Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez was a quintessential storybook sporting event.

SportsLine's Steven Taranto reveals his picks and NASCAR props for the 2025 Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City race, where Shane van Gisbergen, Christopher Bell, William Byron,

The NASCAR Cup and Xfinity series will hold consecutive qualifying sessions Saturday at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, which then will play host to back-to-back races on its 15-turn, 2.42-mile layout. The NASCAR Mexico Series will hold a 40-lap race (with a 70-minute time limit), followed by a 65-lap race for the Xfinity Series.

See the NASCAR Xfinity Series entry list for the Chilango 150 on Saturday (4:30 p.m. ET, The CW, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

NASCAR ran into problems in attempts to cross the border into Mexico for this weekend's race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

Travel delays are already having an effect on NASCAR's race weekend in Mexico City. With drivers, teams and other NASCAR personnel attempting to fly to Mexico City on Thursday, travel issues have popped up and will affect the weekend schedule for on-track activity.