After an exciting international weekend in Mexico City, the NASCAR Xfinity Series returns stateside to race in the Explore the Pocono Mountains 250 on Saturday (3:30 p.m. ET, The CW, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Sunday's Viva Mexico 250 (3 p.m. ET, Prime Video, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Mexico City's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez will be the 16th race of the NASCAR Cup Series season and the first international points-paying race for NASCAR's premier series since 1958.

Ben Kennedy, Executive Vice President and Chief Venue & Racing Innovations Officer for NASCAR, was thrilled by all the positive feedback about the sport’s visit to Mexico.

The NASCAR Cup Series makes its annual trip to the Michigan International Speedway for this weekend's FireKeepers Casino 400, a major stop on the tour given its meaning to the sport's automakers. For Chevrolet,

NASCAR ran into problems in attempts to cross the border into Mexico for this weekend's race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez