NASCAR's Ben Kennedy describes logistical planning going into Mexico City race
NASCAR will have a Cup Series race in Mexico City next year, which means planning for that weekend will require a lot of work. Ben Kennedy, NASCAR’s Executive Vice President and Chief Venue & Racing Innovations Officer, appeared on Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour to talk about the logistical planning for the Mexico City race.
“We’ve already done a handful of planning so far, and we’re going to have a lot over the next nine in a half months,” Kennedy said in the interview that aired in September. “That’s everything from making sure our haulers can get from Michigan, if they’re going to stop in Charlotte they can get the Charlotte and make their way down to Mexico City. It’s a pretty far drive to Mexico City. It’s a drive to Laredo, Texas or just south of that to the border, and it’s about double that to get to Mexico City.
“Just thinking about the timing of that, and then of course any contingency plans you might have around Michigan. God forbid we have another rain delay and you end up on Monday to make sure that everyone can get down there for practice, and ideally, we start to have cars on track by Friday.
“The almost 200 haulers we have for our industry from Michigan all the way down to Mexico City is going to be part of our planning. Obviously, you have all the people that are flying whether it’s over commercial or charter aircraft. You have all the on-ground transportation, you have hotel blocks, so all of that we want to make is buttoned up as we can.”
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Ben Kennedy shares more on the NASCAR Mexico City race planning
Kennedy added, “We already started a lot of that planning. Naturally, it’s a little bit tough to plan when something hasn’t really been announced yet. Now that it’s been announced, I think it just accelerates a lot of that too.”
The Mexico City NASCAR Cup Series race will be the first international points event in the division’s modern history. It will take place at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on June 15, 2025. In a press release published in August, Kennedy revealed NASCAR’s partnership with Mexico City is a multiyear deal.