After an exciting international weekend in Mexico City, the NASCAR Xfinity Series returns stateside to race in the Explore the Pocono Mountains 250 on Saturday (3:30 p.m. ET, The CW, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

There’s no question what the moment of the weekend was in NASCAR‘s trip to Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. Daniel Suárez, born in Monterrey, Mexico, took the checkered flag in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series races at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez this weekend, with qualifying at 10:35 a.m. ET on Saturday on The CW App.

The NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway, set for August, is once again a sellout, despite declining attendance elsewhere on the circuit.

Pocono Raceway president Ben May said the move from July to June hasn’t hurt attendance for NASCAR’s return to the Tricky Triangle

The 28/22 news logo is being displayed on a race car. It’s all a part of Viking Motorsports’ partnership with the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau. You can see our logo on the Number 99 Chevrolet driven by Matt Dibenedetto in the NASCAR Xfinity Series this weekend in the Poconos.

The buildout and breakdown of the pop-up racecourse in Grant Park have been reduced to 25 days, shaving nearly two weeks off last year’s construction schedule for the July Fourth weekend event.

Ross Chastain fondly remembers winning the NASCAR Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway in 2019. The 32-year-old driver from Florida, who comes from a family of watermelon farmers, led 54 of 60 laps for a dominant victory. After the checkered flag fell, he did his trademark celebration.