Facts and Figures: Corona Mexico 200 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez

History

• Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez was built in a public park in 1962.
• The NASCAR Nationwide Series started racing at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in 2005.

Notebook

There have been three NASCAR Nationwide Series races at Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
89 drivers have competed at Mexico City.
Jorge Goeters won the inaugural pole at Mexico City.
Three drivers have posted poles at Mexico City: Jorge Goeters, Boris Said and Scott Pruett.
Martin Truex Jr. won the inaugural NASCAR Nationwide race at Mexico City (March 6, 2005).
Three drivers have posted victories: Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin and Juan Pablo Montoya.
All three of the races at Mexico City have been won from a top-five starting position; the pole once and third twice. Additionally, more than half of the top-10 finishes at Mexico City also qualified in the top 10: 2007 (six), 2006 (eight) and 2005 (four). Two of the pole winners have finished in the top five; the third (Jorge Goeters in 2005) finished 38th.
There has been one green-white-checkered finish at Mexico City: 2007 (82/80 Laps).
The Local Flavor

There have been three NASCAR Nationwide Series races in Mexico, all at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (2005-2007).
14 NASCAR drivers have their home country recorded as Mexico.
There have been no race winners from Mexico in NASCAR’s three national series.
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Data
Race # 9 of 35 (4-20-08)
Track Size: 2.518 miles
Race Length: 80 laps/201.44 miles

Qualifying/Race Data
2007 pole winner: Scott Pruett (103.674 mph, 67.458 seconds)
2007 race winner: Juan Pablo Montoya (74.969 mph, 3-4-07)
Track qualifying record: Scott Pruett (103.674 mph, 67.458 seconds, 3-2-07)
Track race record: Martin Truex Jr. (67.591 mph, 3-6-05)