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.

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.

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