NASCAR Commissioner Steve Phelps told drivers before the race: “Together, we are doing something that will be remembered in the history of our great sport.”

The NASCAR Cup Series is racing outside of the United States for the first time ever on Sunday, June 15 when drivers go down to Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City to participate in the Viva Mexico 250.

Shane van Gisbergen once again mastered a new track to win NASCAR's first Cup Series points-paying race outside the United States in the modern era.

Shane van Gisbergen is the winner of Sunday's NASCAR Mexico City race. Here are the other winners and losers for today's NASCAR race.

Shane van Gisbergen powered to a dominant 16.567-second victory at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, taking the checkered flag in the Viva Mexico 250 behind the wheel of the No. 88 Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing.