In 2025, NASCAR series is set to stage its first race in Central America, which will be held at the Autódromo Panamá located near Sajalices, roughly 50 km southwest of Panama City.
The event will be known as the Nations Panama City 200.
NASCAR officials announced on Tuesday that the Cup Series will race in Mexico next season, adding the first international points event in the division’s modern history to the 2025 schedule.
The historic race is scheduled for Sunday, June 15, at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, the nation’s capital. A companion race for the NASCAR Xfinity Series is scheduled for the preceding day. The Cup Series event will air live on Prime Video, while Saturday’s Xfinity Series tilt will air live on The CW.
“This has been on our radar for a long time,” said Ben Kennedy, NASCAR executive vice president, chief venue & racing innovation officer. “We’ve been talking about the continued iteration of our schedule, right? You can go back a few years, went to new markets like Nashville and Austin, Texas. We went to the Coliseum for the Clash. … 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. This is going to be certainly a monumental event for us, the first time we’re going south of the border.”
As of 2025, eleven different drivers have won the NASCAR Mexico championship. Rubén García Jr. was the youngest champion (20 years old), and Rafael Martínez was the oldest champion (45 years old). Rubén García Jr. has the most championships to his name with 5.
To date, four women have started a NASCAR Mexico Series race, three started a Trucks Mexico Series race and one started a NASCAR Challenge race.
Some notable accomplishments by female drivers have included Mara Reyes scoring a pole position in her first race, and Regina Sirvent becoming the first woman to win a NASCAR Trucks Mexico Series race.
