Journey points power NASCAR to alter Mexico schedule and delay follow

Earlier on Thursday, it was reported {that a} chartered airplane carrying a number of members of the NASCAR trade was grounded after an engine problem, inflicting main delays and forcing them to search out another path to Mexico Metropolis. That, together with different air journey challenges and delays, have pressured NASCAR to regulate its schedule for the race weekend forward.

“On account of two plane points that grounded a number of race groups in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, NASCAR has adjusted the on-track schedule for this weekend’s actions at Mexico Metropolis’s Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez,” an announcement from the sanctioning physique learn.

In consequence, NASCAR officers have chosen to delay the deliberate Cup Collection follow session, rescheduling them for later within the afternoon. They’ve additionally pushed all NASCAR Xfinity Collection follow classes from Friday to Saturday. Moreover, the primary of two NASCAR Mexico Collection races will now run a couple of hours earlier on Friday.

The Xfinity Collection will lose some follow time consequently with only one 50-minute session on Saturday morning, proper earlier than qualifying. There are different slight changes as nicely, however Cup groups is not going to lose any follow.

The total up to date schedule (EST.):

Friday, June thirteenth

1:30pm EST — NASCAR Mexico Collection race #1

4:05pm EST — NASCAR Cup follow #1

5:30pm EST — NASCAR Cup follow #2

Saturday, June 14th

11:05am EST — NASCAR Xfinity Collection follow

12:10pm EST — NASCAR Xfinity Collection qualifying

2:05pm EST — NASCAR Cup Collection qualifying

7pm EST — NASCAR Mexico Collection race #2

Sunday’s schedule stays unchanged. The NASCAR Cup race will nonetheless happen at 3pm EST. with the inexperienced flag deliberate for 3:23pm EST. Denny Hamlin will want a playoff waiver after selecting not to participate within the occasion as he stays along with his household following the beginning of his son.

Fortunately, there have been no main points for the 132 haulers and transport autos that travelled straight from Michigan Worldwide Speedway to Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez this week in one other huge enterprise for the game.