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Apdaly Lopez

{{short description|Mexican racing driver}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Apdaly Lopez

| image = Long Beach Grand Prix 2014 - Day 3 (13923276093).jpg

| caption = Lopez competing in the Stadium Super Trucks race at the 2014 Grand Prix of Long Beach

| nationality = {{flagicon|MEX}} Mexican

| birth_name = Carlos Lopez

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|12|02}}

| birth_place = Tecate, Baja California

| current series = SCORE International

| first year =

| current team = RPM Off Road

| car number = 1

| engine = Dougans Engine

| crew chief = Rick Geiser, Matthew Alley

| spotter =

| codriver = Luis Omar Montiel

| former teams = PIN Manufacturing, BORM RACING

| starts = 25 In Trophy truck

| wins = 2 In Trophy truck

| poles = 1

| fastest laps =

| best finish =

| year =

| last finish = 2017 Score Tijuana desert challenge 2nd

| prev series = Stadium Super Trucks
Stadium Super Trucks Super Buggy

| prev series years = 2013–2018
2013

| titles = SCORE Trophy Truck 2015, 2016 championship
Open Truck Code Off-Road Championship
SCORE TT Spec Championship

| title years = 2015
2015
2014

| awards = Univision Extreme Athlete of the Year
Silver FIA American Award
SCORE Driver of the Year
Toyota Milestone Award

| award years = 2015
2015
2015
2014

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{{MedalCompetition|Summer X Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2014 Austin|Stadium Super Trucks}}

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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.{{cite web|title=Race Results From Baja 250 |url=http://score-international.com/488/news/Race_Results_From_Baja_1000.aspx |website=SCORE International |accessdate=November 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127191816/http://score-international.com/488/news/Race_Results_From_Baja_1000.aspx |archivedate=November 27, 2010 }}

Lopez competed in the newly-formed Stadium Super Trucks Super Buggy championship in 2013. Lopez won two races at Qualcomm Stadium.{{cite web|title=APDALY LOPEZ WINS AGAIN AT QUALCOMM STADIUM |url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/ssts/classes/super-buggy/ |website=Stadium Super Trucks |accessdate=November 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010055030/http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/ssts/classes/super-buggy/ |archivedate=October 10, 2014 }} 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.{{cite web|title=28th Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250|url=http://www.race-dezert.com/home/score-san-felipe-250-results-77456.html|website=SCORE International|accessdate=November 23, 2014}} 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.{{cite web|title=Chasing Down Apdaly Lopez|url=http://www.race-dezert.com/home/chasing-down-apdaly-lopez-89994.html|website=Race DeZert|accessdate=November 23, 2014}}

After failing to qualify for the X Games Austin 2015 final (he finished last in his heat and 13th in the Last Chance Qualifier),{{cite web|url=http://xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/events/2015/austin/results/400766423/off-road-truck-racing|title=Off Road Truck Racing|work=X Games|accessdate=June 18, 2015|archive-date=June 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619094742/http://xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/events/2015/austin/results/400766423/off-road-truck-racing|url-status=dead}} Lopez did not return to SST until 2016 when he participated in the Pike’s Peak Hill Climb Challenge.{{cite web|url=http://www.off-road.com/blog/2016/07/20/rpm-off-road-enters-5-trucks-in-mikes-peak-hill-climb-challenge/|title=RPM Off-Road Enters 5 Trucks in Mike's Peak Hill Climb Challenge|work=Off-Road|date=July 20, 2016|accessdate=January 17, 2017}} His next series points race took place in 2017 with the Race & Rock World Championship at Lake Elsinore Diamond; Lopez won the first race but retired from the second after flipping.{{cite web|last=Nguyen|first=Justin|url=http://overtakemotorsport.com/2017/12/17/sst-race-rock-world-championship-recap/|title=SST: Race & Rock World Championship Recap|publisher=Overtake Motorsport|date=December 17, 2017|accessdate=December 15, 2019}} He also ran the 2018 season opener at the baseball park, a race in which he shared the victory with Bill Hynes due to confusion as multiple drivers had failed to take the Joker Lap.{{cite web|last=Nguyen|first=Justin|url=http://overtakemotorsport.com/2018/02/07/sst-bill-hynes-declared-winner-of-lake-elsinore-race/|title=SST: Bill Hynes declared winner of Lake Elsinore race|publisher=Overtake Motorsport|date=February 7, 2018|accessdate=April 17, 2018}}

Personal

Lopez studied engineering at cetys universidad in Tijuana, Baja California.

Motorsports career results

=Stadium Super Trucks=

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%"
colspan=45| Stadium Super Trucks results
Year

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! {{Tooltip|SSTC|Stadium Super Trucks classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2013

| PHO

| LBH

| LAN

| SDG

| SDG

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| STL
4

| TOR

| TOR

| CRA

| CRA

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OCF
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OCF
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OCF
10

| CPL

| colspan=8|

! 17th

! 51

! {{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2013-final-point-standings/|title=2013 SST Point Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|accessdate=January 29, 2019}}

2014

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| STP
5

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| STP
8

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| LBH
6

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| IMS
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| IMS
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DET
9

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| DET
8

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| DET
6*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUS
1*

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TOR
5

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TOR
5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OCF
9

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| OCF
8

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| CSS
6

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| LVV
9

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| LVV
3

| colspan=6|

! style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

! style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 331

! {{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2014-standings/|title=2014 Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|accessdate=January 29, 2019}}

2015

| ADE

| ADE

| ADE

| STP

| STP

| LBH

| DET

| DET

| DET

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| AUS
DNQ

| TOR

| TOR

| OCF

| OCF

| OCF

| SRF

| SRF

| SRF

| SRF

| SYD

| LVV

| LVV

! 36th

! 7

! {{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2015-standings/|title=2015 Official Point Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|accessdate=January 29, 2019}}

2017

| ADE

| ADE

| ADE

| STP

| STP

| LBH

| LBH

| PER

| PER

| PER

| DET

| DET

| TEX

| TEX

| HID

| HID

| HID

| BEI

| GLN

| GLN

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ELS
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ELS
11

! 18th

! 59

! {{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2017-standings/|title=2017 Overall Point Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|accessdate=January 29, 2019}}

2018

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ELS
1

| ADE

| ADE

| ADE

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LBH
13

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| LBH
9

| PER

| PER

| DET

| DET

| TEX

| TEX

| ROA

| ROA

| SMP

| SMP

| HLN

| HLN

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MXC
10

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MXC
10

| colspan=2|

! 12th

! 81

! {{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/2018-standings/|title=2018 Overall Point Standings|work=Stadium Super Trucks|accessdate=January 29, 2019}}

References

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Category:Off-road racing drivers

Category:People from Tecate

Category:Racing drivers from Baja California

Category:Stadium Super Trucks drivers

Category:X Games competitors

Category:Living people

Category:1994 births

Category:Mexican racing drivers