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Problems related to travel affecting several groups have led NASCAR to make adjustments.
The weekend plan in Mexico City
.
All Xfinity Series track activities will now be held on Saturday, whereas the Cup Series sessions scheduled for Friday will be moved to a later timeframe. Additionally, the NASCAR Mexico Series race has been rescheduled to take place at a later time on Friday.
Additionally,
NASCAR stated
the Xfinity Series teams will now be limited to just one practice session prior to the Saturday afternoon race.
Revised timetable for Mexico City
Friday, June 13 (All timings in Eastern)
- 1:30 p.m. — Race No. 1 of the NASCAR Mexico Series (MRN Radio)
- 4:05 PM — First practice session for the Cup Series (lasting 50 minutes, broadcasted on Prime Video; radio coverage provided by MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
- 5:30 PM — Second round of Cup Series practice (25 minutes, broadcasted on Prime Video; radio coverage provided by MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Saturday, June 14 (all times eastern)
- 11:05 a.m. — Xfinity Series practice session (50 minutes, available on the CW app)
- 12:10 p.m. — Qualifying for the Xfinity Series ( CW app)
- 2:05 PM — Cup Series qualification (streaming on Prime Video; radio broadcast available via MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
- 4:30 PM — Xfinity Series race (65 laps, covering 157.3 miles). Coverage will be provided by CW, along with radio broadcasts available on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
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7 P.M. — NASCAR Mexico Series race (40 laps, covering 96.8 miles with a maximum duration of 70 minutes).
The NASCAR Mexico Series’ official YouTube channel,
Radio coverage on MRN)
The revised schedule was prompted because two of the leased aircraft for the sector failed to take off from Charlotte Douglas International Airport due to distinct issues.
One involved a late flight arriving from Singapore. The other incident occurred due to an aircraft being grounded for reasons including but not limited to maintenance issues.
Passengers were referred to as experiencing “a minor surge”
as they made their way down the runway for departure.
Regardless of what was making the sound, it led to significant issues with one of the aircraft’s engines. As a result, personnel from the Haas Factory Team had to get into a van and drive to Atlanta so they could catch a commercial flight to Mexico City.
Various professionals from different sectors who were stuck in Charlotte tried to arrange alternative transportation arrangements. However, many of them struggled to do so, as Ryan Ellis from DGM Racing pointed out, because of the severe weather conditions in the region.
Ellis posted on X
, the platform formerly known as Twitter, and said that his commercial flight kept getting delayed, which sent him home from the airport.
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