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NASCAR enforcing track limits at Mexico City with tire barriers and cameras

JHby: Jonathan Howard06/13/25Jondean25
NASCAR tire barriers Mexico City
Screenshot credit: NASCAR Mexico via X.com

A new road course race for NASCAR in Mexico City, and officials are once again going to try to enforce track limits. Stock car drivers aren’t used to obeying track limit rules in the same way that open-wheel cars do on road courses. But NASCAR may have found a way this weekend.

Earlier this season at COTA, NASCAR attempted to enforce track limits with 400lb barriers in the esses. Drivers were not happy with the configuration, and the barriers were then removed.

So, this weekend, NASCAR has implemented tire barriers at certain points of the track. There will also be cameras set up to help officials determine if drivers break the track limits throughout the race. That was also done at COTA.

Part-time Xfinity Series driver Brad Perez made light of the situation. He measured the distance of the tire barrier to the track limits with his own body.

You can also see tire barriers in the stadium section in the video below. These are throughout the track and should help keep drivers honest. NASCAR drivers are known for cutting into the grass with the left or right side tires at these road courses. This will keep everyone right where they should be. No dirt holes off to the side like at COTA.

As for the areas that do not have tire barriers, they will be policed with cameras. NASCAR officials are trying to keep this Mexico City race clean and orderly, it appears. That should produce more mistakes, at least, in my mind it will.

Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports pointed out one camera on the track. Drivers will know well in advance of the barriers and cameras. So, there shouldn’t be much pouting.

NASCAR Mexico City: Travel woes change schedule

There has been a slight schedule change for the NASCAR weekend in Mexico City. The Xfinity Series will not have practice today. Two chartered flights out of Charlotte, North Carolina, ended up being grounded due to separate issues.

There were team members and drivers who had to find alternative ways to get to Mexico. Some drove to Atlanta to get on commercial flights. Others flew out of North Carolina in the middle of the night and down to Miami and from there, to Mexico. Trackhouse Racing is still waiting on team members to arrive at the track.

While travel woes have made things difficult, NASCAR has responded well with the schedule change. Today, the NASCAR Mexico Series will race a 50-lap event. Then there will be practice for the Cup Series. Two sessions, the first one 50 minutes long, and the second session 25 minutes long.

This NASCAR Mexico City weekend is about to get started in just a couple of hours. We will see how drivers and teams react to the tire barriers and if they remain in place by the time we see racing on Saturday for the Xfinity Series and Sunday for the Cup Series.