Practice Results: NASCAR Cup Series Viva Mexico 250

For the first time since 1958, the NASCAR Cup Series has hit the racetrack somewhere outside of the United States – for the first points-paying event in Mexico at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City.

In advance of Sunday’s Viva Mexico 250, NASCAR’s top-level got two opportunities to hit the racetrack on Friday, with an initial 50-minute practice session, and then another 25-minute practice session later in the afternoon to wrap things up.

Michael McDowell, driver of the No. 71 B’laster Products Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports, was the quickest driver in the initial practice session, posting a quick time of 94.024 seconds. Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Chase Briscoe and Ty Gibbs were second and third fastest.

Austin Cindric and Kyle Larson occupied the fourth and fifth-place spots on the speed charts, while Chris Buescher, Joey Logano, Ross Chastain, Shane Van Gisbergen, and Ross Chastain completed the top-10.

Pos	Car	Driver	Lap	Diff
1	71	Michael McDowell	94.024	--
2	19	Chase Briscoe	94.136	0.112
3	54	Ty Gibbs	94.141	0.117
4	2	Austin Cindric	94.155	0.131
5	5	Kyle Larson	94.246	0.222
6	17	Chris Buescher	94.258	0.234
7	22	Joey Logano	94.285	0.261
8	1	Ross Chastain	94.338	0.314
9	88	Shane Van Gisbergen	94.357	0.333
10	34	Todd Gilliland	94.412	0.388
11	21	Josh Berry	94.476	0.452
12	99	Daniel Suarez	94.479	0.455
13	20	Christopher Bell	94.500	0.476
14	60	Ryan Preece	94.533	0.509
15	8	Kyle Busch	94.607	0.583
16	9	Chase Elliott	94.630	0.606
17	77	Carson Hocevar	94.660	0.636
18	45	Tyler Reddick	94.683	0.659
19	6	Brad Keselowski	94.726	0.702
20	35	Riley Herbst	94.726	0.702
21	4	Noah Gragson	94.749	0.725
22	12	Ryan Blaney	94.749	0.725
23	24	William Byron	94.801	0.777
24	23	Bubba Wallace	94.814	0.790
25	41	Cole Custer	94.820	0.796
26	38	Zane Smith	94.842	0.818
27	43	Erik Jones	94.858	0.834
28	42	John Hunter Nemechek	94.911	0.887
29	48	Alex Bowman	94.951	0.927
30	16	AJ Allmendinger	94.967	0.943
31	7	Justin Haley	95.046	1.022
32	3	Austin Dillon	95.256	1.232
33	10	Ty Dillon	95.280	1.256
34	47	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	95.450	1.426
35	51	Cody Ware	95.787	1.763
36	11	Ryan Truex	95.793	1.769
37	78	Katherine Legge	97.915	3.891

The second practice session was approximately half the length of the first and was led by Todd Gilliland in the No. 34 Long John Silver’s Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Front Row Motorsports.

Gilliland posted the fastest lap of the weekend thus far, with a 93.496-second time, beating second-place Ross Chastain by more than a tenth of a second. Ty Gibbs, Ryan Blaney, and Chris Buescher completed the top-five in the second session.

Only the top-five drivers ran faster than the lap time that McDowell laid down in the first practice session. Ryan Preece was sixth, with Austin Cindric, Joey Logano, Daniel Suarez, and Shane Van Gisbergen completing the top-10.

Pos	Car	Driver	Lap	Diff
1	34	Todd Gilliland	93.496	--
2	1	Ross Chastain	93.636	0.140
3	54	Ty Gibbs	93.814	0.318
4	12	Ryan Blaney	93.842	0.346
5	17	Chris Buescher	93.954	0.458
6	60	Ryan Preece	94.012	0.516
7	2	Austin Cindric	94.030	0.534
8	22	Joey Logano	94.040	0.544
9	99	Daniel Suarez	94.049	0.553
10	88	Shane Van Gisbergen	94.081	0.585
11	20	Christopher Bell	94.194	0.698
12	9	Chase Elliott	94.237	0.741
13	6	Brad Keselowski	94.310	0.814
14	19	Chase Briscoe	94.333	0.837
15	21	Josh Berry	94.340	0.844
16	24	William Byron	94.342	0.846
17	47	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	94.350	0.854
18	23	Bubba Wallace	94.368	0.872
19	5	Kyle Larson	94.373	0.877
20	3	Austin Dillon	94.402	0.906
21	16	AJ Allmendinger	94.465	0.969
22	43	Erik Jones	94.470	0.974
23	38	Zane Smith	94.482	0.986
24	41	Cole Custer	94.527	1.031
25	71	Michael McDowell	94.528	1.032
26	48	Alex Bowman	94.529	1.033
27	35	Riley Herbst	94.531	1.035
28	8	Kyle Busch	94.532	1.036
29	77	Carson Hocevar	94.566	1.070
30	10	Ty Dillon	94.569	1.073
31	7	Justin Haley	94.597	1.101
32	45	Tyler Reddick	94.793	1.297
33	42	John Hunter Nemechek	94.848	1.352
34	51	Cody Ware	95.268	1.772
35	11	Ryan Truex	95.521	2.025
36	78	Katherine Legge	96.203	2.707
37	4	Noah Gragson	--	--

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