It's the series's first international points race since 1958.
For the first time in over six decades, NASCAR is headed outside the United States for a Cup Series race.announced“This has been on our radar for a long time,” Ben Kennedy, the stock car racing governing body's executive vice president and chief venue and racing innovations officer, said. “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.
NASCAR previously ran four Xfinity Series races at the Autodromo from 2005 to 2008, and Formula 1 has staged the Mexican Grand Prix there on and off since 1962. The most recent non-U.S. Cup Series race took place in 1958, when the Jim Mideon 500—Richard Petty's first-ever Cup Series race—was run in Toronto. Richard's father, Lee Petty, won the race.Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest.
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