MEXICO CITY — Shane van Gisbergen captured his first pole win of the 2025 season to steer the sphere to the inexperienced flag in Sunday’s Viva Mexico 250 NASCAR Cup Collection race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
Handing over a finest lap of 92.776 seconds at 93.904 mph in his No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, the qualifying effort delivered the 36-year-old Auckland, New Zealand, native his second profession pole in NASCAR’s prime division.
Chevrolet owns half of the pole wins this season in NASCAR’s prime division, with Shane van Gisbergen giving the producer its eighth pole award heading into the sixteenth points-paying race.
“We made some massive swings final evening. Our No. 88 Security Tradition Chevrolet was a bit higher. We had much more entrance grip, which is what I wanted,” van Gisbergen defined. “However my laps have been common… such as you’ll see everybody was beating me on the first-half of the lap, after which my lap will get good on the finish. We had a variety of pace right this moment, which is nice. It’s been an amazing enchancment. What a very cool achievement for us and an amazing begin for tomorrow. I’m excited…that’s actually cool.”
RFK Racing Ford driver Ryan Preece, generally known as a short-track specialist, turned the second quickest lap and can begin outdoors the entrance row.
Van Gisbergen’s Trackhouse Racing teammates Ross Chastain and residential countryman Daniel Suarez certified third and tenth, respectively.
Ty Gibbs was fourth in a Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, whereas highway course specialist Michael McDowell was fifth in his Spire Motorpsorts Chevrolet.
Kyle Larson, Todd Gilliland, A.J. Allmendinger, Joey Logano and Suarez accomplished the highest 10.
