Alex Bowman wasn’t sure he was going to make the trip to Mexico City because of lower back pain suffered in “the hardest hit of my career”

About 100 protestors marched more than a mile Saturday from one of Mexico City’s hippest neighborhoods--the home to many young expat Americans--to the U.S. embassy. There, they rallied in a light drizzle against President Trump.

Shane van Gisbergen is on the pole for the Viva Mexico 250 NASCAR Cup Series race on June 15 at Mexico City. SVG's lap of 1 minute, 32.776 seconds was just ahead of Ryan Preece, and was locked in as the pole-winning lap when rain ended the session with 17 minutes left.

Daniel Suárez carries Mexico’s hopes, embracing the spotlight and pressure in NASCAR’s historic race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.

The NASCAR Cup and Xfinity series will hold consecutive qualifying sessions Saturday at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, which then will play host to back-to-back races on its 15-turn, 2.42-mile layout. The NASCAR Mexico Series will hold a 40-lap race (with a 70-minute time limit), followed by a 65-lap race for the Xfinity Series.