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NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Off Week, Looking Toward Mexico City And The Chilango 150

NASCAR Mexico City

NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: The Chilango 150
The Place: Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Track Length: 2.42 Mile Asphalt Paved Road Course
The Date: Saturday, June 14
The Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $2,151,939
TV: CW, 4 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 157.3 miles (65 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 20),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 40), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 65)

Where To Watch NASCAR This Weekend:

Friday, June 6

ARCA Race: Henry Ford Health 200 (FS2, MRN, SiriusXM at 5 p.m. ET)

Saturday, June 7

NCTS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (FS1 at 8 a.m. ET)

NCS Practice & Busch Light Pole Qualifying (Amazon Prime, MRN, SiriusXM at 9:30 a.m. ET)

NCTS Race: DQS Solutions & Staffing 200 (FOX, NRN, SiriusXM at Noon ET)

Sunday, June 8

NCS Race: FireKeepers Casino 400 (Amazon Prime, MRN, SiriusXM at 2 p.m. ET)


Looking Ahead – Mexico City Storylines and Insights:

  • Next weekend will mark the fifth running of a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez all-time and the first since the series last competed there in 2008. NASCAR didn’t race at Mexico City between 2009-2024.
  • Following Nashville, six of 12 Playoff spots have been filled after 14 races.
  • JR Motorsport’s Justin Allgaier leads the NASCAR Xfinity Series standings by 92 points over Austin Hill in second and 110 points over Sam Mayer in third.
  • With his win at Nashville, Justin Allgaier has tied Austin Hill for the most Xfinity Series wins in 2025 with three each.
  • Justin Allgaier leads the Xfinity Series this season in top-five finishes with 10 in the first 14 races.
  • Austin Hill is riding the longest active streak of top-10 finishes this season with five straight.
  • Nine different drivers have earned the Xfinity Fastest Lap Award this season, led by Justin Allgaier with five awards (Phoenix, Homestead, Texas, Charlotte, Nashville).
  • JR Motorsports has six wins this season, most among all teams.
  • Four different drivers have won the last four NASCAR Xfinity Series races at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez – Martin Truex Jr. (2005), Denny Hamlin (2006), Juan Pablo Montoya (2007), Kyle Busch (2008).
  • Denny Hamlin’s is the only driver in Xfinity Series history to earn his first career win at Mexico City (2006).
  • None of the current full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series regular drivers have made a Xfinity Series start at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
  • Four different drivers have won the pole for the four NASCAR Xfinity Series races at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez – Jorge Goeters (2005), Boris Said (2006), Scott Pruett (2007), Colin Braun (2008).
  • Thirteen different drivers have won a stage this season, led by Justin Allgaier and Austin Hill with six each.
  • Only one of the previous four Mexico City Xfinity Series races went to overtime – the 2007 race (80 laps/ 82 laps).
  • The driver that led the most laps has won three of the four previous Mexico City Xfinity Series races; the only outlier was the 2008 race that was primarily led by Scott Pruett (36 laps led) but was won by Kyle Busch (22 laps led).
  • Chevrolet’s 12 wins in the first 14 races in 2025 are the most ever by an OEM to start the first 14 races of a season.
  • Harrison Burton currently sits in 12th on the Playoff cutline, five points above Nick Sanchez in 13th the first spot outside the cutoff.