Starting from pole Rookie Car 88 Shane Van Gisbergen Safety Culture Chevrolet won the Viva Mexico 250, his 2nd win in 30 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 1st win & 2nd Top 10 finish in 2025. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 1 race at Aut?dromo Hermanos Rodr?guez. 2nd Place Car 20 Christopher Bell Mobil 1 Toyota, started from 31st place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 1 race at Aut?dromo Hermanos Rodr?guez. It is his 11th Top 10 finish in 2025. 3rd Place Car 9 Chase Elliott LLumar Chevrolet, started from 12th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 1 races at Aut?dromo Hermanos Rodr?guez.
4th Place Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet, started from 29th place followed by 5th place Car 71 Michael McDowell B’laster Chevrolet, started from 5th place. 6th Place Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota, started from 32nd place followed by 7th place Car 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota, started from 19th place. 8th Place Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford, started from 26th place followed by 9th place Car 24 William Byron Valvoline Chevrolet, started from 27th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 17 Chris Buescher Body Guard Ford, in 10th place, started from 16th place. William Byron leads the point standings by 67 points over Kyle Larson.
The race had 6 Cautions for 16 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 2 for Precipitation. 2nd Caution on lap 8 for #7, 19, 38, 9, 8, 5, 16, 34 Crash in turn 1. 3rd Caution on lap 22 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 33 for #11 Crash in turn 10. 5th Caution on lap 47 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 6th Caution on lap 66 for #77 stalled on track.
The Race had 14 Lead Changes among 8 drivers; S. Van Gisbergen # 1-2; C. Buescher 3; A. Cindric 4; T. Gibbs 5-9; S. Van Gisbergen # 10-18; R. Preece 19-22; M. McDowell 23-24; T. Gibbs 25-42; S. Van Gisbergen # 43-48; C. Bell 49-51; S. Van Gisbergen # 52-62; T. Gibbs 63-66; W. Byron 67; C. Bell 68; S. Van Gisbergen # 69-100.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 60, 12, 1, 71, 34, 43, 77, 23, 9, 99
Stage 2 Top 10: 88, 20, 48, 12, 71, 3, 17, 35, 77, 99
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 16
Race Results for the Viva Mexico 250 – Sunday, June 15, 2025
Aut?dromo Hermanos Rodr?guez – Mexico City, MX – 2.42 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 100 Laps – 242. Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sunday, 6/15/2025 @ 06:59 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 1. Car 88 Shane Van Gisbergen # Safety Culture Chevrolet 100 Running
2. 31. Car 20 Christopher Bell Mobil 1 Toyota 100 Running
3. 12. Car 9 Chase Elliott LLumar Chevrolet 100 Running
4. 29. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 100 Running
5. 5. Car 71 Michael McDowell B’laster Chevrolet 100 Running
6. 32. Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota 100 Running
7. 19. Car 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota 100 Running
8. 26. Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 100 Running
9. 27. Car 24 William Byron Valvoline Chevrolet 100 Running
10. 16. Car 17 Chris Buescher Body Guard Ford 100 Running
11. 4. Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 100 Running
12. 25. Car 23 Bubba Wallace Chumba Casino Toyota 100 Running
13. 8. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 100 Running
14. 18. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Wurth Ford 100 Running
15. 2. Car 60 Ryan Preece Kroger/Colgate Ford 100 Running
16. 3. Car 1 Ross Chastain Wendy’s Frosty Swirls Chevrolet 100 Running
17. 14. Car 43 Erik Jones Family Dollar Toyota 100 Running
18. 20. Car 2 Austin Cindric Menards/Quaker State Ford 100 Running
19. 10. Car 99 Daniel Suarez Telcel Chevrolet 100 Running
20. 22. Car 45 Tyler Reddick Xfinity Mobile Toyota 100 Running
21. 9. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 100 Running
22. 7. Car 34 Todd Gilliland Long John Silver’s Ford 100 Running
23. 36. Car 11 Ryan Truex(i) Yahoo! Toyota 100 Running
24. 17. Car 7 Justin Haley Gainbridge Chevrolet 100 Running
25. 30. Car 6 Brad Keselowski Castrol Ford 100 Running
26. 13. Car 21 Josh Berry DEX Imaging Ford 100 Running
27. 33. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Fun Pops Chevrolet 100 Running
28. 21. Car 3 Austin Dillon Boot Barn Chevrolet 100 Running
29. 15. Car 35 Riley Herbst # Monster Energy Zero Sugar Toyota 100 Running
30. 35. Car 4 Noah Gragson Long John Silver’s Ford 100 Running
31. 34. Car 51 Cody Ware Arrowhead Brass Ford 100 Running
32. 37. Car 78 * Katherine Legge e.l.f. Cosmetics Chevrolet 99 Running
33. 28. Car 10 Ty Dillon Ohio Logistics Chevrolet 99 Running
34. 23. Car 77 Carson Hocevar Totalplay Chevrolet 99 Running
35. 24. Car 38 Zane Smith Benebone Ford 76 Drivetrain
36. 6. Car 5 Kyle Larson Valvoline Chevrolet 58 Running
37. 11. Car 8 Kyle Busch Lucas Oil Chevrolet 6 Accident
Race Comments: Prior to the green flag, the following car dropped to the rear for the reason indicated: No. 4 (backup car). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 14 Mins, 4 Secs. Average Speed: 74.82 MPH. Margin of Victory: 16.567 Seconds. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 5 lap 34/93.782. Caution Flags: 6 for 16 laps. Lead Changes: 14 among 8 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: June 22, 2025 – Pocono Raceway
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