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
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. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Carson Kvapil ' | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 54 | Taylor Gray ' | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | Jesse Love | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 48 | Nick Sanchez ' | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 20 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 5 |
| 7 | 53 | Sage Karam | Joey Gase Motorsports | Toyota | 4 |
| 8 | 99 | Matt DiBenedetto | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 07 | Alex Labbé | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 1 |
Stage 2 Laps: 20
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
| 1 | 8 | Sammy Smith | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 54 | Taylor Gray ' | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 9 |
| 3 | 00 | Sheldon Creed | Haas Factory Team | Ford | 8 |
| 4 | 20 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 7 |
| 5 | 16 | Christian Eckes ' | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 10 | Daniel Dye ' | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 26 | Dean Thompson ' | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 4 |
| 8 | 48 | Nick Sanchez ' | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 88 | Connor Zilisch ' | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 19 | Ty Gibbs ' | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 0 |
Stage 3 ''Laps: 25''
Standings after the race
;Drivers' Championship standings;Manufacturers' Championship standings
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points | |
| 1 | Chevrolet | 585 | |
| 2 | Toyota | 500 | |
| 3 | Ford | 473 |
- Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.