Since 2014, NASCAR has used the win-and-in system that rewards drivers for winning a race. Unless there are more than 16 winners in a season, a win typically gets a driver into the 16-driver postseason field, regardless of how their performance has been for the entire season.

NASCAR’s race weekend in Mexico City brought out the notoriously passionate motorsports fans in the area who certainly lived up to that billing.

NASCAR's seven-time world champion has blasted the sport for its "win and in" policy while rejecting road courses.

Shane van Gisbergen won the pole for the Viva Mexico 250 in qualifying on Saturday, setting the fastest time (92.776, 93.904 mph) in a session that was cut short by rain. Van Gisbergen's pole is his first of the season and the second of his Cup career.

For much of Sunday\\\"s race, Ty Gibbs appeared to be the only driver capable of giving Shane van Gisbergen a run for his money in Mexico City. SVG eventually cruised to a dominating victory at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez,

NASCAR in Mexico City is in the books. Daniel Suárez and Shane van Gisbergen were the two winners of a historic weekend for the sport. But getting there was a challenge for several Cup and Xfinity Series teams.