NASCAR Chief Operating Officer Ben Kennedy has revealed he would love to bring the sport back to Mexico City in the future.
Last season, both the Cup and O'Reilly Series raced at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, with it being the first time that the Cup Series had ever raced south of the border.
Whilst it was a logistical challenge for NASCAR and its teams, the event proved a hit with many drivers, but to the disappointment of some, it was not put on the schedule once again for 2026.
Instead, other races, such as last weekend's Naval Base Coronado event, were added to the calendar. However, after Sunday's event, Kennedy was quizzed on whether or not Mexico City could return in the future.
Ben Kennedy quizzed on NASCAR return to Mexico City
"Mexico is a special place for us. Historic weekend," Kennedy told the media at San Diego on Sunday.
"I was having a lot of flashbacks this weekend because it happened to be around the same weekend at this time of year that we went to Mexico City
"It was a tremendous event. Really special for us to go south of the border for the first time in our sport’s history.
"We mentioned last year we’re taking a pause with everything going on in the World Cup this year. Unfortunately, we didn’t return to Mexico this year."
Kennedy: Mexico important market for NASCAR
Kennedy continued, stressing that Mexico remains an important market for the sport and that NASCAR would love to return in the future.
"What I can tell you is it’s an important market for us, a strategic market that we would love to be in in the future," Kennedy explained.
"We have a lot of hungry fans down there. We have drivers like Daniel Suarez that came from our NASCAR Mexico Series that are running in our NASCAR Cup Series right now.
"Would love nothing more than to return in the future."
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