The 2025 Viva México 250 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 15, 2025, at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Contested over 100 laps on the road course, it was the 16th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season and the second seeding race for the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge.
Shane van Gisbergen won the race, his first win since the 2023 Grant Park 220. Christopher Bell finished 2nd, and Chase Elliott finished 3rd. Alex Bowman and Michael McDowell rounded out the top five, and John Hunter Nemechek, Chase Briscoe, Cole Custer, William Byron, and Chris Buescher rounded out the top ten.
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Background
The race is held at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, a road course in Mexico City. The track was built in 1959, and previously held the NASCAR Xfinity Series from 2005 to 2008. The track sits 7,500 feet above sea level, making it the highest altitude track on the NASCAR calendar. On August 27, 2024, it was announced that the track would host both the NASCAR Cup Series and the Xfinity Series, marking the first time the Cup Series went outside the United States since 1958.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Ryan Truex (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 78 Katherine Legge Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice
First practice Michael McDowell was the fastest in the session with a time of 94.024 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 94.024 92.657 2 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 94.136 92.547 3 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 94.141 92.542Official first practice results
Final practice Todd Gilliland was the fastest in the session with a time of 93.496 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 93.496 93.181 2 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 93.636 93.041 3 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93.814 92.865Official final practice results
Qualifying Shane van Gisbergen scored the pole for the race with a time of 1:32.776 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:32.776 93.904 2 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 1:32.840 93.839 3 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:32.849 93.830 4 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:32.921 93.757 5 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:32.974 93.704 6 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:32.984 93.694 7 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:33.020 93.657 8 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:33.022 93.655 9 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 1:33.049 93.628 10 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:33.061 93.616 11 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:33.084 93.593 12 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:33.108 93.569 13 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1:33.158 93.519 14 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1:33.194 93.482 15 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 1:33.201 93.475 16 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 1:33.206 93.470 17 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:33.234 93.442 18 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 1:33.247 93.429 19 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:33.257 93.419 20 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 1:33.319 93.357 21 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:33.342 93.334 22 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 1:33.345 93.331 23 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:33.351 93.325 24 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:33.365 93.311 25 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 1:33.426 93.250 26 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 1:33.428 93.248 27 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:33.458 93.218 28 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:33.595 93.082 29 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:33.604 93.073 30 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 1:33.707 92.971 31 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:33.720 92.958 32 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1:34.058 92.624 33 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 1:34.152 92.531 34 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 1:34.213 92.471 35 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:34.416 92.272 36 11 Ryan Truex (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:34.624 92.070 37 78 Katherine Legge Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 1:35.468 91.256Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 20
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 102 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 93 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 84 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 75 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 66 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 57 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 48 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 39 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 25
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 102 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 75 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 66 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 57 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 48 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 39 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 210 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 55
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 1 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 100 502 31 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 100 44 3 12 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 100 36 4 29 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 100 41 5 5 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 100 45 6 32 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 100 31 7 19 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 100 30 8 26 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 100 29 9 27 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 100 28 10 16 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 100 31 11 4 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 100 26 12 25 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 100 28 13 8 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 100 24 14 18 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 100 39 15 2 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 100 32 16 3 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 100 29 17 14 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 100 25 18 20 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 100 19 19 10 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 100 20 20 22 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 100 17 21 9 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 100 16 22 7 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 100 21 23 36 11 Ryan Truex (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 100 0 24 17 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 100 13 25 30 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 100 12 26 13 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 100 11 27 33 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 100 10 28 21 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 100 14 29 15 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 100 11 30 35 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 100 7 31 34 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 100 6 32 37 78 Katherine Legge Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 99 5 33 28 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 99 4 34 23 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 99 9 35 24 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 76 2 36 6 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 58 2 37 11 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 5 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 14 among 8 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 6 for 16 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 14 minutes, and 4 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Prime Video covered the race on the television side. Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Kim Coon, Marty Snider, and Trevor Bayne handled pit road for the television side. Canal 5 aired the race for free in Mexico. With Tony Rivera and Sam Reyes on the commentary.
Prime VideoBooth announcersPit reportersLap-by-lap: Adam AlexanderColor-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr.Color-commentator: Steve Letarte Kim CoonMarty SniderTrevor Bayne
Radio Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
MRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Mike Bagley Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyTurns 3 & 4: Kurt BeckerTurns 5–7: Dan HubbardTurns 8–10: Tim CatafalmoTurns 11–15: Chris Wilner Steve PostBrad Gillie
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 William Byron 604 2 Kyle Larson 537 (–67) 1 3 Christopher Bell 524 (–80) 1 4 Chase Elliott 500 (–104) 2 5 Denny Hamlin 494 (–110) 6 Tyler Reddick 477 (–127) 7 Ryan Blaney 466 (–138) 8 Ross Chastain 443 (–161) 9 Joey Logano 411 (–193) 10 Bubba Wallace 411 (–193) 11 Chase Briscoe 393 (–211) 1 12 Alex Bowman 376 (–228) 1 13 Chris Buescher 373 (–231) 14 Ryan Preece 354 (–250) 1 15 Austin Cindric 337 (–267) 7 16 Michael McDowell 330 (–274)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 584 2 Toyota 568 (–16) 3 Ford 541 (–43)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
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