Richmond Raceway will host just one Cup Series race weekend instead of its usual two during the 2025 season after NASCAR confirmed the introduction of Mexico City.
During the announcement, NASCAR executive Ben Kennedy revealed:
“We’re still committed to Richmond. It’s an important track, an important market certainly, as we think about where our NASCAR fans are today.
“We’ve seen some exciting story lines certainly coming out of that track over the past few years and excited to continue to be there next year, put on a great event for our fans, and put a lot of that energy and resources into that event.”
Ben Kennedy, NASCAR Executive Vice President & Chief Venue & Racing Innovation Officer, joins NASCAR Cup Series driver Daniel Suarez to announce that the NASCAR Cup Series will race in Mexico City for the first…
Ben Kennedy, NASCAR Executive Vice President & Chief Venue & Racing Innovation Officer, joins NASCAR Cup Series driver Daniel Suarez to announce that the NASCAR Cup Series will race in Mexico City for the first time next year at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on August 27, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Richmond Raceway loses a 2025 event for the new Mexico City Cup Series race.
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The inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race in Mexico is set for June 15, 2025, at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, a track with a rich history in motorsports.
Reflecting on the global vision for NASCAR, Kennedy added:
“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.”
Kennedy added:
“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.”
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Publish date : 2024-08-27 11:51:00
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