Rookie Shane van Gisbergen withstood a challenging start to his first full-time NASCAR Cup Series campaign and the series’ inaugural race event at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City.
The 2016 Xfinity Series champion from Monterrey, Mexico, led a race-high 19 of 65 laps and rallied from starting at the rear of the field in a backup car to notch a monumental Xfinity victory in front of his home crowd at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
Ryan Truex will be piloting Denny Hamlin's No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota entry at Mexico City due to Hamlin's decision to remain with his family and celebrate the birth of his son.
