For the first time in over 65 years, the NASCAR Cup Series held a race outside of the United States when 132 haulers, over six dozen drivers, and hundreds of crew members travelled south of the border to Mexico City to run the 2.4 mile road course race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

The Cup and Xfinity Series ran a double header weekend that was filled with history and excitement.

Despite catching a nasty bug over the weekend, New Zealand’s Shane van Gisbergen put on a clinic of how to run a road course race finishing a record setting 17 seconds in front of the field to take the first checkered flag in Mexico City.

Staying home with his new born baby boy, Denny Hamlin breaks a consecutive race streak of 406 races.  He has been granted a waiver and will remain eligible for the playoffs but drops two spots in the point standings.

William Byron holds on to the points lead and is the first driver to earn 600 points in the standings.

Cup Series Point Standings:
William Byron – 604
Kyle Larson – 537
Christopher Bell – 524
Chase Elliott – 500
Denny Hamlin – 494
Tyler Reddick – 477
Ryan Blaney – 466
Ross Chastain – 443
Joey Logano – 411
Bubba Wallace – 411
Chase Briscoe – 393
Alex Bowman – 376
Chris Buescher – 373
Ryan Preece – 354
Austin Cindric – 337
Michael McDowell – 330
AJ Allmendinger – 328
Kyle Busch – 323
Josh Berry – 320
Carson Hocevar – 313
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 312
Erik Jones – 311
John Hunter Nemechek – 301
Ty Gibbs – 296
Zane Smith – 287
Todd Gilliland – 286
Austin Dillon – 284
Daniel Suarez – 274
Justin Haley – 247
Shane van Gisbergen – 242
Ty Dillon – 236
Brad Keselowski – 233
Noah Gragson – 231
Cole Custer – 204
Riley Herbst – 196
Cody Ware – 101
Jimmie Johnson – 35
Corey LaJoie – 24
Katherine Legge – 12
JJ Yeley – 9
Derek Kraus – 5
Chad Finchum – 3
Casey Mears – 2
Burt Myers – 1
Martin Truex Jr – 1

In front of his friends, family, and fellow countrymen Daniel Suarez started from the back of the field in a backup car and worked his way to the front to win the race in Mexico City…and of course, the taco pinata came out for the celebration!

Despite a bad day on the track, Justin Allgaier holds on to the points lead with the top nine drivers maintaining their positions.

Xfinity Series Point Standings:
Justin Allgaier – 587
Austin Hill – 533
Sam Mayer – 488
Jesse Love – 460
Connor Zilisch – 430
Sheldon Creed – 416
Carson Kvapil – 409
Brandon Jones – 404
Jeb Burton – 397
Sammy Smith – 378
Harrison Burton – 377
Taylor Gray – 374
Ryan Sieg – 374
Nick Sanchez – 359
Daniel Dye – 330
Dean Thompson – 315
Christian Eckes – 310
Josh Williams – 276
Brennan Poole – 275
Jeremy Clements – 266
Anthony Alfredo – 249
Aric Almirola – 238
William Sawalich – 227
Matt DiBenedetto – 220
Parker Retzlaff – 214
Blaine Perkins – 198
Ryan Ellis – 197
Kyle Sieg – 190
Kris Wright – 156
Josh Bilicki – 124
Garrett Smithley – 111
Leland Honeyman – 97
Joey Gase – 87
Patrick Emerling – 83
Mason Massey – 74
Corey Day – 66
Nick Leitz – 60
Thomas Annunziata – 59
Mason Maggio – 56
Justin Bonsignore – 54
Alex Labbe – 54
Brad Perez – 37
Greg van Alst – 33
Caesar Bacarella – 31
Jordan Anderson – 30
Austin Green – 30
Myatt Snider – 26
CJ McLaughlin – 24
Kasey Kahne – 23
Jeffrey Earnhardt – 23
Patrick Starpopoli – 21
Ryan Truex – 20
Jesse Iwuji – 17
Logan Bearden – 14
Sage Karam – 14
Vicente Salas – 13
Carson Ware – 12
David Starr – 11
JJ Yeley – 9
Dawson Cram – 7
Preston Pardus – 1
Baltazar Leguizamon – 1


The Craftsman Truck Series had the week off.

Craftsman Truck Series Point Standings:
Corey Heim – 605
Chandler Smith – 472
Daniel Hemric – 454
Grant Enfinger – 441
Tyler Ankrum – 424
Layne Riggs – 424
Kaden Honeycutt – 408
Ty Majeski – 393
Jake Garcia – 389
Stewart Friesen – 347
Ben Rhodes – 338
Gio Ruggiero – 337
Rajah Caruth – 336
Tanner Gray – 297
Matt Crafton – 281
Jack Wood – 249
Andres Perez – 247
Connor Mosack – 247
Matt Mills – 245
Dawson Sutton – 241
Spencer Boyd – 196
Bayley Currey – 185
Luke Fenhaus – 168
Toni Breidinger – 166
Frankie Muniz – 155
Nathan Byrd – 118
Josh Reaume – 78
Parker Kligerman – 61
Timmy Hill – 60
Stefan Parsons – 59
Cody Dennison – 58
Luke Baldwin – 46
Justin Carroll – 46
Lawless Alan – 40
Norm Benning – 37
Corey LaJoie – 32
Jason M. White – 29
Johnny Sauter – 29
BJ McLeod – 22
Morgan Baird – 20
Patrick Emerling – 18
Brent Crews – 18
Stephen Mallozzi – 15
Matthew Gould – 14
Keith McGee – 12
Aknori Ogata – 11
Conner Jones – 10
Clayton Green 10
Jayson Alexander – 7
Ryan Roulette – 7
Michael Disdier – 6
Alan Waller – 6
Clay Greenfield – 4
Derek White – 4