NASCAR Cup Series
Alex Bowman Set to Race, Ryan Truex Replacing Denny Hamlin at Mexico City
Jun 12, 2025
Shane van Gisbergen scored his second career NASCAR Cup Series pole position, and his first pole of the 2025 season, on Saturday as he narrowly defeated Ryan Preece for the top qualifying spot for Sunday's Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
Ross Chastain, Ty Gibbs, and Michael McDowell locked down the remainder of the top-five starting spots.
Here is the official starting lineup for Sunday's Viva Mexico 250 in Mexico City:
Viva Mexico 250 Starting Lineup
| Pos | Car | Driver | Lap time | Diff | Speed |
| 1 | 88 | Shane Van Gisbergen # | 92.776 | -- | 93.904 |
| 2 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 92.840 | 0.064 | 93.839 |
| 3 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 92.849 | 0.073 | 93.830 |
| 4 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 92.921 | 0.145 | 93.757 |
| 5 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 92.974 | 0.198 | 93.704 |
| 6 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 92.984 | 0.208 | 93.694 |
| 7 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | 93.020 | 0.244 | 93.657 |
| 8 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 93.022 | 0.246 | 93.655 |
| 9 | 22 | Joey Logano | 93.049 | 0.273 | 93.628 |
| 10 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | 93.061 | 0.285 | 93.616 |
| 11 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 93.084 | 0.308 | 93.593 |
| 12 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 93.108 | 0.332 | 93.569 |
| 13 | 21 | Josh Berry | 93.158 | 0.382 | 93.519 |
| 14 | 43 | Erik Jones | 93.194 | 0.418 | 93.482 |
| 15 | 35 | Riley Herbst # | 93.201 | 0.425 | 93.475 |
| 16 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 93.206 | 0.430 | 93.470 |
| 17 | 7 | Justin Haley | 93.234 | 0.458 | 93.442 |
| 18 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 93.247 | 0.471 | 93.429 |
| 19 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 93.257 | 0.481 | 93.419 |
| 20 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 93.319 | 0.543 | 93.357 |
| 21 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 93.342 | 0.566 | 93.334 |
| 22 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 93.345 | 0.569 | 93.331 |
| 23 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 93.351 | 0.575 | 93.325 |
| 24 | 38 | Zane Smith | 93.365 | 0.589 | 93.311 |
| 25 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 93.426 | 0.650 | 93.250 |
| 26 | 41 | Cole Custer | 93.428 | 0.652 | 93.248 |
| 27 | 24 | William Byron | 93.458 | 0.682 | 93.218 |
| 28 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 93.595 | 0.819 | 93.082 |
| 29 | 48 | Alex Bowman | 93.604 | 0.828 | 93.073 |
| 30 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 93.707 | 0.931 | 92.971 |
| 31 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 93.720 | 0.944 | 92.958 |
| 32 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 94.058 | 1.282 | 92.624 |
| 33 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 94.152 | 1.376 | 92.531 |
| 34 | 51 | Cody Ware | 94.213 | 1.437 | 92.471 |
| 35 | 4 | Noah Gragson | 94.416 | 1.640 | 92.272 |
| 36 | 11 | Ryan Truex(i) | 94.624 | 1.848 | 92.070 |
| 37 | 78 | * Katherine Legge | 95.468 | 2.692 | 91.256 |
Photo Credit: Daniel Nelson | TobyChristie.com
