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1 week ago | theracingexperts.com | Jonathan Fjeld

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Spire Motorsports handed a $50,000 fine to NASCAR Cup Series driver Carson Hocevar over remarks he made on a livestream about Mexico. Spire fined Hocevar “after a thorough internal review” of remarks he made Saturday about the NASCAR weekend in Mexico City. “This whole experience, if the travel was better, if getting here was easier, if you felt safer getting to and from everywhere.

1 week ago | theracingexperts.com | Jonathan Fjeld

MEXICO CITY — Alex Bowman turned the most doubtful week of his season into one of his best weekends of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. Bowman finished fourth with the fourth-most points earned during Sunday’s Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. It ended a skid of seven finishes of 27th or worse in the last nine races. “We’ve had a lot of fast race cars and just had days that haven’t gone our way.

1 week ago | theracingexperts.com | Jonathan Fjeld

MEXICO CITY — Shane van Gisbergen became the first polesitter for a NASCAR Cup Series race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. Van Gisbergen will lead the field to the first green flag for the Cup Series in Mexico. He won the pole for Sunday’s Viva Mexico 250 in a shortened qualifying period that left Ryan Preece, Ross Chastain, Ty Gibbs, Michael McDowell, Kyle Larson, Todd Gilliland, AJ Allmendinger, Joey Logano and Daniel Suarez, in 10th, just short of the inaugural honor.

2 weeks ago | theracingexperts.com | Jonathan Fjeld

Jonathan Fjeld View All Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010. A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE.

2 weeks ago | theracingexperts.com | Jonathan Fjeld

MEXICO CITY — As the only NASCAR track a mile or more above sea level, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City presents a unique challenge for Cup and Xfinity teams. Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City is by far the highest NASCAR track in elevation.