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The Nascar Cup series has been to Mexico City this weekend for its first points race outside the US since 1958.
The series chases Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. Drivers will compete on a 2.42 -mile course with a distance of 2.42 miles. The prelimans are 3.937 feet, making it the longest in the series (Pocono’s leading is 3.740 feet).
Chase Elliott (three wins), Ryan Blaney (two) and Joey Logano (two) combined to win seven of the last 11 races on a new cut for the cup series.
Here’s a look at the good news and bad news for Cup teams that are on Sunday’s race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
23xi Racing – Good news: Bubba Wallace scored for the second time this season for the second time back-10 finals. … Wallace still has the no. 1 -put staff in the series, as arranged by Racing Insights. … Tyler Reddick is linked to Kyle Larson for most wins on a roadway in the next Gen car on three. … Reddick’s Top -10’s on road courses in the next Gen Car is second on Chris Buescher. Bad news: Reddick has one top 10 final in the last seven races. … Wallace started three top 10 finishes in 33 roadway. … Riley Herbst enters 34th in points over the weekend.
Three years ago, frustrations were big with the pit staff at 23xi Racing, but a new rent helped build the units to be one of the best sport.
Pre -drive Motorport – Good News: Zane Smith ended last weekend in Michigan. … Smith has five top 20 results in the last six races. … Noah Gragson finished eighth at Cota earlier this year for his best result on a roadway in the cup. … Todd Gilliland finished 10th at Cota and best linked his season. Bad news: Gilliland qualified the thirtieth or worse in five of the last seven races. … Gragson finished 27th or worse in each of the last two races.
Haas Factory Team – Good News: All three Cole Custer’s top 20 finals this season have come in the last six races. Bad news: Custer’s 35th place in Michigan concluded a line of seven consecutive top 30 finals.
Hendrick Motorsports – Good News: The organization has won four of the last six races on a road or street lane. … Kyle Larson’s six road course victories place him for fourth place on the list of all time. … Chase Elliott has completed all but one of the 4,231 rounds this season. … Elliott is third with seven wins in the track. … William Byron has won four of the last seven phases and is on average 9.3 points per phase in that period. … Byron, according to Racing Insights, is first for the season in speed and restart rankings. … Alex Bowman started five top -10s, including a win, in his last nine roadway. Bad news: Bowman finished 27th in seven of the last nine races or finished worse and dropped him from third place to 13th place. … Byron led 83 or more rounds in four races this season, but won none of the events. … Larson started two top -10s in his last eight road course. … Elliott has two top -10s in the last seven races.
Alex Bowman walked away from an evil accident in Sunday’s accident in Michigan.
Hyak Motorsports – Good News: Ricky Stenhouse jr. Have five top 20 finishes in the last six races. Bad news: Stenhouse has fallen from the 15th to 20th in the play -off game in the last two races. … Stenhouse has two top-10 finishes in 43 Career Cup/Straattraas racing.
Joe Gibbs Racing – Good News: Denny Hamlin has won three of the last nine races this season. … Hamlin scored points in nine consecutive phases. … Hamlin said on SiriusXM Nascar Radio on Tuesday that fiancé Jordan Fish did not deliver their baby boy by the time he had to leave for Mexico later this week, he would skip the race. Nascar said in the past that the fog of a race for the birth of a child is acceptable and that in such a case they would give a waiver of the playoffs. … would drive Denny Hamlin Miss Mexico, JGR’s reserve manager, Ryan Truex, the number 11 car. … Christopher Bell has won this season at Circuit of the Americas. … Chase Briscoe finishes first in passing, according to Racing Insights, earlier this year at Cota. … Briscoe has won the pole for the last three races (Charlotte, Nashville and Michigan). … Christopher Bell has seven top -10s in the last nine races. … Ty Gibbs tied his best end point of the season by placing third on Michigan. Bad news: Bell led 10 rounds in the last eight races, a 2,423 rounds. … Gibbs placed 22nd place or worse in four of the last five cup races.
Denny Hamlin told fans he beat their favorite driver and did part of an Ohio State Cheer in front of a crowd with many fans from the University of Michigan.
Kaulig Racing – Good News: All three AJ Allmender’s Cup victories came on road courses. … All -policing started five top -in -the -time in its last eight on a roadway. … All -lining finished second in Mexico City in 2005 in a Champ car race. Bad news: Ty Dillon has not started better than 15th place in 26 roadway.
Legacy Motor Club – Good News: Erik Jones’ 11th place in Michigan gives him four top 15 results in the last five races. Bad news: Jones has no top -10s in his last 13 lane. … John Hunter Nemechek’s best endpoint in eight Career Cup track starts 21st. … Jones has no top -10s in his last 13 road course.
Richard Childress Racing – Good News: Kyle Busch was the first time in the velocity, according to Racing Insights, earlier this season at Cota, the only runaway so far. … Busch’s best finish this year is a fifth place at Cota. … Busch won the most recent XFinity race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in 2008, although the course was a little different from what teams will participate this weekend. Bad news: Austin Dillon has never finished better than the 10th during a road game in 40. … Dillon finished 19th or worse in the last four races. … Kyle Busch fell out of a playoffs after last weekend’s race in Michigan.
Rick True Racing – Good News: Cody real finished 26th or better in two of the last three races, the first time he did this this season. Bad news: True’s best finish in the 16 -career starts in the cup is 24th.
RFK Racing – Good News: Three cars placed in the top -10 in Michigan, with the first time the team has done this in a cup race in Daytona since July 2016. … Ryan Preece moved in with his ninth place in Michigan to the last playoffs. … Preece has three top -10s in the last four races. … Brad Keselowski scored the top 10 finals in two of the last three races. … Chris Buescher has the best average finish (8.7) on road courses in the next Genera. … Buescher won his only Waal Waal Waard victory in September last year at Watkins Glen. … Buescher comes from a season-best second place in Michigan. Bad news: Keselowski is Winless in 49 Career Cup.
Spire Motorsports – Good News: Michael McDowell finished in each of the last five road races 15th or better. … McDowell won a Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car series in Mexico City in November 2005 … Justin Haley finished second in Chicago in 2023 for his best rash on the road/street. … Carson Hocevar scored points in 10 of the last 15 phases. … Hocevar’s best endpoint on a roadway is third on Watkins Glen in September. Bad news: McDowell finished 21st place or worse in six of the last eight races this season.
Team Penske – Good News: Ryan Blaney has five top five finishes in the last eight races. … Blaney started four top -10s in his last eight on a roadway. … Austin Cindric has nine top -10s in the 21 career track. Bad news: Blaney has three finishes outside the top 30 in the last eight races. … Joey Logano has five finishes outside the top 10 in the last eight races. … Cindric’s Talladega victory is his only top 10 final in the last ten races.
Trackhouse Racing – Good News: Ross Chastain achieved six top 10 finals in the last nine races. … Chastain achieved all eight of its top 10 ends this season after starting the race outside the top 15 … Shane van Gisbergen was the best rookie in three of the last four races. … Van Gisbergen finished no worse than seventh in the last three starting races. … Daniel Suarez scored a back-to-back-20 final in Mexico. Bad news: Suarez has only one top 10 final in the last 13 Road Course races.
Wood Brothers Racing – Good News: The 169 rounds that Josh Berry led this year are a career highlight. Bad news: Berry has one top 10 final since his Las Vegas victory. … Berry has not finished any better than 22nd in six cupcases.
