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MEXICO CITY — Turns out NASCAR’s grand venture into Mexico wasn’t the only international jolt to the Cup Series status quo.

New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen, powering through a stomach ailment that forced him to seek pre-race medical treatment, produced a season-saving victory Sunday at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez that virtually sewed up a berth in the Cup Series Playoffs. His triumph in the Viva Mexico 250 came with dominant style, by 16.567 seconds over runner-up Christopher Bell in the largest Cup Series margin of victory in nearly 16 years.

RELATED: Race results | At-track photos: Mexico City

Van Gisbergen entered Sunday’s race ranked 33rd in Cup Series points, fourth from the bottom among full-time drivers. His only other top-10 to date has been a sixth place at Circuit of The Americas, the only other road course on the schedule so far. But SVG also has eyes on improvement in his first full Cup season, making methodical gains in his transition to oval-style racing.

In the meantime, he’s making the most of his exceptional road-racing talent, a prime reason why Trackhouse founder Justin Marks brought him to the United States. The plans ahead include getting his game playoff-ready and sharing Sunday’s spoils with his team behind the scenes after his stateside return.

“That’s why I’m here, to win road races. But I’m not here to run last on the ovals either,” said van Gisbergen, who started from the pole after ruling Saturday’s qualifying. “I need to keep getting better to justify being a Cup Series driver. I need to be performing on the ovals, too. I feel like we’re really making strides, but yeah, this is what I’m here to do, make the playoffs, put another Trackhouse car in the playoffs, and yeah, can’t wait to do the victory lunch during the week at Trackhouse and just see how stoked everyone is there. You see the effort everyone puts in, and they don’t get the glory. They’re just stuck at the shop. I love taking that and sharing that moment with them during the week.”

The postseason field has now swelled to 10 drivers for the 16 available spots, with 10 races remaining in the Cup Series regular season. Van Gisbergen joins teammate Ross Chastain, the Coca-Cola 600 winner, in that group, with fellow Trackhouse driver Daniel Suárez — this weekend’s homegrown hero — ranked 29th on the playoff leaderboard and likely needing a win as his path to the postseason.

Van Gisbergen had competed in two partial Cup Series schedules before this year’s Sunoco Rookie of the Year campaign. He most famously burst onto the Cup radar with a stunning victory with Trackhouse in the first Chicago Street Race, and Marks snapped him up to place him on a NASCAR trajectory.

MORE: Weekend schedule: Pocono | Playoff bubble update

His move from the Aussie-based Supercars Championship series to the ovals of NASCAR has been challenging, and he’s still visiting some of the venues on the schedule for the first time. Case in point: Next weekend’s trip to Pocono Raceway will be an SVG debut there. No matter how tricky that triangle proves to be, van Gisbergen has another inaugural race win in the bank, plus a playoff future to focus on in the coming weeks.

“We knew it would be tough,” said Stephen Doran, crew chief for SVG’s No. 88 Chevrolet. “He’s going to a lot of these places for the first time in a Cup car just figuring out how to race ovals with this type of car. So we knew it would be a struggle. It’s still going through it, but it’s a huge relief to get this. I think it’s just a momentum builder. We’ve been better on the ovals for the past month, and I think we’ll keep building on that and get ready for the playoffs now.”

Other drivers left Mexico with their playoff fates shaken, either by the impact of SVG’s win or the trouble they found in changing conditions along the 2.42-mile circuit. Kyle Busch had entered the race tied on the provisional elimination line, but his early exit after a crash in the rain-soaked Turn 1 dropped him to 50 points below the bubble — a three-spot drop. Carson Hocevar also fell flat with what he termed as a “sloppy” performance, knocking him from minus-18 on the bubble’s fringes to minus-60 and angering rival Ricky Stenhouse Jr. after an uneven 34th-place day.

Sunday’s results for van Gisbergen weren’t upsetting, but his physical condition was. He said he’d used an abundance of caution in what he ate or drank on this international trip, but his race-day illness left him ailing, forcing him to miss out on some of the pre-race pomp.

He was present for all of the post-race fanfare, saying he planned to keep his celebration going: “I’m going to mix some Red Bulls with some adult beverages.” A playoff clincher and a new outlook for his season likely helped make that mix even sweeter.

“Yeah,” SVG said, “it means everything to us.”

PLAYOFF BUBBLE AT A GLANCE:

RankDriverCutoff
13Bubba Wallace+57
14Chase Briscoe+39
15Alex Bowman+22
16Chris Buescher+19
ELIMINATION LINE
17Ryan Preece-19
18Michael McDowell-43
19AJ Allmendinger-45
20Kyle Busch-50
Posted on by Alex Cadavid

MEXICO CITY — Through clenched teeth and a grimacing face, Alex Bowman climbed out of his race car after scoring his first top-five finish in more than a month since Kansas Speedway.

For Bowman and the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team, Sunday’s Viva Mexico 250 at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez was more than a strong points day — it was a much-needed breakthrough after weeks of pain, both physical and competitive.

“I mean, after the last couple months, it feels good to give this Ally 48 team a run they deserve, right?” Bowman told NASCAR.com. “We’ve had a lot of fast race cars and had days that didn’t go our way. We’ve had issues. We’ve had times that I’ve crashed the car. Just to get them a good run after everything this week, and as hard as they had to work to get me here, just with everything that I had going on, I just really appreciate all their support and glad to get them a good finish.”

Bowman has been nursing a back injury suffered in a hard crash at Michigan International Speedway. While the pain has been manageable at times, it’s also been a constant presence — and it showed in Mexico City, where the 2.42-mile, 15-turn circuit demanded the Arizonian wheelman to endure discomfort for 100 laps.

RELATED: Race results | Photos from south of the border

“I’ve got an appointment to get stretched out here in about five minutes,” Bowman added. “So straight to that and a bunch of PT all week. Just trying to get my back under control. It certainly hasn’t been fun, but it’s one of those things. It’s not like a skeletal injury or anything. It’s just muscular and that stuff can be super painful, but also, if you can fight through it, it’s pretty rewarding.”

Bowman started 29th in a field of 37, and thanks to a well-timed strategy call from crew chief Blake Harris to pit on Lap 62, that gave the team a slim window of opportunity to fight for track position.

“We were watching a bunch of weather, right?” Harris explained. “It was still a little too wet the original time there when we pitted for slicks. But we felt our best shot was to flip the stage at that point. We took the slicks early and got the track position early, and then really that kind of put us in a scenario where if we continued to stay out, we were going to be out of fuel before some of the other guys.”

As it turned out, the yellow flew just in time.

“We pitted, and that caution came out a lap and a half later,” Harris said. “That couldn’t have been any better for us. That got us in the fuel window to the end, and really just got us in a good spot to be able to bring home a top five.”

The 48 car didn’t have winning speed in the closing laps as eventual race winner Shane van Gisbergen skedaddled to a two-second lead soon after the restart, but Bowman managed the race smartly. He briefly battled Christopher Bell and teammate Chase Elliott — who rounded out the podium — and preserved his position rather than overdriving the car and potentially giving up more spots.

“I had burnt the rear tires off of it pretty bad,” Bowman admitted. “Started locking up the rears a lot on entry under the brakes. Didn’t want to get too much front brake in it and lock the fronts up. When they said, like, 16 to go, I’m like, ‘holy cow, it’s a long way.’ I could have raced Chase super hard and cost us a bunch of time. Just tried to be efficient with it in hopes that he could go get HMS a better finish than I was going to be able to, and not let the guys behind us catch up either.”

MORE: Van Gisbergen triumphs in inaugural Cup Series race in Mexico City | Cup Series schedule

The run comes at a crucial time in the season as Bowman and the No. 48 team look to stay in the playoff conversation. After a stretch of three straight finishes of 29th or worse, Sunday’s result marked a potential turning point.

“Honestly, we as a team needed to flip the script on what it’s been for the last five or six weeks for us,” Harris said. “I feel like we’ve had fast race cars. I feel like a lot of stuff that’s happened has not been in our control. So for us to have a few things fall right, for us to get the track position like that, for him to be in the pain that he’s been in since that wreck last week and come and just put on that performance means a lot to this entire team.”

Bowman now heads to Pocono Raceway (Sun., 2 p.m. ET, Prime Video, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), a track where he owns a win and five top 10s at and believes he has a real shot to contend again there and later on with more road courses on deck; he will have a chance to defend his Chicago Street Race win in July.

“I feel like road-course racing has become a big strong suit for the 48 team,” Bowman said. “I think we have a shot to win, I mean, going to Pocono, we ran third there last year. So yeah, just excited to get things pointed in the right direction after two months of hell.”

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The three races at Michigan International Speedway, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez and Pocono Raceway determine the seeding for NASCAR’s In-Season Challenge. Seeding is based on a driver’s best finish in the three races. The first tiebreaker is the next-best finish in the three races, followed by the third-best finish in the three races. If there’s still a tie after that, then season-long points standings after Pocono will determine who gets the better seed for the challenge opener on June 28 at EchoPark Speedway (formerly Atlanta Motor Speedway).

RELATED: How the In-Season Challenge works | Hub page with bracket

We’ll track how the seeding is stacking up, from No. 1 to No. 32, after each of the three seeding races — and provide instant analysis. Here’s where we stand after the second seeding race at Mexico City:

Mexico City race winner: Shane van Gisbergen won the Cup Series’ inaugural race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for his first victory of the season and the second in his career. He turned the playoff picture upside down and jumped to the lead in the Sunoco Rookie of the Year battle, but his win had no effect on the In-Season Challenge. SVG was 33rd in the standings after Nashville and therefore was not included among the 32 cars eligible to fight for the $1 million prize.

RELATED: Race results

Who’s in line for the top four seeds: Denny Hamlin remains on track for the top seed, despite missing the Mexico City race to stay home for the birth of his son. That’s because he’s the only driver with a win during the seeding races who is also eligible for the challenge. SVG’s win kept the trophy out of the hands of one of Hamlin’s competitors. … Chris Buescher stays as the No. 2 seed based on his second-place finish last week at Michigan and an 11th-place finish at Mexico City that gives him the tiebreaker over Christopher Bell. Buescher would be matched up against No. 31 seed Noah Gragson. … Bell’s second-place finish at Mexico City bumped Ty Gibbs down to the fourth seed, where he holds the tiebreaker over Chase Elliott thanks to his second-best finish of 11th being better than Elliott’s second-best finish of 16th. Bell would be in line to match up against No. 30 seed Ty Dillon while Gibbs would face No. 29 Todd Gilliland.

Most interesting matchup if the Challenge started today: No. 1 Denny Hamlin vs. No. 32 Carson Hocevar. After his win at Michigan, Hamlin made the bold statement that he thinks Hocevar has the talent to be in the top six drivers of the sport. Well, Hamlin is already in that elite group, so this matchup would be the perfect combination of future Hall of Famer versus young upstart. Plus, neither driver really likes to back down, so this matchup would likely have plenty of spice to it. Would be curious to know Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s take on it.

Who’s Up

Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet: Bowman bounced back from being in the “Down” section last week after a hard wreck at Michigan left him with a 36th-place finish. He jumped from the 36th seed to seventh after a fourth-place finish at Mexico City, and he’d have a first-round matchup with Stenhouse Jr. if this holds to form. Bowman regained some of the road-course moxie he had in winning last year on the Chicago Street Course, and with Chicago as part of the In-Season Challenge, he could quickly become a factor for the $1 million prize should the momentum carry over.

Who’s Down

Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet: Busch entered Mexico City with high hopes after an eighth-place finish at Michigan and the speed he showed at Circuit of The Americas (fifth place) in the season’s first road-course race. However, all of that evaporated when Busch spun and ignited a multi-car wreck seven laps into the Viva Mexico 250 and did not finish. The last-place result knocked Busch from eighth to the 14th seed before Pocono. Busch would face Josh Berry in the first round if this spot holds.

Projected seeds entering Pocono:

Projected SeedDriverBest finish2nd best finish
1Denny Hamlin1DNS
2Chris Buescher210
3Christopher Bell216
4Ty Gibbs311
5Chase Elliott315
6Bubba Wallace412
7Alex Bowman436
8Michael McDowell530
9Kyle Larson536
10Ross Chastain616
11John Hunter Nemechek634
12Chase Briscoe723
13Zane Smith735
14Kyle Busch837
15Ryan Preece915
16William Byron928
17Brad Keselowski1025
18Erik Jones1117
19Josh Berry1226
20AJ Allmendinger1317
21Tyler Reddick1320
22Daniel Suarez1419
23Ryan Blaney1432
24Austin Cindric1831
25Austin Dillon1928
26Ricky Stenhouse Jr.2027
27Joey Logano2122
28Justin Haley2124
29Todd Gilliland2233
30Ty Dillon2433
31Noah Gragson2730
32Carson Hocevar2934
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MEXICO CITY — Carson Hocevar was limping as he emerged from his Spire Motorsports entry Sunday at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, favoring a bruised and swollen ankle after slipping and falling earlier in the weekend. Add his ears to the list of bruises after a solid post-race tongue-lashing from newfound rival Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Stenhouse went spinning after contact from Hocevar in the 90th of 100 laps in Sunday’s Viva Mexico 250, the historic first points-paying NASCAR Cup Series race outside the United States in 67 years. The nudge in the tight stadium section of the 2.42-mile circuit led to a heated confrontation on pit road after the checkered flag, with Stenhouse leaning into the No. 77 Chevrolet’s driver-side window and sending angry words Hocevar’s way.

RELATED: Race results | At-track photos: Mexico City

The incident was the second in three weekends between the two, with the latest tiff arriving two weeks after Hocevar ignited a crash that sidelined Stenhouse’s Hyak Motorsports No. 47 Chevrolet at Nashville Superspeedway. Asked what message he delivered when asked by Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic, Stenhouse replied: “I told him I was going to beat his ass once we got back in the States.”

Whether the international intrigue turns into frontier justice stateside, Hocevar struck a contrite tone.

“I mean, I didn’t really hear him,” Hocevar said, “but I mean, I know he was very mad and I was very apologetic.”

Between the two of them, Stenhouse actually ended up better off in the results sheet with a 27th-place finish in the 37-car field. Hocevar, the 2024 Sunoco Rookie of the Year, was one lap down in 34th after a spin that brought out the final caution period.

Both drivers got back going after their Lap 90 altercation, with no yellow flag to slow Shane van Gisbergen’s march to his second Cup Series victory. Hocevar said his car lost traction on his entry into the stadium section, and that his miscue unfortunately crossed Stenhouse’s path.

“I just got left and in the marbles and slid a lot longer than I expected,” Hocevar said. “So yeah, I mean, obviously number one, not somebody I would never want to hit again. But number two, just yeah, I wasn’t racing anything. I was just logging laps, just trying to wait on a yellow and maybe see if we could put our day back together. But yeah, I just hit a curb wrong and got in the marbles and slid all the way through the corner. So I tried to turn left and avoid him, but just really, really sloppy day by me, and then that was another incident of the day that was really just sloppy.”

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MEXICO CITY – An overcast sky and early afternoon drizzle could not dampen the enthusiasm or energy of the huge crowd at Mexico City’s Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Sunday for the first points-paying NASCAR Cup Series race outside the United States in half a century.

And they were not disappointed.

As he did at another NASCAR “inaugural race” — on the streets of Chicago two years ago in his national series debut — New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen, 36, prevailed again. This time, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing, he claimed a huge 16.567-second victory over Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell in the Viva Mexico 250 – the largest margin of victory in the Cup Series since Texas in November 2009.

The three-time Australian Supercars champion van Gisbergen — in his first full-time season at the NASCAR Cup Series level — won pole position and led 60 of the race’s 100 laps, including the final 32, easily pulling away from the field to claim his first ever provisional berth in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with the win. He extended his margin of victory by nearly a second in each of the final five laps.

RELATED: Race results | At-track photos: Mexico City 

“What a week. I’ve really enjoyed myself here, but felt like rubbish this morning,’’ said van Gisbergen, whose victory was only his second top-10 finish of the season.

“Our car was amazing,’’ he added. “The 54 [Ty Gibbs] was close, but that last stint, what a pleasure, just ripping lap after lap and watching them get smaller in the mirror.’’

As thrilled as the crowd may have been to watch van Gisbergen’s masterwork, there was no doubt they were there to cheer on his Trackhouse teammate, Mexico native Daniel Suárez, who was celebrated as a hero after his win in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race.

The grandstands chanted “Dan-iel Dan-iel” and held up signs of support. And Suárez was emotional standing by his car on the starting grid as a local children’s choir sang the Mexican National Anthem before the race. Ultimately, he ended up 19th, leading briefly early and finishing with a pass on the final lap.

On the race’s cool-down lap, Suárez pulled his car alongside van Gisbergen’s parked car to offer congratulations on the big win.

“I feel like today, I gave my best, but it just wasn’t good enough,’’ Suárez said. “I wish I was in the mix a little more fighting up front, but it just wasn’t in the cards today. I’m happy with the performance. I don’t feel like I left anything on the table, just wasn’t meant to be.”

As for the event in Mexico City – something Suárez has worked so hard to promote, he was ecstatic calling the whole experience.

“It couldn’t have been any better,’’ a proud Suárez said. “I’ve been here since Tuesday just working, doing promotion for sponsors, for the race itself, for fans. Every single thing that we did exceeded my expectations. The fans were amazing. Yesterday you could hear them for their passions. It is an experience I for sure won’t forget for a very, very long time.’’

MORE: NASCAR in Mexico ‘exceeded all expectations’ for native Suárez

In the end, it was the New Zealand national anthem played on the stadium speaker as NASCAR did a unique post-race celebration having the top-three finishing drivers – van Gisbergen, Bell and Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott – stand on podiums and hoist trophies.

The victory was particularly rewarding for van Gisbergen, considering the amount of adversity he faced this week in Mexico. He was sick to his stomach Sunday morning and his crew showed up a day later than the other teams after some travel challenges.

In the end, however, van Gisbergen had to tell his crew chief to stop telling him to “slow down” in those closing laps. “I was just trying to stay in a rhythm,’’ he said.

SHOP: Winner gear 

Van Gisbergen said he texted with his friend and fellow Red Bull-sponsored racer, reigning Formula One champion Max Verstappen, a five-time Mexico City F1 race winner, who gave him a few tips on the braking zones and racing lines.

And the Kiwi did all that, capping off the day with his unique victory celebration – punting a rugby ball into the cheering grandstand crowd that certainly got their money’s worth.

Not only did van Gisbergen prevail in some tough circumstances, Bell’s work was also impressive, considering he finished runner-up after starting 31st. Elliott rolled into the top five with about 25 laps remaining and steadily moved forward. Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman finished fourth and Spire Motorsports’ Michael McDowell was fifth.

John Hunter Nemechek, Chase Briscoe, Cole Custer, championship points leader William Byron and Chris Buescher rounded out the top 10.

Also notable on Sunday, there was a brief post-race confrontation on pit road stemming from an incident two weeks ago at Nashville between Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Carson Hocevar.

MORE: Stenhouse confronts Hocevar on pit road

The former Daytona 500 winner Stenhouse leaned into Hocevar’s car and had words with the 22-year old, ultimately telling reporters that he promised to settle the score in the near future. It was unclear what happened Sunday to precipitate the confrontation. Stenhouse finished 27th and Hocevar was 34th.

Championship frontrunner Kyle Larson was collected in an eight-car accident only seven laps into the race and finished 36th – 38 laps down. That cost him dearly in the regular season standings and now he trails his Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron by 67 points with 10 races remaining to settle the playoff field of 16.

The series returns stateside for next Sunday’s The Great American Getaway 400 (2 p.m. ET, Prime Video, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Ryan Blaney is the defending race winner.

NOTE: Post-race inspection in the NASCAR Cup Series garage is complete. There were no issues. No cars to R&D.

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RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — Growing up a race fan on Long Island, Justin Bonsignore was drawn to fellow Long Islander Mike Ewanitsko.

Ewanitsko was a dominant force at Riverhead Raceway, now the only race track on Long Island, winning 11 times with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at the quarter-mile bullring.

For years, no one could claim to be on the same level as Ewanitsko in Modified Tour competition at Riverhead. Now Bonsignore can say he’s surpassed him.

RELATED: Full results from the Miller Lite Salutes Steve Park 200

The driver from Holtsville, New York scored his 46th Modified Tour win Sunday in the Miller Lite Salutes Steve Park 200. The win doubled as his 12th series victory at his home track, breaking a tie with Ewanitsko at the top of the all-time win list at the Long Island oval.

“I’ve been wanting to break this record for a long time,” Bonsignore said from Victory Lane. “Mike was a childhood hero of mine.”

To secure his 12th victory at Riverhead, Bonsignore had to outlast a variety of challengers on Father’s Day afternoon.

Justin Bonsignore and Ron Silk
Justin Bonsignore (51) races to the inside of Ron Silk during Sunday’s Miller Lite Salutes Steve Park 200 at Riverhead Raceway. (Photo: Mike Lawrence/NASCAR)

He qualified on the Hoosier Tire Pole, but the post-qualifying redraw saw Bonsignore draw the third starting position while Patrick Emerling secured the pole. It didn’t take Bonsignore long to get to the lead; he overtook Emerling within the first 25 laps.

However, he quickly found himself being challenged by Ron Silk, who entered Sunday’s race as winner of three of the last four Modified Tour events at Riverhead.

Silk quickly took the lead from Bonsignore and drove to more than a three second advantage, but the race was far from over. A serious of caution flags, the first coming with 90 laps left, led to a round of pit stops that saw Bonsignore beat Silk off pit road to regain the race lead.

“Pit crew did a great job,” Bonsignore said. “We had two really great pit stops.”

The final stage of the race featured multiple caution flags, forcing Bonsignore to go on the defensive as he tried to hold the lead through repeated restarts. As the laps clicked off, Silk faded to fourth, and Bonsignore found himself trying to hold off Seekonk Speedway winner Matt Hirschman.

A multi-car crash within the final five laps gave Hirschman one final opportunity to dethrone Bonsignore, but the driver of the No. 51 Ken Massa Motorsports Modified held his ground and delivered his first Modified Tour victory of the 2025 campaign.

“It was nice to beat Ron. We ran each other really hard but really clean,” Bonsignore said. “He’s been so good here the last couple years. We snuck a few in, but it was nice to outrun him today.

“I got myself in trouble at Seekonk and caused a big wreck and tore up a lot of cars. It was mainly because I wanted to show Matt Hirschman the respect he deserves, and, you know what, I didn’t have a good run there. He definitely ran me really clean on the last lap there, so things run in a full circle, and I appreciate that.”

Hirschman acknowledged he could have forced Bonsignore’s hand during the final restart but chose instead to race clean and settled for second.

“If you want to steal a win that’s different than actually earning a win,” Hirschman said. “We earned a good second-place finish today. Obviously they had a great car. They were up front most of the race and early they were out of sight.”

With his first win of the 2025 season now behind him, Bonsignore can shift his focus to pursing his fifth Modified Tour championship. But first he wanted to spend a bit of time soaking in his 12th Riverhead win with his family by his side on Father’s Day.

“To have my family here, it’s the first race that all of them have been to this year,” Bonsignore said. “For it to be on Father’s Day at home and everything we did, it’s just really cool.”

Emerling finished third after leading the opening laps Sunday afternoon. Silk was fourth, followed by Craig Lutz in fifth. The remainder of the top 10 included Kyle Bonsignore, Tommy Catalano, Austin Beers, Tyler Rypkema and Luke Baldwin.

The Modified Tour roars back to action in two weeks when the series returns to White Mountain Motorsports Park in Winchester, New Hampshire for the running of the Thunder in the Mountains 200 on Saturday, June 28. The event will air live on FloRacing at 8 p.m. ET.

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Miller Lite Salutes Steve Park 200

Riverhead Raceway

  • Race results
Pos. No. Name Sponsor Laps Diff.
1 51 Justin Bonsignore Phoenix Communications Inc 207  —
2 60 Matt Hirschman Elite Towing 207 0.258
3 1 Patrick Emerling Fleetworks Inc. 207 0.57
4 16 Ron Silk Blue Mountain Machine and Future Homes 207 0.802
5 46 Craig Lutz Riverhead Building Supply 207 1.122
6 22 Kyle Bonsignore MTT/ChaLew Performance/Munns Auto 207 1.256
7 54 Tommy Catalano FX Caprara/USNE 207 1.437
8 64 Austin Beers G&G Electric/Lumiere Electrical/AP Marquadt & Sons/Dell Electric/Andrew James Interiors/Hughes Motor 207 1.568
9 3 Tyler Rypkema USNE Power/Northeast Drilling/J&R Pre-Cast 207 1.59
10 7 Luke Baldwin* Baldwin Automotive 207 2.107
11 63 Dylan  Slepian Eastport Feeds 207 2.234
12 56 Trevor Catalano USNE Power & Construction 207 2.478
13 88 Roger  Turbush Rheem 207 2.76
14 58 Eric Goodale GAF Roofing 207 3.083
15 21 Stephen Kopcik Newtown Pools/Wanick Construction 207 3.477
16 96 Matthew Brode Peter Clark Motorsports 206 1 Lap
17 18 Ken Heagy Hunter Mechanical 205 2 Laps
18 49 Chris  Young Sendlewski Architects 203 4 Laps
19 59 Tyler Barry* Pro Systems/BNP Machine 200 7 Laps
20 8 John-Michael Shenette USNE Power/Eighty-Two Services 186 21 Laps
21 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Ave Landscape Supply 67 140 Laps

 

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Kyle Busch ignited a multicar wreck when he spun in the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet seven laps into Sunday’s Viva Mexico 250 at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.

After Busch’s car snapped around while braking on entrance into Turn 1, he slammed into the back end of Justin Haley’s No. 7 Chevrolet, then made hard contact with Kyle Larson’s No. 5 Chevrolet and AJ Allmendinger’s No. 16 Chevrolet. Chase Briscoe, in the No. 19 Toyota, and Zane Smith, in the No. 38 Ford, were also involved.

RELATED: Race results | At-track photos: Mexico City

Busch and Larson headed to the garage for repairs while Haley, Allmendinger, Smith and Briscoe all went to pit road for repairs. Briscoe returned and rebounded to finish seventh, as did Allmendinger, who was 13th; Haley, 24th and Smith, 35th. Larson returned late in Stage 2 after spending significant time in the garage and finished 36th.

However, Busch couldn’t continue and was scored in 37th (last) place. He was evaluated and released from the infield care center.

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Miller Lite Salutes Steve Park 200

Riverhead Raceway

  • Qualifying results
Pos No. Name Sponsor Best Tm Best Speed
1 51 Justin Bonsignore Phoenix Communications Inc. 11.773 76.446
2 21 Stephen Kopcik Newtown Pools/ Wanick Construction 11.824 76.116
3 64 Austin Beers G&G Electrical Supply/Dell Electric 11.844 75.988
4 16 Ron Silk Blue Mountain Machine and Future Homes 11.883 75.738
5 1 Patrick Emerling Fleetworks Inc. 11.891 75.687
6 60 Matt Hirschman Elite Towing 11.904 75.605
7 46 Craig Lutz Riverhead Building Supply 11.931 75.434
8 54 Tommy Catalano FX Caprara/USNE/Catalano Motorsports 11.976 75.15
9 22 Kyle Bonsignore Chalew Performance/MTT/Munns Auto 12.008 74.95
10 63 Dylan Slepian Eastport Feeds 12.014 74.913
11 7 Luke Baldwin Baldwin Automotive 12.028 74.825
12 88 Roger Turbush Rheem 12.059 74.633
13 96 Matthew Brode Peter Clark Motorsports 12.062 74.614
14 56 Trevor Catalano USNE Power & Construction 12.072 74.553
15 58 Eric Goodale GAF Roofing 12.114 74.294
16 3 Tyler Rypkema USNE/Northeast Drilling/J&R Pre-Cast 12.208 73.722
17 49 Chris Young Sendlewski Architects 12.292 73.218
18 18 Ken Heagy Hunter Mechanical 12.307 73.129
19 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Avenue Landscape Supply 12.535 71.799
20 59 Tyler Barry Pro Systems/BNP Machine 12.548 71.725
21 8 John-Michael Shenette USNE Power/Eighty-Two Services 12.604 71.406

 

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Miller Lite Salutes Steve Park 200

Riverhead Raceway

  • Final practice results
Pos No. Name Sponsor Best Tm Best Speed In Lap Laps Diff
1 51 Justin Bonsignore Phoenix Communications Inc 11.685 77.022 19 30  —
2 21 Stephen Kopcik Newtown Pools/Wanick Construction 11.749 76.602 20 21 0.064
3 16 Ron Silk Blue Mountain Machine and Future Homes 11.766 76.492 9 21 0.081
4 64 Austin Beers G&G Electric/Lumiere Electrical/AP Marquadt & Sons/Dell Electric/Andrew James Interiors/Hughes Motor 11.774 76.44 38 39 0.089
5 22 Kyle Bonsignore MTT/ChaLew Performance/Munns Auto 11.792 76.323 11 20 0.107
6 1 Patrick Emerling Fleetworks Inc. 11.8 76.271 42 42 0.115
7 54 Tommy Catalano FX Caprara/USNE 11.824 76.116 18 20 0.139
8 63 Dylan Slepian Eastport Feeds 11.829 76.084 10 20 0.144
9 60 Matt Hirschman Elite Towing 11.84 76.014 37 38 0.155
10 46 Craig Lutz Riverhead Building Supply 11.85 75.949 20 29 0.165
11 3 Tyler Rypkema USNE Power/Northeast Drilling/J&R Pre-Cast 11.866 75.847 19 20 0.181
12 7 Luke Baldwin* Baldwin Automotive 11.877 75.777 19 20 0.192
13 96 Matthew Brode Peter Clark Motorsports 11.881 75.751 8 32 0.196
14 88 Roger  Turbush Rheem 11.904 75.605 9 20 0.219
15 18 Ken Heagy Hunter Mechanical 11.923 75.484 10 21 0.238
16 58 Eric Goodale GAF Roofing 11.951 75.308 9 32 0.266
17 56 Trevor Catalano USNE Power & Construction 11.952 75.301 22 34 0.267
18 8 John-Michael Shenette USNE Power/Eighty-Two Services 12.106 74.343 35 44 0.421
19 49 Chris Young Sendlewski Architects 12.146 74.098 9 24 0.461
20 59 Tyler Barry* Pro Systems/BNP Machine 12.223 73.632 12 34 0.538
21 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Ave Landscape Supply 12.65 71.146 11 22 0.965