TC Daily Pit Stop: Van Gisbergen Triumphs in Mexico; Hocevar, Stenhouse Continue Beef South of The Border
TC Daily Pit Stop: Monday, June 16th, 2025
Shane Van Gisbergen Overcomes Illness to Win NASCAR’s First Cup Race in Mexico
Sunday’s Viva Mexico 250 had a little bit of everything for the fans packing the grandstands at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, as the NASCAR Cup Series hosted its first event outside the United States since 1958 and the first-ever in Mexico.
The event featured a sprinkle of wet-weather racing, a lot of on-track action and strategy, some beating and banging, and then to finish off the 100-lap contest, Shane Van Gisbergen performed a smackdown of epic proportions.
Van Gisbergen managed to secure his second NASCAR Cup Series pole on Saturday and was widely considered to be the favorite for the victory in his No. 88 Safety Culture Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing.
“What a week. I’ve really enjoyed myself here. I felt pretty rubbish today, leaking out both holes. It wasn’t fun,” Van Gisbergen said after the race. “Our car was amazing. I think [Ty Gibbs] was close, but that last stint, man, what a pleasure just ripping lap after lap and watching them get smaller and smaller in the mirror. Unreal.”
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Stenhouse Threatens to “Beat [Hocevar’s] Ass” When They Get Back to America
It’s going to take a lot more from Carson Hocevar to put out the fire that he started in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. A couple of weeks after crashing Ricky Stenhouse Jr. at Nashville Superspeedway, which sparked a feud between the two drivers, Hocevar again got into Stenhouse on track.
Late in the race, Hocevar, who was a lap down, locked up his brakes entering the stadium portion of the 2.42-mile road course and collided with the rear of Stenhouse’s No. 47 HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet. This sent Stenhouse spinning out.
After finishing 27th in Sunday’s race, Stenhouse sought out Hocevar’s No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet on pit road. He found Hocevar’s car, poked his head through the window, and gave his rival a verbal lashing, weaving in a threat for good measure.
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