Fresh off his 2016 NASCAR XFINITY Series championship , Daniel Suarez will make his highly anticipated return to Mexico this weekend in the very place his NASCAR career began -- the NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series .
The Monterrey native will serve as honorary grand marshal for the series ’ exhibition race Sunday at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City , site of Suarez ’ s first NASCAR Peak Mexico Series win in 2012 .
After a year ’ s hiatus , Mexico ’ s national stock car championship series will be back on track in 2017 with a full race schedule . The series will celebrate its 10th
season with its first year of a multi-year agreement with PEAK as its entitlement sponsor .
To get ramped up for the return , the series will compete this weekend in the country ’ s capital .
Nearly 30 drivers have registered for the event , which will be run in two 70-lap segments . Each segment will include a 50-minute time limit . Teams will be allowed to make adjustments in the intermission , and the top 10 positions will be