2025 NASCAR Viva Mexico 250 odds, picks, prop bets: Expert who nailed 17 winners loving double-digit longshot

Kyle Larson will look for his fourth win and 12th top-10 finish of the year when he takes part in the 2025 NASCAR Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City on Sunday. He is coming off a fifth-place finish at last week’s FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. He has wins at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Bristol and Kansas. He had six wins in 2024 to finish sixth overall and won the Cup championship in 2021. Larson is one of the favorites in the 2025 NASCAR Mexico City odds, coming in at +800.

Other favorites include Shane van Gisbergen at +330, Christopher Bell at +700, and Tyler Reddick and William Byron, also at +800 in the latest 2025 NASCAR Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City odds from DrafKings Sportsbook. Sunday’s race starts at 3 p.m. ET. Before making any 2025 Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City picks or NASCAR predictions, you need to see what NASCAR insider Steven Taranto has to say.

Taranto, who moonlights as a sim racer and has 20 career wins in iRacing, is the lead NASCAR writer for CBSSports.com. He has an annual NASCAR media credential and also publishes a popular weekly NASCAR predictions column, famously calling Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez’s breakthrough wins in 2022.

Taranto was red-hot for SportsLine in 2024 as he nailed 17 winners, including 16-1 longshot William Byron at the Daytona 500 and 14-1 longshot Chase Elliott at Texas. He correctly picked the Straight Talk Wireless 400 winner in Larson on March 23. Anyone following his NASCAR picks at their favorite sportsbooks could have seen huge returns.

Now, Taranto has analyzed the starting lineup and odds for Sunday’s Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. He’s sharing his best bets at SportsLine. You can also use them to take advantage of the latest FanDuel promo code, DraftKings promo code or BetMGM promo code.

2025 NASCAR Viva Mexico 250 expert picks

For the 2025 Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Taranto is high on Shane van Gisbergen. The New Zealander is a road course expert. At the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on March 2, van Gisbergen led 23 laps before finishing sixth overall.

His lone Cup Series victory came in his NASCAR Cup Series debut at the 2023 Grant Park 220 in Chicago. Van Gisbergen has run 18 races over three years in the Cup Series, earning five top-10 finishes and one pole position. He is a three-time Supercars Championship winner, winning titles in 2016, 2021 and 2022. He has 81 wins and 176 podiums in 508 races in that series. See which other drivers he’s backing at SportsLine.

Top NASCAR props for Mexico City

Head-to-head: Taranto sees Michael McDowell (-140) finishing ahead of Alex Bowman (+105). Although Bowman has seven top-10 finishes this season compared to just one for McDowell, Bowman is coming off a hard crash last week in Michigan and Xfinity Series driver Anthony Alfredo is on standby in case Bowman can’t go this week. McDowell is a solid road racer, having placed 11th at the Circuit of the Americas in March and fifth last year in Chicago. The 40-year-old has two wins in his 18-year career with 45 top-10 finishes.

Bowman, meanwhile, won last year’s Grant Park 165 in Chicago and was ninth at the 2025 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix. He finished fifth at the 2025 Advent Health 400 last month. He was second at the Straight Talk Wireless 400 in March. In his 11-year career, the 32-year-old has registered eight wins and 103 top-10 finishes in 336 races. See all of Taranto’s picks at SportsLine. 

How to make 2025 Viva Mexico 250 predictions

Taranto has also identified four other drivers in his 2025 Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City best bets. He’s also high on a huge NASCAR longshot going off with double-digit odds, potentially netting any backer a huge payday.  You can only see who they are here.

So who wins the 2025 Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, and which massive longshot could stun NASCAR? Visit SportsLine now to see the 2025 Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City picks and best bets from a NASCAR insider who nailed a colossal 17 winners last year, and find out.

2025 NASCAR Viva Mexico 250 odds, lineup

See full 2025 Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City picks at SportsLine

(odds subject to change)
Shane van Gisbergen +330
Christopher Bell +700
William Byron +800
Tyler Reddick +800
Kyle Larson +800
Chase Elliott +1000
A.J. Allmendinger +1200
Daniel Suarez +1400
Kyle Busch +1400
Chris Buescher +1600
Ross Chastain +1800
Michael McDowell +1800
Alex Bowman +2500
Carson Hocevar +2800
Chase Briscoe +3000
Ty Gibbs +3000
Austin Cindric +3500
Denny Hamlin +4000
Ryan Blaney +4000
Joey Logano +5500
Bubba Wallace +15000
Brad Keselowski +15000
Todd Gilliland +15000
Justin Haley +20000
Austin Dillon +20000
Ryan Preece +20000
Noah Gragson +20000
Cole Custer +25000
Zane Smith +25000
Josh Berry +30000
Erik Jones +30000
Riley Herbst +30000
John Hunter Nemechek +40000
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +40000
Cody Ware +100000
Ty Dillon +100000
Katherine Legge +100000