Copa Chevrolet Montana is a one-make racing series

One-design

One-Design is a racing method where all vehicles or boats have identical or very similar designs or models. It is also known as Spec series. It is heavily used in sailboat racing. All competitors in a race are then judged based on a single start time...

 by Chevrolet

Chevrolet

Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...

 based in Brazil, which uses the Chevrolet Montana

Chevrolet Montana

The Chevrolet Montana is a coupe utility sold by Chevrolet in Latin America and emerging markets. The design is a variation of the Opel Corsa, essentially a pickup version of the Opel Combo. In Mexico the vehicle is known as Chevrolet Tornado because of Pontiac using the Montana name for its...

 model. The first season is in 2010, having replaced the previous Copa Vicar formerly known as Stock Car Light which had run since 1993. is the category of access to Stock Car Brasil

Stock Car Brasil

Stock Car Brasil is a Touring car auto racing series held in Brazil, its first season was in 1979, it's considered the major Brazilian motorsports series...

.

1990s

In 1993, they created the Stock Car Light in order to facilitate the access of newcomers to the Stock Car. Some drivers spent by category, including: Giuliano Losacco, Caca Bueno

Cacá Bueno

Carlos Eduardo Santos Galvão Bueno Filho, better known as Cacá Bueno , is a Brazilian racing driver...

, Thiago Marques, Carlos Col (the Vicar, the organizer of the Stock Car), Mateus Greipel, Luis Carreira Jr., Diogo Pachenki, Pedro Gomes, Guto Negrão, Alceu Feldmann, Nono Figueiredo

Nonô Figueiredo

Flávio Pagano "Nonô" Figueiredo is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He is better known as "Nonô"" Figueiredo and drives in the Brazilian V8 Stock Car Series. He started racing in Karting in 1984, winning several championship titles. In 1989 and 1990 he raced in some North American Formula Ford races...

, David Muffato, among others.

2000s

In 2003, there was an exchange of Omega the latest Astra. In the 2004 season, won the Stock Light V8 engines with less power than the main category Stock: 350 horsepower from 450 HP.
On 9 December 2007, Rafael Sperafico

Rafael Sperafico

Rafael Sperafico was a Brazilian racing driver. He was the cousin of fellow racing drivers Ricardo and Rodrigo, and also related to Alexandre...

, of the Sperafico

Sperafico

Sperafico is the surname of a family of Brazilian racing drivers. Ten members of the family have competed in racing series both worldwide and in Brazil....

 racing family, died during the final race of the Stock Car Light 2007 season at Interlagos. His cousins Rodrigo

Rodrigo Sperafico

Rodrigo Sperafico is a Brazilian racing driver. He currently drives in the Stock Car Brasil series. He belongs to the Sperafico family of racing drivers, which includes twin brother Ricardo , along with cousins Alexandre and the late Rafael.-Formula Ford:Sperafico raced in the British Formula...

 and Ricardo Sperafico

Ricardo Sperafico

Ricardo Sperafico is a Brazilian racing driver.-Career:He resides in a family of racers, twin brother of Rodrigo, and with two cousins, Alexandre and the late Rafael. He began his career in Europe and won the Italian Formula 3000 series in 2000, before moving to International F3000 competition...

 race in the top-level series. It was the first fatal accident in the Stock Car Light series.

In 2008, the category was renamed to Copa Vicar, two entries automakers Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi

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 and Peugeot

Peugeot

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, each brand has a champion driver

2010s

In 2010, another change in the access division. The merger between the Copa Vicar and Pick Up Racing resulted in the creation of the Copa Chevrolet Montana, with the engine and the first look of the pick-ups. Strong and collecting outstanding teams and drivers in the country, the strong division arrived in search of their place in the national automobile scene.

On April 3, 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.

Cars

• Chevrolet Omega
  Chevrolet Omega
  Based on the Opel Omega A, the Chevrolet Omega A debuted in Brazil in 1992 with a choice of two engines — a 2.0 L four-cylinder and 3.0 L six-cylinder . From 1995, the engines were upgraded to a 2.2 L four and a 4.1 L six respectively...
  
   – 1993–2002
• Chevrolet Astra  – 2003–2009
• Chevrolet Montana
  Chevrolet Montana
  The Chevrolet Montana is a coupe utility sold by Chevrolet in Latin America and emerging markets. The design is a variation of the Opel Corsa, essentially a pickup version of the Opel Combo. In Mexico the vehicle is known as Chevrolet Tornado because of Pontiac using the Montana name for its...
  
    – 2010–present
• Mitsubishi Lancer
  Mitsubishi Lancer
  The Mitsubishi Lancer is a family car built by Mitsubishi Motors. It has been known as the Colt Lancer, Dodge/Plymouth Colt, Chrysler Valiant Lancer, Chrysler Lancer, Eagle Summit, Hindustan Lancer, Soueast Lioncel, Mitsubishi Carisma, and Mitsubishi Mirage in various countries at different times,...
  
   – 2008
• Peugeot 307
  Peugeot 307
  The Peugeot 307 is a small family car produced by the French Peugeot manufacturer since 2001. It was awarded the European Car of the Year title for 2002, and continues to be offered in China and certain South American markets through 2009 despite the French launch of the 308 in September...
  
   – 2008–2009

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Champions

Season	Series Name	Driver Champion	Car	Team Champion
1993	Stock Car Light	Carlos Col   George Lemonias	Chevrolet Omega Chevrolet Omega Based on the Opel Omega A, the Chevrolet Omega A debuted in Brazil in 1992 with a choice of two engines — a 2.0 L four-cylinder and 3.0 L six-cylinder . From 1995, the engines were upgraded to a 2.2 L four and a 4.1 L six respectively...
1994	Stock Car Light	Nonô Figueiredo Nonô Figueiredo Flávio Pagano "Nonô" Figueiredo is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He is better known as "Nonô"" Figueiredo and drives in the Brazilian V8 Stock Car Series. He started racing in Karting in 1984, winning several championship titles. In 1989 and 1990 he raced in some North American Formula Ford races...	Chevrolet Omega Chevrolet Omega Based on the Opel Omega A, the Chevrolet Omega A debuted in Brazil in 1992 with a choice of two engines — a 2.0 L four-cylinder and 3.0 L six-cylinder . From 1995, the engines were upgraded to a 2.2 L four and a 4.1 L six respectively...
1995	Stock Car Light	Ariel Barranco	Chevrolet Omega Chevrolet Omega Based on the Opel Omega A, the Chevrolet Omega A debuted in Brazil in 1992 with a choice of two engines — a 2.0 L four-cylinder and 3.0 L six-cylinder . From 1995, the engines were upgraded to a 2.2 L four and a 4.1 L six respectively...
1996	Stock Car Light	Alessandro Weiss	Chevrolet Omega Chevrolet Omega Based on the Opel Omega A, the Chevrolet Omega A debuted in Brazil in 1992 with a choice of two engines — a 2.0 L four-cylinder and 3.0 L six-cylinder . From 1995, the engines were upgraded to a 2.2 L four and a 4.1 L six respectively...
1997	Stock Car Light	Cacá Bueno Cacá Bueno Carlos Eduardo Santos Galvão Bueno Filho, better known as Cacá Bueno , is a Brazilian racing driver...	Chevrolet Omega Chevrolet Omega Based on the Opel Omega A, the Chevrolet Omega A debuted in Brazil in 1992 with a choice of two engines — a 2.0 L four-cylinder and 3.0 L six-cylinder . From 1995, the engines were upgraded to a 2.2 L four and a 4.1 L six respectively...
1998	Stock Car Light	Carlos Cunha	Chevrolet Omega Chevrolet Omega Based on the Opel Omega A, the Chevrolet Omega A debuted in Brazil in 1992 with a choice of two engines — a 2.0 L four-cylinder and 3.0 L six-cylinder . From 1995, the engines were upgraded to a 2.2 L four and a 4.1 L six respectively...
1999	Stock Car Light	Mario Covas Netto	Chevrolet Omega Chevrolet Omega Based on the Opel Omega A, the Chevrolet Omega A debuted in Brazil in 1992 with a choice of two engines — a 2.0 L four-cylinder and 3.0 L six-cylinder . From 1995, the engines were upgraded to a 2.2 L four and a 4.1 L six respectively...
2000	Stock Car Light	Rogerio Motta	Chevrolet Omega Chevrolet Omega Based on the Opel Omega A, the Chevrolet Omega A debuted in Brazil in 1992 with a choice of two engines — a 2.0 L four-cylinder and 3.0 L six-cylinder . From 1995, the engines were upgraded to a 2.2 L four and a 4.1 L six respectively...
2001	Stock Car Light	Thiago Marques	Chevrolet Omega Chevrolet Omega Based on the Opel Omega A, the Chevrolet Omega A debuted in Brazil in 1992 with a choice of two engines — a 2.0 L four-cylinder and 3.0 L six-cylinder . From 1995, the engines were upgraded to a 2.2 L four and a 4.1 L six respectively...	Action Power
2002	Stock Car Light	Mateus Greipel	Chevrolet Omega Chevrolet Omega Based on the Opel Omega A, the Chevrolet Omega A debuted in Brazil in 1992 with a choice of two engines — a 2.0 L four-cylinder and 3.0 L six-cylinder . From 1995, the engines were upgraded to a 2.2 L four and a 4.1 L six respectively...	F&F Racing
2003	Stock Car Light	Luis Carreira Jr.	Chevrolet Astra	RC Competições
2004	Stock Car Light	Diogo Pachenki	Chevrolet Astra	PowerTech
2005	Stock Car Light	Renato Jader David	Chevrolet Astra	Carreira Racing
2006	Stock Car Light	Marcos Gomes	Chevrolet Astra	Nova/RR Competições
2007	Stock Car Light	Norberto Gresse	Chevrolet Astra	Nova/RR Competições
2008	Copa Vicar	Fabio Carreira	Mitsubishi Lancer Mitsubishi Lancer The Mitsubishi Lancer is a family car built by Mitsubishi Motors. It has been known as the Colt Lancer, Dodge/Plymouth Colt, Chrysler Valiant Lancer, Chrysler Lancer, Eagle Summit, Hindustan Lancer, Soueast Lioncel, Mitsubishi Carisma, and Mitsubishi Mirage in various countries at different times,...	RCM Motorsport
2009	Copa Vicar	Rafael Daniel	Peugeot 306 Peugeot 306 The Peugeot 306 is a small family car built by the French car manufacturer Peugeot from 1993 to 2002 replacing the 309. Peugeot gave the 306 many updates and aesthetic changes to keep up the competition but it was replaced by the 307 in 2001. Cabriolet and estate versions continued until 2002...	Full Time Sports
2010	Copa Chevrolet Montana	Diogo Pachenki	Chevrolet Montana Chevrolet Montana The Chevrolet Montana is a coupe utility sold by Chevrolet in Latin America and emerging markets. The design is a variation of the Opel Corsa, essentially a pickup version of the Opel Combo. In Mexico the vehicle is known as Chevrolet Tornado because of Pontiac using the Montana name for its...	Hot Car Racing
2011 2011 Copa Chevrolet Montana season The 2011 Copa Chevrolet Montana season will be the second Copa Chevrolet Montana season, the replacement for the Copa Vicar, is the division of access to Stock Car Brasil...	Copa Chevrolet Montana	Rafael Daniel	Chevrolet Montana Chevrolet Montana The Chevrolet Montana is a coupe utility sold by Chevrolet in Latin America and emerging markets. The design is a variation of the Opel Corsa, essentially a pickup version of the Opel Combo. In Mexico the vehicle is known as Chevrolet Tornado because of Pontiac using the Montana name for its...	Nascar Motorsport

External links

• Stock Car Brasil official website in Portuguese