Shane van Gisbergen is on the pole for the Viva Mexico 250 NASCAR Cup Series race on June 15 at Mexico City. SVG's lap of 1 minute, 32.776 seconds was just ahead of Ryan Preece, and was locked in as the pole-winning lap when rain ended the session with 17 minutes left.

The NASCAR Cup Series races outside the United States for the first time in the sport's modern era at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

He will be joined on the front row by RFK Racing's Ryan Preece, who denied Trackhouse a front row lockout. He ended the session 0.064s adrift of SVG's pole time. Preece hasn’t yet won a race in the Cup Series.