Starting Lineup: NASCAR Cup Series Viva Mexico 250 at Mexico City

Shane Van Gisbergen picked up the pole position for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on Saturday afternoon. Van Gisbergen was able to top Ryan Preece by 0.064 seconds for the pole position.
SVG's pole-winning lap was a 92.776-second (93.904 mph) lap time around the 2.42-mile, 15-turn road course in Mexico City.
Here is the official starting lineup for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Race 16 of 36.
Pos | Car | Driver | Lap time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen # | 92.776 | 93.904 |
2 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 92.840 | 93.839 |
3 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 92.849 | 93.830 |
4 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 92.921 | 93.757 |
5 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 92.974 | 93.704 |
6 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 92.984 | 93.694 |
7 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | 93.020 | 93.657 |
8 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 93.022 | 93.655 |
9 | 22 | Joey Logano | 93.049 | 93.628 |
10 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | 93.061 | 93.616 |
11 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 93.084 | 93.593 |
12 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 93.108 | 93.569 |
13 | 21 | Josh Berry | 93.158 | 93.519 |
14 | 43 | Erik Jones | 93.194 | 93.482 |
15 | 35 | Riley Herbst # | 93.201 | 93.475 |
16 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 93.206 | 93.470 |
17 | 7 | Justin Haley | 93.234 | 93.442 |
18 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 93.247 | 93.429 |
19 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 93.257 | 93.419 |
20 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 93.319 | 93.357 |
21 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 93.342 | 93.334 |
22 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 93.345 | 93.331 |
23 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 93.351 | 93.325 |
24 | 38 | Zane Smith | 93.365 | 93.311 |
25 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 93.426 | 93.250 |
26 | 41 | Cole Custer | 93.428 | 93.248 |
27 | 24 | William Byron | 93.458 | 93.218 |
28 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 93.595 | 93.082 |
29 | 48 | Alex Bowman | 93.604 | 93.073 |
30 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 93.707 | 92.971 |
31 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 93.720 | 92.958 |
32 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 94.058 | 92.624 |
33 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 94.152 | 92.531 |
34 | 51 | Cody Ware | 94.213 | 92.471 |
35 | 4 | Noah Gragson | 94.416 | 92.272 |
36 | 11 | Ryan Truex (i) | 94.624 | 92.070 |
37 | 78 | Katherine Legge * | 95.468 | 91.256 |
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
* indicates "Open" entry
(i) indicates driver ineligible to score points
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