For the first time, Cup Series drivers turned laps at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City for a pair of practice sessions.

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Mexico City for its first-ever event in Mexico and its first international points race in over six decades. The track is most known for hosting Formula One races, but NASCAR drivers will use a slightly altered 2.

NASCAR’s first Cup Series race outside the United States was off to a bumpy start with several teams yet to arrive in Mexico City because of travel issues in North Carolina