Sunday's main event will be the first NASCAR Cup Series race outside the United States since the touring series visited Japan in 1998. Chase Elliott, who qualified 12th, leads the team in most wins at a road course with seven total. Teammate Larson follows close behind with six.

Trackhouse Racing's Shane van Gisbergen altered the NASCAR Cup Series playoff picture with his dominant win at Mexico City's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on Sunday. Despite battling an illness, the 36-year-old New Zealander took charge during the final 32-lap green-flag run and won by a whopping 16.

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. At least one