NASCAR NASCAR XFINITY adds two additional grid spots to the mexico race

While on the NASCAR Cup field 40 (except for any open discount provisional), the series officials have decided that the area of ​​38 is not enough for the XFINITY race in Mexico City.

Next month, NASCAR will run its first cup race at Autodromeo Harmanos Rodriguez in Mexico. Meanwhile, the Xfinity series, which ran there between 2005 and 2008, is making a surprising comeback.

Next to the historical phenomenon, NASCAR has chosen to add two additional grid spots to reward those teams that choose to take the journey down for the race. However, there are conditions for these additional 39th and 40th locations on the grid.

Those two entries are not eligible for any prize money, even where they are over. They will not get any marks for race finish or stage finishing positions, with all other entries to achieve those points. For example, one of these entries, who finished ninth, means that the tenth place car gets ninth position points.

This also means that there is no playoff points, but one of these entries should actually win, the other one not inherited the playoff benefits associated with a win.

NASCAR has introduced this new policy only for Mexico and while there are some similarities, different from open discounts, used by four -time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castrones, which is to make Detona 500. The OEP is for outstanding talent (for most parts), to ensure that they can participate in the event to ensure that they can participate in the event. In contrast, these two grid spots are open to anyone.

What actually contains 40 entries, NASCAR XFINITY in Mexico will be the largest Xfinity area since 2021 season.