NASCAR Xfinity Series Is Set To Return To Mexico

NASCAR Xfinity Series Is Set To Return To Mexico

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service

The NASCAR Xfinity Series marks its return to Mexico with Saturday afternoon’s The Chilango 150 (4:30 p.m. ET on the CW Network, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). The series has held four previous races at the famed Autodrome Hermanos Rodriquez – the last in 2008 won by Kyle Busch.

This is the second of seven road course races on the schedule. Series rookie, JR Motorsports’ Connor Zilisch won at Circuit of The Americas from pole position.

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Mexico City Welcomes The NASCAR Cup Series For The First Time

Mexico City Welcomes The NASCAR Cup Series For The First Time

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service

MEXICO CITY – Amid much anticipation from fans and NASCAR teams alike, the NASCAR Cup Series has arrived in Mexico City for the series’ first points-paying international race in seven decades, Sunday’s aptly-named Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez (3 p.m. ET on Amazon Prime, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

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Grandview Speedway Presents NASCAR Modified & Sportsman Double Header This Saturday Night – Sportsman Twin 20’s Are June 21

Grandview Speedway Presents NASCAR Modified & Sportsman Double Header This Saturday Night – Sportsman Twin 20’s Are June 21

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Grandview Speedway is looking to get back into action with a NASCAR two-division program this Saturday night.

The show on Saturday, June 14 will be another NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series double-header program featuring the T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds and the T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman, including qualifying events for both classes leading into a 30-lap T.P. Trailer Modified feature and a 25-lap feature for the T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman.

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NASCAR Cup Series News & Notes – Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City

NASCAR Cup Series News & Notes – Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City

NASCAR Cup Series
Next Race: Viva Mexico 250
The Place: Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Track Length: 2.42 Mile Asphalt Paved Road Course
The Date: Sunday, June 15
The Time: 3 p.m. ET
The Purse: $12,561,250
TV: Amazon Prime, 2 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 242 miles (100 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 20),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 45), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 100)

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NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City

NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, 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)

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NASCAR Craftman Truck Series News & Notes – Off Weekend, Looking Toward Pocono

NASCAR Craftman Truck Series News & Notes – Off Weekend, Looking Toward Pocono

NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Next Race: MillerTech Battery 200
The Place: Pocono Raceway
Track Length: 2.5 Mile Asphalt Paved Tri-oval
The Date: Friday, June 20
The Time: 5 p.m. ET
The Purse: $782,900
TV: FS1, 5 p.m. ET
Radio: NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 200 miles (80 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 20),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 40), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 80)

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Inside The Logistics Of NASCAR’s Show Going To Mexico City

Inside The Logistics Of NASCAR’s Show Going To Mexico City

By Zach Sturniolo, NASCAR.com

After months of preparation and anticipation, NASCAR is all packed up and on its way south of the border for the Cup Series’ inaugural visit to Mexico City.

Haulers hit the road from the Michigan International Speedway garage Sunday night at approximately 7:30 ET, loaded with what they’ll need for Sunday’s Viva Mexico 250 at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (3 p.m. ET, Prime Video, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), the series’ first international points race since 1952. But in reality, this journey started months ago.

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Rodríguez Brothers’ Lasting Legacy Lives On In Mexico City Circuit

Rodríguez Brothers’ Lasting Legacy Lives On In Mexico City Circuit

By Zack Albert, NASCAR.com

In less than two weeks, the NASCAR Cup Series will race for points in an international land for the first time in nearly 67 years. The name of the track won’t end in Speedway, Raceway, Motor Speedway, International Speedway or be called Circuit of fill-in-the-blank. The metropolitan Mexico City road course is an autodrome — autódromo in the local language — and it forever pays tribute to two national motorsports heroes.

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Max Lanza Gets The Podium At Brands Hatch

Max Lanza Gets The Podium At Brands Hatch
  • Second place in the Challenger Trophy for the Roman driver, while Benedetti reaches the podium among the Legend drivers

Brands Hatch, UK –  The fourth podium of the season arrived for Max Lanza at Brands Hatch, where the Roman driver secured an excellent second place in the Challenger Trophy on Saturday, in front of over 40,000 passionate fans. In a chaotic Race 1 of the EuroNASCAR Open Division, held under a torrential downpour, Roberto Benedetti also climbed onto the podium in the Legend Trophy.

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