The NASCAR Cup Series races outside the United States for the first time in the sport's modern era at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

NASCAR’s first Cup Series race outside the United States was off to a bumpy start with several teams yet to arrive in Mexico City because of travel issues in North Carolina.

One of the biggest race weekends of the NASCAR season begins June 13 in Mexico City and concludes with the Cup Series' first international points race since 1952. The NASCAR Cup Series races in the Viva Mexico 250 on June 15 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.