Hometown hero Daniel Suarez scores Xfinity victory at Mexico City: In all his high hopes and hard work over the last year to promote NASCAR’s return to his home country of Mexico, even Daniel Suarez could not have imagined the amazing story of his dramatic win in Saturday’s The Chilango 150 – coming from last place on the grid in a back-up car and charging to Victory Lane.(Read more)(NASCAR)

Hometown hero #9-Daniel Suarez won The Chilango 150 Xfinity Series race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. It’s his fourth career victory and first since claiming the 2016 series championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Suarez won in a backup car after wrecking during qualifying, leading a race-high 19 laps.
Rookie #54-Taylor Gray finished runner-up, charging hard on the final lap. #21-Austin Hill filled out the podium, with #16-Christian Eckes and #88-Connor Zilisch rounding out the top five.
#18-William Sawalich, #32-Austin Green, #27-Jeb Burton, #25-Harrison Burton and #8-Sammy Smith completed the top 10.
#1-Carson Kvapil earned his first stage victory of the season in Stage 1 while his JR Motorsports teammate #8-Sammy Smith picked up a playoff point in Stage 2.
There were seven lead changes among six drivers and five cautions for 17 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was 69.278 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Mexico City Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez:
Daniel Suarez(i) won the The Chilango 150, his fourth victory in 89 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
Taylor Gray # (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. It is his sixth top-10 finish in 2025.
Austin Hill (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
Taylor Gray (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 54 points over Austin Hill.

Xfinity Series Playoff Standings after Mexico City (Race 15 of 33):
1)#7-Justin Allgaier 3 wins (21 playoff points, regular season championship leader)
2)#21-Austin Hill 3 wins (21 playoff points)
3)#88-Connor Zilisch 1 win (7 playoff points)
4)#8-Sammy Smith 1 win (7 playoff points)
5)#2-Jesse Love 1 win (6 playoff points)
6)#20-Brandon Jones 1 win (5 playoff points)
7)#41-Sam Mayer 488, +114
8)#00-Sheldon Creed 416, +42
9)#1-Carson Kvapil 409, +35
10)#27-Jeb Burton 397, +23
11)#25-Harrison Burton 377, +3
12)#54-Taylor Gray 374, +0
Currently below elimination line
13)#39-Ryan Sieg 374, -0
14)#48-Nick Sanchez 359, -15
15)#10-Daniel Dye 330, -44
16)#26-Dean Thompson 315, -59
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 65: #9-Suarez fends off #54-Gray for the race win. #21-Hill, #16-Eckes and #88-Zilisch is the top five. #18-Sawalich, #32-Green, #27-Burton, #25-Burton and #8-Smith completed the top 10.
Lap 63: #20-Jones spins from sixth position. #9-Suarez leads #54-Gray by less than a half second.
Lap 61: #88-Zilisch shoots the middle and gains three spots on the restart. #9-Suarez gets shoved off course in Turn 3 and clears #54-Gray for the race lead.
Lap 58: #2-Love spins to bring out the caution in Turn 15 with seven laps remaining.
Lap 55: #9-Suarez leads #54-Gray by 1.5 seconds with 10 laps remaining. #88-Zilisch has raced to 10th, gaining 16 spots since the restart.
Lap 53: #54-Gray takes second position from #16-Eckes entering Turn 4. #21-Hill has raced to fourth after restarting 13th.
Lap 51: #9-Suarez clears #16-Eckes for the race lead on the restart. #54-Gray clears the rest of the field and puts a gap on fourth place #25-Burton.
Lap 47: #9-Suarez is the new race leader with #16-Eckes, #54-Gray, #25-Burton and #18-Sawalich rounding out the top five.
Lap 46: #88-Zilisch jumps the curb in Turn 2 on the restart and spins battling #19-Gibbs and #9-Suarez. Gibbs cut a tire and got into #1-Kvapil through the next corner. #4-Retzlaff and #28-Sieg piled in. Zilisch got back on track and collided with #8-Smith. #00-Creed, #70-Annunziata and #18-Sawalich all had some sort of damage. Thirteen cars were officially listed in the incident.
Lap 41: #44-Poole came to pit road during the stage break with a broken axle.
Lap 40: #8-Smith wins Stage 2, his second stage victory of the season. #54-Gray, #00-Creed, #20-Jones, #16-Eckes, #10-Dye, #26-Thompson, #48-Sanchez, #88-Zilisch and #19-Gibbs earn stage points.
Lap 39: #21-Hill loops around on the final lap of the stage in Turn 4.
Lap 38: Race leaders #88-Zilisch and #19-Gibbs pit, handing the lead to #8-Smith.
Lap 37: #24-Bell blew up entering pit road. #9-Suarez, #2-Love, #41-Mayer, #32-Green, #71-Ellis and others pit. Love was caught speeding on pit road and will have to start Stage 3 at the tail of the field.
Lap 36: #1-Kvapil is the first driver to pit during the second stage for a scheduled stop.
Lap 35: #88-Zilisch and #19-Gibbs have gapped the field, with #24-Bell dropping over eight seconds behind in third. #9-Suarez is 11 seconds behind in fourth.
Lap 32: #1-Kvapil wheel hops on corner entry of Turn 11 and spins around.
Lap 31: #21-Hill locked up the brakes entering Turn 4 and has a flat right-front tire and is trying to get to pit road.
Lap 28: #19-Gibbs passes #9-Suarez to take third position back. #32-Green makes contact with #5-Wright who spun around. #42-Alfredo reports something broke on his car as he loops around before limping to pit road with a flat tire.
Lap 26: #88-Zilisch keeps the lead on the restart. #9-Suarez brakes hard entering Turn 1 and gains two spots, muscling his way to third position.
Lap 22: #35-Rovelo has a broken track bar during the stage break.
Lap 20: #1-Kvapil wins the opening stage, his first stage victory of the season. #54-Gray, #2-Love, #21-Hill, #48-Sanchez, #20-Jones, #53-Karam, #99-DiBenedetto, #27-Burton and #07-Labbe earn stage points.
Lap 18: #19-Gibbs and #88-Zilisch pit to flip the stage, handing the lead to #1-Kvapil with two laps remaining in Stage 1.
Lap 17: #24-Bell, #00-Creed, #8-Smith, #9-Suarez, #18-Sawalich, #26-Thompson, #71-Ellis and #10-Dye pit to flip the stage.
Lap 16: #2-Love spins #8-Smith while battling for fourth spot.
Lap 14: #7-Allgaier has a transmission issue, dropping first and second gears. Crew chief Jim Pohlman diagnosed a left-rear axle that broke.
Lap 13: #19-Gibbs, #88-Zilisch and #24-Bell are all battling for the race lead with #8-Smith more than four seconds behind in fourth position. #24-Bell spins exiting the stadium section and drops to 10th position after backing into the barrier.
Lap 9: #88-Zilisch continues progressing, passing #24-Bell for the runner-up spot. #9-Suarez and #16-Eckes have cracked the top 20 after starting at the rear of the field.
Lap 7: #25-Burton spins between Turns 13 and 14 exiting the stadium section of the course.
Lap 6: #19-Gibbs holds on to the race lead on the restart ahead of #24-Bell. #88-Zilisch has raced to third position with #2-Love cracking the top five. #51-Clements pits for an issue with the transmission, losing third gear.
Lap 3: Caution is out for #41-Mayer wheel hopping entering Turn 11 — the stadium section — while battling #2-Love and slams into the wall.
Lap 2: #88-Zilisch locks up the brakes in Turn 1 and contact from #19-Gibbs sends Zilisch into the grass in Turn 3. Zilisch drops to fifth position.
Lap 1: #19-Gibbs takes the lead through Turns 2 and 3 on the opening lap as cars battle three- and four-wide.
Lap 1: #70-Annunziata spins through Turn 15 coming to the initial green flag.

Cars to the rear: #9-Daniel Suarez (backup car); #16-Christian Eckes, #42-Anthony Alfredo, #44-Brennan Poole, #70-Thomas Annunziata, #91-Andres Perez de Lara (unapproved adjustments)

Pit-Stall Selections

In the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ return to Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, #88-Connor Zilisch won the pole at 94.314 mph. It’s his fourth pole of the 2025 season, and his third in as many starts on road courses of his young career.
Cup Series regular #19-Ty Gibbs had the second best time at 94.209 mph, one-tenth of a second behind Zilisch. #24-Christopher Bell will start third (93.725 mph), with #1-Carson Kvapil (93.572 mph) and #8-Sammy Smith (93.453 mph) rounding out the top five.
Four-time road course winner #41-Sam Mayer will start from sixth position. #21-Austin Hill, #54-Taylor Gray, #48-Nick Sanchez and #2-Jesse Love complete the top 10.
All 39 cars entered will race, though JR Motorsports had to unload the backup car for #9-Daniel Suarez who crashed during qualifying. Suarez made the race via an International provisional, but JRM won’t receive owner points or prize money. Young’s Motorsports is repairing its primary chassis for #42-Anthony Alfredo after it lost brakes in practice.
See the complete Mexico City Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez:
Connor Zilisch # won the Pole Award for the The Chilango 150 with a lap of 92.372 seconds, 94.314 mph.
This is his fifth pole in 18 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his fourth pole and 11th top-10 start in 2025.
This is his first pole in one races at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
Ty Gibbs(i) (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2025 and his first in one race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
Christopher Bell(i) (third) posted his first top-10 start at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. It is his second in two races this season.
Connor Zilisch (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Practice for The Chilango 150 Xfinity Series race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#19-Ty Gibbs 93.698 mph
#88-Connor Zilisch 93.619 mph
#24-Christopher Bell 93.130 mph
#9-Daniel Suarez 93.095 mph
#2-Jesse Love 93.031 mph
Slowest: #42-Anthony Alfredo 86.390 mph
Most laps run: #21-Austin Hill, #18-William Sawalich, 23
Notes: Due to overnight rain, some teams began the session on wet-weather tires while other teams elected to wait until the track began to dry before making time. Early in the session, #21-Hill wheel-hopped entering Turn 4 and looped around. #42-Alfredo lost brakes entering Turn 4 and slammed into the barrier 15 minutes into the session. #5-Kris Wright and #71-Ryan Ellis both slipped off course in the esses. #24-Bell wheel-hopped entering Turn 4 late in the session and continued on. #26-Dean Thompson misjudged the braking in Turn 4 and lopped around. #2-Love went off course in Turn 11 entering the stadium section. #25-Harruson Burton went off track in Turn 4 in the final minutes of the session.
See full Mexico City Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

NASCAR National Series News & Notes

• This weekend will mark the fifth running of a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez all-time, and the first since the series last competed there in 2008. NASCAR didn’t race at Mexico City between 2009-2024.
• 6,264 days between races is the second-longest gap all-time, the longest was 7,728 at Rockingham which ended earlier this season.
• Mexico City is the second of seven road course races this season.
• NASCAR added an International Provisional at Mexico City, so all 39 cars can race, but the 39th qualifier will not be eligible for prize money, points or Playoff benefits.
• Mexico City is at an elevation of 7,315 ft, more than 5,300 feet higher than any other NASCAR track.
• Daniel Suarez, Ruben Rovelo & Andres Perez are the only drivers in the field with experience at Mexico City.
• Ten of the last 18 road course races were won from pole.

Goodyear Tire Notes

There are 39 drivers/teams on the entry list for The Chilango 150 Xfinity Series race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. No drivers will go home, as NASCAR is allowing up to 40 cars to start the race.
Notables: #07-Alex Labbe, #9-Daniel Suarez, #14-Josh Bilicki, #19-Ty Gibbs, #24-Christopher Bell, #32-Austin Green, #35-Rubén Rovelo, #45-Brad Perez, #53-Sage Karam, #70-Thomas Annunziata, #91-Andres Perez de Lara.
See the full Mexico City entry list

2025 practice and qualifying procedures

Mexico City At-Track Schedule

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Race rules and information:

• Inspection Penalty Protocol
• Pit Road Penalties
• Pit Road Speeds
• Points Explanation
• Qualifying Procedures