Apdaly Lopez
| Apdaly Lopez | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Mexican | |||||||||
| Born |
Carlos Lopez December 2, 1994 Tecate, Baja California | |||||||||
| SCORE International career | ||||||||||
| Current team | RPM Off Road | |||||||||
| Car no. | 1 | |||||||||
| Engine | Dougans Engine | |||||||||
| Crew Chief | Rick Geiser, Matthew Alley | |||||||||
| Co-driver | Luis Omar Montiel | |||||||||
| Former teams | PIN Manufacturing, BORM RACING | |||||||||
| Starts | Over 100 | |||||||||
| Wins | 30 | |||||||||
| Previous series | ||||||||||
| 2014 2013 |
Stadium Super Trucks Stadium Super Trucks Super Buggy | |||||||||
| Championship titles | ||||||||||
| 2015 2015 2014 |
SCORE Trophy Truck 2015,2016 championship Open Truck Code Off-Road Championship SCORE TT Spec Championship | |||||||||
| Awards | ||||||||||
| 2015 2015 2015 2014 |
Univision Extreme Athlete of the Year Silver FIA American Award SCORE Driver of the Year Toyota Milestone Award | |||||||||
| Best in the Desert career | ||||||||||
| Car no. | 5 | |||||||||
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Carlos "Apdaly" Lopez (born December 2, 1994) is an off-road racing driver from Tecate, Baja California. Lopez won the gold medal in the Stadium Super Trucks class at the X Games Austin 2014. His father, Juan Carlos Lopez, is also a professional off-road racer.
Career history
Lopez made his debut in the SCORE International championship at the 2011 Baja 250. He won the ATVPRO 25 class with co-drivers Ivan Mejorado and Gilberto Perez in a Honda TRX450.[1]
Lopez competed in the newly formed Stadium Super Trucks Super Buggy championship in 2013. At the Qualcomm Stadium Lopez won two races.[2] He also competed in the main series at St. Louis and Costa Mesa. At St. Louis the Mexican driver finished fourth. In Costa Mesa Lopez finished third in two out three races.
In 2014 Lopez participated in the San Felipe 250. As a co-driver to Clyde Stacy the duo competed in the SCORE Trophy Truck class. The duo finished sixth in class, eighth overall.[3] He also competed full time in the Stadium Super Trucks. After a solid start of the season Lopez won the second race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in support of the 2014 Grand Prix of Indianapolis. He had another good run during the X Games Austin 2014 where the Stadium Super Trucks made their debut. At the modified Circuit of the Americas Lopez won his heat race and subsequently won the final to claim his first X Games gold medal. Lopez went on to claim nine top three finishes during the season to claim third place in the championship.[4]
Personal
Lopez studied engineering at Cetys Universidad in Tijuana Baja, California.
References
- ↑ "Race Results From Baja 250". SCORE International. Archived from the original on November 27, 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ "APDALY LOPEZ WINS AGAIN AT QUALCOMM STADIUM". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ "28th Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250". SCORE International. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ "Chasing Down Apdaly Lopez". Race DeZert. Retrieved 23 November 2014.