2025 The Chilango 150


The 2025 The Chilango 150 was the 15th stock car race of the 2025 [NASCAR Xfinity Series], and the 1st iteration of the event since its return, and the fifth time overall. The race was held on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico, a permanent road course. The race took the scheduled 65 laps to complete.
In a wild race, Daniel Suárez, driving for JR Motorsports, would take the emotional and popular win in his home country, leading the final 19 laps and holding off a charging Taylor Gray to earn his fourth career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his first of the season. To fill out the podium, Austin Hill, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would finish in 3rd, respectively.
Connor Zilisch and Ty Gibbs ended up as the class of the field, leading a combined 35 laps of the event. Both drivers were involved in a late-race incident on lap 48, Zilisch rebounded to finish 5th, while Gibbs fell back to finish 14th.

Report

Background

The race is held at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, a road course in Mexico City. The track was built in 1959, and has held the NASCAR Xfinity Series from 2005 to 2008. The track sits 7,500 feet above sea level, making it the highest altitude track on the NASCAR calendar. On August 27, 2024, it was announced that the track would host both the NASCAR Cup Series and the Xfinity Series, marking the first time the Cup Series went outside the United States since 1958.
On May 27, 2025, NASCAR added two extra spots out of forty for the race based on qualifying results.

Entry list

  • ' denotes rookie driver.
  • ' denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

    Practice

Two practice sessions were originally scheduled to be held on Friday, June 13, but was postponed due to traveling issues with numerous drivers. The session was moved to Saturday, June 14, at 11:05 AM EST, and would last for 50 minutes. Ty Gibbs, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:32.979, and a speed of.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, June 14, at 9:30 AM EST. Since the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is a road course, the qualifying procedure used is a two group, one round system. Drivers will be separated into two groups, A and B. Both groups will be 20 minutes long, and each driver will have multiple laps to set a time. Whoever sets the fastest time between both groups will win the pole.
Connor Zilisch, driving for JR Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 1:32.372, and a speed of.
No drivers would fail to qualify as the international provisional was used for the 39th position.

Qualifying results

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 20
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
11Carson Kvapil 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet10
254Taylor Gray 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota9
32Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet8
421Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet7
548Nick Sanchez 'Big Machine RacingChevrolet6
620Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota5
753Sage KaramJoey Gase MotorsportsToyota4
899Matt DiBenedettoViking MotorsportsChevrolet3
927Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet2
1007Alex LabbéSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1

Stage 2 Laps: 20
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
18Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet10
254Taylor Gray 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota9
300Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamFord8
420Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota7
516Christian Eckes 'Kaulig RacingChevrolet6
610Daniel Dye 'Kaulig RacingChevrolet5
726Dean Thompson 'Sam Hunt RacingToyota4
848Nick Sanchez 'Big Machine RacingChevrolet3
988Connor Zilisch 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet2
1019Ty Gibbs 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota0

Stage 3 ''Laps: 25''

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
;Manufacturers' Championship standings
PosManufacturerPoints
1Chevrolet585
2Toyota500
3Ford473

  • Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.