What’s Happening?

With the excitement surrounding NASCAR’s return to Mexico City’s Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez this summer, NASCAR officials are expecting more cars to make the trek south of the border than the usual field size permits.

How it Works:

To ensure that those who make the trip to Mexico City are rewarded by at least starting the race, and only for that weekend’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race, the field will expand to a maximum of 40 cars. However, there are special rules regarding points for those starting in the 39th and 40th positions.

Those who qualify 39th and 40th will be allowed to race but will not earn prize money, points, or playoff benefits for their effort. This exemption means they will not receive driver or owner points, stage points, playoff admission, or playoff bonus points.

If the 39th or 40th-place entry wins the race, the second-place driver will receive the first-place driver and owner points, and so on throughout the field. This methodology is also applicable to stage points.

However, if the 39th or 40th starter wins the race, second place “will not receive the benefits associated with the win, including eligibility for the Playoffs.” Furthermore, in this scenario, regarding the playoff points awarded for winning a stage, “the 2nd place vehicle in the Stage and/or race will not receive Playoff Points.”

The Mexico City Field

These changes make qualifying day all the more important, as a car that crashes or has an off day could waste an entire race weekend. Of course, this will only really matter to drivers racing for the Series championship.

As usual, a flurry of back markers and open entries is expected to make their way to Mexico City that weekend. This will likely include road course ringers and hometown favorites such as Daniel Suarez, who announced his entry into the race with JR Motorsports on Tuesday morning.

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What’s Happening?

Following this past weekend, NASCAR has, as expected, suspended the tire changer and jackman for two teams who lost tires during Charlotte’s Memorial Day race weekend.

• The first team penalized for their lost wheel was Kaulig Racing’s No. 10 entry in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driven by Daniel Dye. Due to losing their left rear wheel and tire, NASCAR is suspending crew members Richie Williams and Jerick Newsome for the next two points events.
• The second team is Garage 66’s No. 66 NASCAR Cup Series entry, driven this past weekend by Josh Bilicki. Due to the team losing their right rear wheel, NASCAR has suspended crew members Brehanna Daniels and Ethan Hindman for the next two points events.
• Following these incidents, Dye would go on to finish 31st after starting 24th on Saturday, while, on Sunday, Bilicki would, in fact, improve on his finishing position. The No. 66 team finished 33rd after starting 38th, the team’s best finish since Bilicki piloted it to a 29th-place finish at the Roval last fall.
• In retrospect, Dye’s Xfinity Series race was much less memorable. His poor finishing position saw him snap a three-race lead lap finish streak and drop two spots in the points. However, Dye has had a rather solid season and could rebound well from such an outing.

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BROCKVILLE, ON – When it comes to providing Southeastern Ontario race fans with the best in family motorsports entertainment, the show must go on. Even after losing back-to-back dates to the whims of Mother Nature, Brockville Ontario Speedway’s marketing team is ready for the next event on the venue’s 2025 line-up.

“I can’t recall a time when we’ve had a pair of wash outs in a row. Hopefully, it isn’t a sign of things to come,” said Brockville Speedway track owner and promoter Paul Kirkland. “Our team will be working with the racers, teams and sanctioning groups to make up any of the dates we lost due to the weather as space on the schedule becomes available and we’ll keep everyone apprised of the details as soon as they become available.”

Next on the schedule at the popular Southeastern Ontario venue on Temperance Lake Road will be a night of racing presented by Superior Cellular and Sound to close out the first month of regular season action. On the docket will be the DIRTcar Small Block and Sportsman-Modifieds, Novice Sportsman, Surprenant Truck Shop Crate Sprints and Street Stocks.

June’s action will be highlighted by the return of the Empire Super Sprints, presented by L.A. Knapp Construction Saturday, June 21st. It will be first of a pair of ESS dates on this year’s schedule, as the popular travelling group celebrates its 41st season with a return to ‘The BOS’ Saturday, August 2nd. Davie Franek scored the tour’s most recent Brockville Ontario Speedway win on August 3rd of 2024.

As the season rolls on, marquee events will continue to highlight the track’s 2025 schedule. The Super DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds will be back at Brockville Speedway Wednesday, July 30th for a 75-lap Canadian Classic that pays $ 7,500 to win. For the first time since 2019, there will be a second Big Block date on the calendar as the tour is back Friday, October 17th for a 100 lapper with a $ 10,000 payday to kick-off this year’s edition of the Dirt Outlaw Apparel Fall Nationals.

The championship clinching 100-lap 358 Modified and 50-lap Sportsman-Modified finale will highlight the Saturday, October 18th Fall Nationals action.
Don’t miss any of the dates on the 31st consecutive season of track promotion by the Kirkland family at Brockville Ontario Speedway. For the latest news and full schedule information, see www.brockvillespeedway.com or the track’s social media platforms and pages.

Four suspended by NASCAR after Charlotte Motor Speedway

Two teams have been penalized after Charlotte Motor Speedway. Each team will see two crew members suspended as a result of wheel infractions during the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series race.

View the NASCAR penalty report after Charlotte below.

Coca-Cola 600 results from Charlotte: May 25, 2025 (NASCAR)

Charlotte Motor Speedway
Penalty Report
NASCAR Xfinity Series

Driver/Team: Josh Bilicki No. 66

Date: 5/25/2025 (race)

Level: Safety

Infraction: Sections 10.5.2.6.D: Safety Penalties Note: Loss or separation of an improperly installed tire/wheel from the vehicle during the event.

Penalty: Crew members (Brehanna Daniels and Ethan Hindman) have been suspended from the next two NASCAR Cup Series Championship points events, through Michigan International Speedway, June 8, 2025.

Charlotte Motor Speedway
Penalty Report
NASCAR Xfinity Series

Driver/Team: Daniel Dye No. 10

Date: 5/24/2025 (race)

Level: Safety

Infraction: Sections 10.5.2.5.E: Safety Penalties Note: Loss or separation of an improperly installed tire/wheel from the vehicle during the event.

Penalty: Crew members (Richie Williams and Jerick Newsome) have been suspended from the next two NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship points events, through Mexico City, June 14, 2025.

Other

NASCAR Member: Kevin Lucas, Jr.

Date: 5/27/2025

Notes: Kevin Lucas, Jr. has been reinstated and he is eligible to return to all NASCAR activity

Links

Charlotte Motor Speedway | NASCAR

On Tuesday afternoon, NASCAR released the preliminary entry list for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway, and the entry list contains 39 cars, which will make the trip to the track in Lebanon, just outside of the Music City.

There are no real surprises among the 36 Chartered entries, which compete each week in the NASCAR Cup Series, but there will be three “Open” entries among the notables.

The most notable among the “Open” cars will be the return of Corey Heim behind the wheel of the No. 67 Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing. Heim will carry primary sponsorship from Chief’s, a Nashville bar owned by country music star Eric Church, on his race car.

At Kansas Speedway, Heim’s most recent NASCAR Cup Series outing with 23XI Racing, the driver recorded an eye-opening 13th-place result. Heim, 22, is a standout in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ranks, and he is already up to four victories through the opening 11 races of the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.

The young racer from Georgia already has 15 victories in just 75 career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts.

JJ Yeley will return to the No. 44 NY Racing Team’s Open entry Chevrolet a week after Derek Kraus piloted the car to a 32nd-place finish in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Yeley will have primary sponsorship from Fanatics Sportsbook on his race car.

Rounding out the lineup for the Open entries in the field this weekend will be Chad Finchum, a Tennessee native, who will once again pilot the No. 66 Garage 66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse this weekend. Finchum will have sponsorship from Aires as he makes his second NASCAR Cup Series start of the season.

Cracker Barrel 400 Entry List

# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
* indicates “Open” entry
(i) indicates driver ineligible to score points

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