NASCAR adjusts Mexico City schedule due to travel woes
MEXICO CITY — Travel woes forced NASCAR to adjust its schedule of events at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City.
NASCAR condensed the two Friday Xfinity Series practice sessions into one that will happen Saturday. They also moved the two Friday NASCAR Cup Series practice sessions to later in the day. The first NASCAR Mexico Series race of the weekend will also take place at a different time Friday.
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NASCAR shifted the schedule around after teams, like Haas Factory Team, had issues getting from Charlotte to Mexico City. HFT had an issue with their chartered flight and had to drive to Atlanta to catch a commercial flight instead.
Other teams, like DGM Racing, had engine issues with their plane and had to delay their plans.
This is the first time NASCAR has raced in Mexico since 2008 when the Xfinity Series raced at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez for the fourth and final time in its first run there. NASCAR’s top three national series, in general, haven’t raced outside of the United States since the Craftsman Truck Series went to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, in Bowmanville, Ontario, in 2019.
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