Overview

• Denny Hamlin has won three races this season and sat third in the Cup Series standings before missing his first start in over 400 consecutive events.
• Jordan Fish gave birth to the couple’s third child, a son, on June 11, prompting Hamlin to remain at home.
• Ryan Truex, who last competed in the Cup Series in 2014, will drive Hamlin’s No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
• Joe Gibbs Racing plans to apply for a NASCAR playoff waiver citing childbirth as a valid medical exemption to preserve Hamlin’s postseason eligibility.
• Truex’s appearance will mark his first opportunity in a top-tier Cup car on a road course during this weekend’s Viva Mexico 250.