The NASCAR Cup Series will race in Mexico City for the first time in 2025 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez (Photo by Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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NASCAR to use truncated version of F1 circuit in Mexico City

Posted by AR1 staff

NASCAR’s Cup and Xfinity race weekend in Mexico City will use a truncated version of the 17-turn, 4.304-kilometer track at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on June 15th.

Features:
  • The circuit has 14 turns, including a stadium section 
  • The circuit differs from the Formula 1 Grand Prix Circuit, which has 17 turns 
  • NASCAR turns right at turn four, while Formula 1 turns left 
  • The circuit includes the straightaway and the stadium bowl portion 
Significance:
  • The 2025 Cup Series race will be the first points-paying Cup Series race outside the United States since 1958.
  • The race will be a unique challenge for NASCAR drivers 
The New Mexico City NASCAR track consists of 14 turns and 2.417-miles. Image supplied by NASCARMexico.com
Mexico City Formula 1 Layout

Ben Kennedy, NASCAR executive vice president, chief venue & racing innovation officer, said the following regarding the Mexican race:

“This has been on our radar for a long time.

“We’ve been talking about the continued iteration of our schedule, right? You can go back a few years, went to new markets like Nashville and Austin, Texas. We went to the Coliseum for the Clash…

“We went to our first street race in downtown Chicago, and this is going to be another first for us in a lot of ways. This is going to be certainly a monumental event for us, the first time we’re going south of the border.”

“It’s huge. When we talk as a leadership team about where we feel like our biggest growth opportunities as a sport is, international is always one of the first things that comes up…

“We brought the Craftsman Truck Series to Canada for a number of years, we’ve had the Xfinity Series in Mexico. This is a monumental moment for our sport in the sense that this is our first step of really taking the Cup Series internationally, and I think it could set us up for the future in potential new markets.

“I think we’ve been honest about our interest in taking our Cup Series abroad, whether that’s north of the border or south of the border, and then as we talk about some of our other races, there are opportunities for us to take the Cup Series even further than that.

So, it’s going to be a big project for us. There’s a lot of questions that we have. I’m sure that the industry will have some questions as well, but excited to take this on, and to go to one of the biggest markets — not just in the country, but in the world — is going to be huge for our sport.”