NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR Qualifying Today: Mexico City start times, schedule and how to watch live on TV

Chris Deeley Saturday 14 June 2025 12:30 Updated: 01:17

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The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series hits Mexico City this weekend, with qualifying taking place on Saturday, June 14, ahead of the Viva Mexico 250.

The action at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez this weekend comes after a trip to Michigan last time out, where Denny Hamlin won a series-high third race to go level with Christopher Bell, beating Chris Buescher in second and Ty Gibbs in third.

Hamlin won't be in action this weekend, though, after his partner gave birth to a baby boy this week, with the Joe Gibbs Racing star prioritising being at home and there for his family this weekend as opposed to being at the race track.

It's challenging to use history to gauge expectations for this weekend, as it's the first-ever points-paying Cup Series race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City.

The closest we can do is look at the only road course race so far this year, whcih was at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) back in March, where 23XI duo of Tyler Reddick and Bubba Wallace qualified first and second, respectively, ahead of Chase Elliott, Carson Hocevar, and Daniel Suarez.

Interestingly, none of those names went on to win the race at COTA, with Christopher Bell winning ahead of William Byron in second on that occasion.

NASCAR Cup Series Mexico City qualifying start times

The all-important qualifying session from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, kicks off on Saturday, June 14, at 2:05 pm ET.

Here are the start times converted to your local city and time zone.

City (Time Zone)	Qualifying Start Time
New York, NY (ET)	2:05 PM
Charlotte, NC (ET)	2:05 PM
Columbia, SC (ET)	2:05 PM
Charleston, WV (ET)	2:05 PM
Augusta, ME (ET)	2:05 PM
Chicago, IL (CT)	1:05 PM
Pierre, SD (CT)	1:05 PM
Nashville, TN (CT)	1:05 PM
Des Moines, IA (CT)	1:05 PM
Montgomery, AL (CT)	1:05 PM
Mexico City, MX (CT)	1:05 PM
Denver, CO (MT)	12:05 PM
Salt Lake City, UT (MT)	12:05 PM
Albuquerque, NM (MT)	12:05 PM
El Paso, TX (MT)	12:05 PM
Los Angeles, CA (PT)	11:05 AM
Las Vegas, NV (PT)	11:05 AM
Seattle, WA (PT)	11:05 AM
Portland, OR (PT)	11:05 AM
San Francisco, CA (PT)	11:05 AM
Rio de Janeiro, BR (BRT)	3:05 PM
London, GB (BST)	7:05 PM
Madrid, ES (CET)	8:05 PM
Sydney, AU (AEST)	4:05 AM (Sunday)
Adelaide, AU (ACST)	3:35 AM (Sunday)
Perth, AU (AWST)	2:05 AM (Sunday)

How to watch NASCAR qualifying live on TV

Qualifying action from Mexico City today will be broadcast live on Amazon Prime Video

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series is set to be broadcast across several broadcast partners in the United States: FOX, Prime Video, TNT Sports, and NBC.

Broadcast details vary depending on your location. Please check below to see how you can catch the action in your country.

Country	Broadcaster(s)
United States	Prime Video
United Kingdom	Viaplay Group
Australia	Fox Sports Australia
Spain	DAZN
France	Mediawan (AB Moteurs/Automono)
Germany	More Than Sports, Sport1
Belgium	Ziggo Sport
Brazil	Bandriantes
Canada	TSN, RDS
MENA	Abu Dhabi Media
Netherlands	Ziggo Sport (Liberty Global)
Italy	Mola TV
Portugal	Sport TV
Singapore	Mola TV
Japan	Gaora
China	Huya, Bilibili
Hong Kong	PCCW
Hungary	Network4
Turkey	Saran Media International

NASCAR Cup Series Mexico City qualifying order

Here is the qualifying order in which Cup Series cars will qualify on Saturday afternoon, as per NASCAR.

Qualifying Order	Driver	Car No.
1	Katherine Legge	78
2	Cole Custer	41
3	John Hunter Nemechek	42
4	Todd Gilliland	34
5	Alex Bowman	48
6	Cody Ware	51
7	Noah Gragson	4
8	Michael McDowell	71
9	Riley Herbst	35
10	Ty Dillon	10
11	Carson Hocevar	77
12	Austin Cindric	2
13	Ryan Blaney	12
14	Justin Haley	7
15	Shane van Gisbergen	88
16	Austin Dillon	3
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	47
18	William Byron	24
19	Chase Briscoe	19
20	Daniel Suarez	99
21	Joey Logano	22
22	AJ Allmendinger	16
23	Brad Keselowski	6
24	Erik Jones	43
25	Josh Berry	21
26	Christopher Bell	20
27	Chase Elliott	9
28	Zane Smith	38
29	Tyler Reddick	45
30	Ryan Preece	60
31	Kyle Busch	8
32	Ty Gibbs	54
33	Ross Chastain	1
34	Bubba Wallace	23
35	Chris Buescher	17
36	Kyle Larson	5
37	Ryan Truex*	11

*Ryan Truex is replacing Denny Hamlin this weekend after the latter's third child was born this week.

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