NASCAR provides two further grid spots for Mexico Xfinity race

Whereas the NASCAR Cup area stays capped at 40 (barring any Open Exemption Provisionals), sequence officers have determined that the sphere of 38 isn’t massive sufficient for the Xfinity race in Mexico Metropolis.

Subsequent month, NASCAR will run its first-ever Cup race in Mexico at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. In the meantime, the Xfinity Sequence, which did race there between 2005 and 2008, is making a shock return.

Forward of the historic occasion, NASCAR has chosen so as to add two further grid spots to reward groups who select to make the journey down for the race. Nonetheless, there are situations for these additional thirty ninth and fortieth spots on the grid.

These two entries will not be eligible for any prize cash, no matter the place they end. They won’t obtain any factors for race end or stage ending positions with all different entries elevated to obtain these factors as a substitute. For instance, one in all these entries ending ninth will imply that the tenth-place automotive receives ninth-place factors.

This additionally means no playoff factors, however ought to one in all these entries really win, second doesn’t inherit the playoff advantages related to a win.

NASCAR has launched this new coverage for Mexico solely and whereas there are some similarities, is totally different from the Open Exemption Provisional, which was utilized by four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves to make the Daytona 500. The OEP is for excellent skills coming from past the NASCAR world (for probably the most half), guaranteeing they’ll participate within the occasion. Against this, these two grid spots are open to anybody.

Ought to there really be 40 entries, the NASCAR Xfinity race in Mexico may have the biggest Xfinity area for the reason that 2021 season.