. It used the same chassis as Formula Opel until 1994, subsequently switching to a Techspeed chassis until 2002, which was the same year the category was retired.

TheStock Car Light second tier was created in 1993, and reformulated in 2008 to become theCopa Vicar. After a merger with Pick-up Racing Brasil, theCopa Chevrolet Montana was established and standardized around theChevrolet Montana model. Pick-up Racing Brasil was a category created in 2001 but only became part of the Stock Car Brasil programme until 2006.

TheStock Car Jr. third tier was created in 2006. It was intended for young and amateur drivers moving from Kart racing. In 2010 the category was replaced with theMini Challenge Brasil. After three seasons it was cancelled.

Make	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Chevrolet	Opala								Caio Hidroplas			Opala Prototype				Omega						Vectra				Astra					Vectra			Sonic				Cruze									Tracker
Mitsubishi																												Lancer Evolution																			Eclipse Cross
Peugeot																														307				408
Volkswagen																													Bora
Toyota																																											Corolla				Corolla Cross

Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race, up to a maximum of 48 points per event.

• Dual Race: Used for the first round with Wildcard drivers.
• Feature races: Used for the first race of each event and the Stock Car Million race.
• Sprint races: Used for the second race of each event, with partially reversed (top ten) grid.
• Final race: Used for the last round of the season with double points.

Points are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race, up to a maximum of 60 points per event.

• Dual Race: Used for the first round with Wildcard drivers.
• Feature races: Used for the first race of each event and theStock Car Million race.
• Sprint races: Used for the second race of each event, with partially reversed (top ten) grid.
• Final race: Used for the last round of the season with double points.

Points are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race.

• Feature races: Used for the first race of each event.
• Sprint races: Used for the second race of each event, with partially reversed (top ten) grid.
• Million Race: Used for One Million dollars race.
• Final race: Used for the last round of the season with double points.

Points are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race.

• Feature races: Used for the first race of each event.
• First race/Sprint races: Used the first round with wildcards drivers and for the second race of each event, with partially reversed (top ten) grid .
• Million Race: Used for One Million dollars race.
• Final race: Used for the last round of the season with double points.

Points are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race.

• Feature races Used for the first race of each event.
• Sprint races:The second race of each event, with partially reversed (top ten) grid.
• Final race: Used for the last round of the season with double points.

• Affonso Giaffone Jr. (1979–1980s) – The winner of the first race in 1979, and the champion of the 1981 season. The father ofAffonso Giaffone, a formerIndyCar Series driver.
• Paulo Gomes (1979–2003/2007) – The winner of the first season in 1979, also 4-time champion.
• Chico Serra (1999–2009) – 3-time champion (1999, 2000 and 2001)
• Ingo Hoffmann (1979–2008) – 12-time champion (1980, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2002) and the driver with the most series wins overall with 77. He competed from 1979 to 2008.
• Cacá Bueno (2002–) – 5-time Champion: (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012). Runner-up: 2003, 2004 and 2005. He is the son of the sports commentatorGalvão Bueno.
• Daniel Serra (2007–) – 3-time champion (2017, 2018 and 2019), 2-time24 Hours of Le Mans GTE Pro class winner (2017 and 2019) and son ofChico Serra.

Currently in the series

• Ricardo Zonta (2007–)
• Rubens Barrichello (2012–)
• Nelson Piquet Jr. (2014–2015, 2018–)
• Felipe Massa (2018, 2021–)

Formerly in the series

• Ingo Hoffmann (1979–2008)
• Raul Boesel (1979, 2003–2005)
• Chico Serra (1980s – 2007 / 2009 / 2014)
• Tarso Marques (2005–2011, 2018)
• Roberto Moreno (2005)
• Jacques Villeneuve (2011 / 2015)
• Alex Ribeiro (1980s)
• Wilson Fittipaldi (1980s – early 1990s)
• Christian Fittipaldi (2005–2007 / 2010)
• Luciano Burti (2005–2018)
• Antônio Pizzonia (2007–2018)
• Enrique Bernoldi (2007 / 2009 / 2014–2015)
• Esteban Tuero (2005)
• Luiz Bueno (1982)
• Bruno Senna (2013–2014)
• Lucas di Grassi (2014–2015, 2018–2019)
• Ricardo Rosset (2014–2015)
• Roberto Merhi (2014)
• Jaime Alguersuari (2015)
• Vitantonio Liuzzi (2015)
• Jérôme d'Ambrosio (2018)
• Pietro Fittipaldi (2021–2022)
• Gabriel Bortoleto (2022)
• Timo Glock (2022)

All champions are Brazilian-registered.

Season	Driver	Car	Team	Tyres
1979	Paulo Gomes	Chevrolet Opala	Coca-Cola Brasil/Polwax	P
1980	Ingo Hoffmann	Chevrolet Opala	Equipe Johnson	P
1981	Affonso Giaffone Jr.	Chevrolet Opala	Giaffone Motorsport	P
1982	Olímpio Alencar Junior	Chevrolet Opala	Spinelli Racing	P
1983	Paulo Gomes	Chevrolet Opala	Coca-Cola Brasil/Polwax	P
1984	Paulo Gomes	Chevrolet Opala	Team Metalpó	P
1985	Ingo Hoffmann	Chevrolet Opala	JF-Irmãos Giustino	P
1986	Marcos Gracia	Chevrolet Opala	Havoline-Texaco	P
1987	Zeca Giaffone	Chevrolet Opala	Giaffone Motorsport	P
1988	Fábio Sotto Mayor	Chevrolet Opala	Castrol Racing	P
1989	Ingo Hoffmann	Chevrolet Opala	JF-Teba/Cofap	P
1990	Ingo Hoffmann	Chevrolet Opala	Castrol Racing	P
1991	Ingo Hoffmann Ângelo Giombelli	Chevrolet Opala	Castrol Racing	P
1992	Ingo Hoffmann Ângelo Giombelli	Chevrolet Opala	Castrol Racing	P
1993	Ingo Hoffmann Ângelo Giombelli	Chevrolet Opala	Castrol Racing	P
1994	Ingo Hoffmann	Chevrolet Omega	Castrol Racing	P
1995	Paulo Gomes	Chevrolet Omega	JF-Freio Vargas	P
1996	Ingo Hoffmann	Chevrolet Omega	Castrol-Action Power	P
1997	Ingo Hoffmann	Chevrolet Omega	Castrol-Action Power	P
1998	Ingo Hoffmann	Chevrolet Omega	Castrol-Action Power	P
1999	Chico Serra	Chevrolet Omega	WB-Texaco	P
2000	Chico Serra	Chevrolet Vectra	WB-Texaco	P
2001	Chico Serra	Chevrolet Vectra	WB-Texaco	P
2002	Ingo Hoffmann	Chevrolet Vectra	JF-Filipaper Racing	P
2003	David Muffato	Chevrolet Vectra	Repsol-Boettger	P
2004	Giuliano Losacco	Chevrolet Astra	ItuPetro RC	P
2005	Giuliano Losacco	Chevrolet Astra	Medley-A.Mattheis	P
2006	Cacá Bueno	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution	Eurofarma RC	P
2007	Cacá Bueno	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution	Eurofarma RC	P
2008	Ricardo Maurício	Peugeot 307	Medley-WA Mattheis	G
2009	Cacá Bueno	Peugeot 307	Red Bull Racing	G
2010	Max Wilson	Chevrolet Vectra	Eurofarma RC	G
2011	Cacá Bueno	Peugeot 408	Red Bull Racing	G
2012	Cacá Bueno	Chevrolet Sonic	Red Bull Racing	G
2013	Ricardo Maurício	Chevrolet Sonic	Eurofarma RC	P
2014	Rubens Barrichello	Chevrolet Sonic	Full Time Sports	P
2015	Marcos Gomes	Peugeot 408	Voxx Racing	P
2016	Felipe Fraga	Peugeot 408	Voxx Racing	P
2017	Daniel Serra	Chevrolet Cruze	Eurofarma RC	P
2018	Daniel Serra	Chevrolet Cruze	Eurofarma RC	P
2019	Daniel Serra	Chevrolet Cruze	Eurofarma RC	P
2020	Ricardo Maurício	Chevrolet Cruze	Eurofarma RC	P
2021	Gabriel Casagrande	Chevrolet Cruze	A.Mattheis Vogel	P
2022	Rubens Barrichello	Toyota Corolla	Full Time Sports	P
2023	Gabriel Casagrande	Chevrolet Cruze	A.Mattheis Vogel	H
2024	Gabriel Casagrande	Chevrolet Cruze	A.Mattheis Vogel	H

Interlagos

Campo Grande

Mogi Guaçu

Nova Santa Rita

Curvelo

Cascavel

Cuiabá

Brasília

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Stock Car tracks in 2025

Stock Car races are held mostly onroad courses, although a race was held on astreet circuit inSalvador for the first time in 2009. Along its history, the championship has exclusively run in Brazilian tracks, with the only other South American countries to hold a race beingUruguay andArgentina. The tracks for the 2025 season are:

• Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Interlagos),São Paulo,SP (1979–present)^[a]
• Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel,Cascavel,PR (1979–1981, 1983–1993, 1995–1997, 2000, 2012–2021, 2023–present)
• Velopark,Nova Santa Rita,RS (2010–2019, 2022–present)
• Autódromo Velo Città,Mogi Guaçu,SP (2017–present)
• Circuito dos Cristais,Curvelo,MG (2016–2017, 2025)
• Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura,Campo Grande,MS (2002–2004, 2006–2011, 2015, 2018–2019, 2025)
• Autódromo Internacional de Mato Grosso,Cuiabá,MT (2025)
• Autódromo Brasília BRB,Brasília,DF (1979–1981, 1983–1986, 1988–1992, 1994–2014, 2025)

Former circuits include:

• Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia),Goiânia,GO (1979–1981, 1983–2001, 2004, 2014–2024)
• Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Londrina),Londrina,PR (1993–1995, 1997, 1999–2008, 2010–2012, 2016–2020)
• Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba,Pinhais,PR (1980–2018, 2020–2021)
• Autódromo Internacional de Guaporé,Guaporé,RS (1979–1981, 1983–1995, 2000, 2002)
• Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul,Santa Cruz do Sul,RS (2005–2011, 2014–2019, 2021–2022)
• Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã,Viamão,RS (1979–1981, 1983–1996, 1998–2001, 2004–2009, 2012–2017, 2023)
• Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet (Jacarepaguá),Rio de Janeiro,RJ (1979–2012)^[b]
• Autódromo Internacional Virgílio Távora,Fortaleza,CE (1979, 1984, 1989, 1992)
• Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez,Buenos Aires (2005–2007, 2017, 2023–2024)
• Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini,El Pinar (2024)
• Circuito Ayrton Senna,Salvador,BA (2009–2014)
• Circuito Cacá Bueno,Rio de Janeiro,RJ (2022)
• Circuito do Estoril,Estoril (1982)
• Circuito Toninho da Matta,Belo Horizonte,MG (2024)
• Ribeirão Preto Street Circuit,Ribeirão Preto,SP (2010–2013, 2015)

There have been five fatal accidents:

• In 1985,Zeca Greguricinski, died atInterlagos from burns suffered after a crash.^[26]
• In June 2001,Laércio Justino, died atNelson Piquet Circuit of Brasília after losing control of the car and crashing at the pit lane entrance.^[26]
• In September 2003, Raphael Lima Pereira, a 19-year-old photographer, was hit byGualter Salles at Campo Grande circuit and died. He was near the safety area at the time of the accident.^[26]
• On 9 December 2007,Rafael Sperafico, of theSperafico racing family, died during the final race of the Stock Car Light 2007 season at Interlagos. His cousinsRodrigo andRicardo Sperafico compete in the top-level series. It was the first fatal accident in the Stock Car Light series.^[27][28][29]
• On 3 April 2011,Gustavo Sondermann, competing in a Copa Chevrolet Montana race, was killed at Interlagos in an accident almost identical to that of Sperafico four years earlier.^[30]

The first official video game wasGame Stock Car in 2011, with a followup titleStock Car Extreme launched in 2013. Both were developed byReiza Studios.^[31]

In 2014, Both the Peugeot 408 and a non-licensed version of the Chevrolet Sonic called "ADC Presteza" were present in the Category A Touring Cars class ofGrid Autosport^[32][33]..

Automobilista, released in 2016 and developed byReiza Studios using therFactorengine, featured the full 2015 and 2017 car grids and circuits.^[34] Automobilista 2, released in 2020 using theProject CARS engine, adding the 2019 and 2020 cars and circuits.^[35][36]

Racing simulatoriRacing has included the Stock Car Pro Series cars in the game since 2022.^[37]

• Copa Truck
• Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
• NASCAR
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• TC 2000 Championship
• World Touring Car Cup
• Brazilian Automobile Confederation
• Stock Series

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