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NASCAR announced Tuesday that it will host a Cup Series race in Mexico for the first time in 2025. The race, scheduled for June 15, will be the first points race outside the United States for NASCAR’s top series in over 60 years. The last Cup Series race outside the U.S. was in 1958, when NASCAR held a pre-modern-era race in Toronto. There have also been exhibition races in Suzuka City, Japan.

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NASCAR Vice President Ben Kennedy said in a press release: “This is a historic moment for our sport and especially for the NASCAR Cup Series as we expand our reach into Mexico. We have boldly pursued our intentions to grow on a global level and there is no better place to take the next step on that journey than the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez racetrack in Mexico City.”

The Mexico City race will be held at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit. The 2.7-mile circuit features 17 turns and was built in 1959 at an elevation of 7,342 feet. It’s the same track that currently hosts an annual Formula One Grand Prix and also hosted the Xfinity Series in the 2000s. NASCAR will hold Xfinity Series and Mexico Series events at the circuit on the same weekend. The Cup Series race will air on Prime Video, while the other two events will be seen on The CW.

The final regular season race of the 2024 Cup Series will be Sunday at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC. ​​The Cook Out Southern 500 will air on USA Network at 6 p.m. EDT. The Cup Series playoffs begin with the Quaker State 400 on Sept. 8 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia.

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