SportsLine's Steven Taranto reveals his picks and NASCAR props for the 2025 Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City race, where Shane van Gisbergen, Christopher Bell, William Byron,

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Mexico City for its first-ever event in Mexico and its first international points race in over six decades. The track is most known for hosting Formula One races, but NASCAR drivers will use a slightly altered 2.

It is van Gisbergen's second Cup Series win after claiming the inaugural Chicago Street Race in 2023. Per NASCAR Insights, he is the first driver since Marvin Porter in 1960 to win his first two races in inaugural races at a track. His 16.567-second margin of victory is the largest in the Cup Series since Kurt Busch at Texas in 2009.