NASCAR Copies Formula 1 As They Finally Make Humongous Change for International Plans As NASCAR heads to its Mexico City event, it adopts a novel celebratory technique inspired by F1

Time to add a little grandeur to NASCAR’s new venture. In less than two weeks, the Cup Series will head offshore into Mexico for its first international points-paying event since 1958. Preparations are under full swing for the June 15th race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, which already hosts a Formula One Grand Prix race. As NASCAR heads into its European counterpart’s waters, it is adopting an F1-centric tradition.

In the open-wheel racing series, the podium finishers are awarded grandly. Mimicking the Olympics, Formula One hands out medals to the winner, runner-up finisher, and third-place finisher on a podium. That tradition has impressed NASCAR for its Mexico debut, as it looks to adopt the tradition for its historic event.

An Olympian taste for a grand NASCAR ev