Motorsport.com has learned that NASCAR will race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City next year, with the official announcement expected to be made on Tuesday.

The Mexican Grand Prix will take place on the weekend of 14-15 June 2025 on the same track as Formula 1. However, a small change to the main straight is still being considered – an additional chicane.

An international premiere for sport

NASCAR’s top class has very little experience outside the United States. The Cup Series has held a few exhibition races in Japan between 1996 and 1998 and in Australia in 1988. However, the last points-paying international Cup race was held in 1958 at Canadian Exposition Stadium in Toronto. Before that, there was another Canadian race in 1952, held at Stamford Park in Ontario.

The track hosted four NASCAR Xfinity Series races between 2005 and 2008. Stock car racing generated a lot of interest among the public and the motorsport world in Mexico, leading to greater development of this category in the country, including the NASCAR Mexico Series.

Since then, a significant number of Mexican drivers have attempted to climb to the top of the NASCAR rankings, following the path of drivers like Carlos Contreras, who entered NASCAR in 1999 when he competed in his first Truck race. This was at a time when most Mexican racers were trying to make their way into IndyCar.

Contreras was followed by important names such as Adrian Fernandez, Michel Jourdain, German Quiroga and the most successful driver in the American series to date, Daniel Suarez – the first foreigner to win a national NASCAR title and the only non-American to win an oval race in the Cup.

Race winner Daniel Suarez, TrackHouse Racing, Onx Homes / Renu Chevrolet Camaro

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NASCAR’s interest in Mexico has led to more drivers seeking opportunities in the United States, even beyond Formula 1. Names like Andres Perez de Lara, Regina Sirvent and Eloy Sebastian have all been part of NASCAR’s diversity program.

The announcement will be made from the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez by NASCAR Chief Operating Officer Steve O’Donell, as well as Suarez, who competes for Trackhouse Racing in the Cup Series, and the event’s organizers. Sources close to the negotiations confirmed that the Cup teams will be joined by NASCAR Xfinity as well as the NASCAR Mexico Division as a support series.