Shane van Gisbergen qualified for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs with his second career victory on the circuit, dominating the inaugural race at Mexico City.
The Trackhouse Racing driver became the 10th driver to win in 2025 with his first top five this season (his previous best was a sixth at Circuit of the Americas).
After winning in his Cup debut on the streets of downtown Chicago in 2023, van Gisbergen earned his second victory in his 30th start. He led a race-high 60 of 100 laps to become the 33rd driver to win multiple Cup races on road courses (and the eighth to win their first two races on road courses). He also joined Fireball Roberts and Chase Elliott as the third driver with two inaugural road or street course wins.
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The margin of victory was 16.567 seconds, the largest in Cup since Texas in November 2009 (25.686 seconds) and the largest on a road course since Riverside in 1979 (32.9 seconds).
Christopher Bell finished second, followed by Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman and Michael McDowell, who earned his first top-five finish since joining Spire Motorsports this season.
The win by van Gisbergen will shake up the regular-season points standings. He had entered the Mexico City race in 33rd place and 130 points below the cutline — the second-deepest deficit for a playoff driver to overcome with a win (Harrison Burton was ranked 34th before his Daytona win in 2024.
With van Gisbergen now locked into the playoffs, Chris Buescher holds the final provisional spot on points in the 16-driver field. Buescher is 19 points ahead of Roush Fenway Keselowski teammate Ryan Preece.
MEXICO CITY RESULTS
1. Shane Van Gisbergen, No. 88 Chevrolet
2. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota
3. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet
4. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet
5. Michael McDowell, No. 71 Chevrolet
6. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Toyota
7. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Toyota
8. Cole Custer, No. 41 Ford
9. William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet
10. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Ford
11. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Toyota
12. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota
13. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet
14. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford
15. Ryan Preece, No. 60 Ford
16. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevrolet
17. Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota
18. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford
19. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Chevrolet
20. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota
21. Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford
22. Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Ford
23. Ryan Truex, No. 11 Toyota
24. Justin Haley, No. 7 Chevrolet
25. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford
26. Josh Berry, No. 21 Ford
27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Chevrolet
28. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet
29. Riley Herbst, No. 35 Toyota
30. Noah Gragson. No. 4 Ford
31. Cody Ware, No. 51 Ford
32. Katherine Legge, No. 78 Chevrolet
33. Ty Dillon, No. 10 Chevrolet
34. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Chevrolet
35. Zane Smith, No. 38 Ford
36. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevrolet
37. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Chevrolet
