The NASCAR Cup Series announced on Tuesday that they will have an international flavor to sport in 2025 when they have a points race in Mexico City.
The event which takes place on June 15, 2025 is part of a multi-year contract with the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez road course which plays host to Formula One.
It will be the first international points paying NASCAR race since June, 1958 when NASCAR traveled north of the border to Toronto.
NASCAR’s Executive Vice President & Chief Venue & Racing Innovation Officer Ben Kennedy said:
This is a historic moment for our sport, and specifically for the NASCAR Cup Series, in being able to expand our footprint to Mexico. “We’ve been bold about our intentions to grow on a global scale, and there isn’t a better place to take the next step in that journey than at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez road course in Mexico City.”
Daniel Saurez commented on the news saying:
To get where we are going, we must go to where we have never been.
“It’s been unbelievable. “There are a lot of people excited here in Mexico today. It’s a day that we will remember forever, a very long time. We were talking last night at dinner, that today we are making history. Today we are bringing the biggest series in stock car in the world to Mexico City to a points race for the very first time in the Modern Era. So, it’s unbelievable.
“I feel very, very humbled and blessed to be part of this announcement today and I cannot tell you how many people there are downstairs recording and taking pictures.