The 2013 NASCAR Toyota Series was the seventh season of the

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, and the tenth organized by

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. The season was composed by fifteen races. For first time, the series raced outside of Mexico, with a race in the

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returned as reigning champion, and took part in the 2013

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was the champion of 2013 season and Santiago Tovar was declared the Rookie of the Year.

Changes

Desafio

After ten races the Top-8 championship drivers and 2 wild card drivers were selected for a five-race "Chase system".

Teams and drivers

Schedule

In 2013,

was added to the schedule, marking the first event in Toyota Series history to be held in the

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. All the Mexican venues of 2012 season returned, and three races were held at night (Phoenix, Mexico City and Chihuahua). A 2nd race at

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(Chihuahua) was supposed to be run at September 29 but was later cancelled and replaced by

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. ‡ Night Race

Results and standings

Races

Drivers

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) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. ''Italics'' – Pole position set by final practice results. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led. ;Notes: *¹ – Waldemar Coronas suffered a 10-point penalty. *² – Santiago Tovar and Héctor González received championship points, despite the fact that they did not qualify for the race.

References

{{NASCAR Toyota Series Championship

* NASCAR Mexico Series