Zilisch zips to pole in NASCAR Xfinity return to Mexico City

MEXICO CITY — In the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ return to Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Connor Zilisch zipped to the pole.

Zilisch will lead the field to the green flag for Saturday’s Chilango 150. It is Zilisch’s fourth pole of the 2025 Xfinity Series season. He paced the Mexico City course in 92.372 seconds, beating Ty Gibbs by 0.102 seconds

Gibbs, Christopher Bell, Carson Kvapil, Sammy Smith, Sam Mayer, Austin Hill, Taylor Gray, Nick Sanchez and Jesse Love rounded out the top-10 starters.

In practice, Gibbs was quickest with a lap of 92.979 seconds, averaging 93.699 MPH. Zilisch’s fastest lap was about a tenth off of Gibbs’ fastest.

Here is the full lineup and practice results:

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