Kaulig Racing's Ty Dillon will start 28th after qualifying for the Viva Mexico 250 at Autdromo Hermanos Rodrguez. This will be Dillon's first top-30 starting position at a road course race since Sonoma back in June 2023. In 13 road course races since 2022, Dillon has three top-20 finishes, all of which were scored in 2022 while driving for Petty GMS Racing. Through 15 races so far this season, Dillon has six top-20 finishes and an average finish of 22.5. In first practice, Dillon ranked 25th in five consecutive lap averages and 23rd in the same statistic during final practice. While it is generally recommended to play drivers at higher price points as they're likely to have better performing cars and a better finish than Dillon, he is a decent and playable choice for DFS lineups if cap flexibility is needed.

John Hunter Nemechek of Legacy Motor Club qualified 32nd for this week's Viva Mexico 250 at Autdromo Hermanos Rodrguez. This will mark the fourth road course race in a row where Nemechek will start outside of the top 30. In eight previous road course events, Nemechek collected positive place differential five times and never finished better than 21st. After 15 races this season, Nemechek has six top-20 finishes and an average finish of 20.9, with his last top-20 coming back at Kansas in May. In first practice, Nemechek ranked 29th in five consecutive lap averages, while he ranked 25th in five consecutive lap averages in final practice. Based on his low salary of $5,200 on DraftKings, Nemechek is a playable driver for DFS with some small upside. Still, considering the other options available, he should not be a priority to recommend, especially when his overall road course history in the Cup Series has been somewhat underwhelming.

Kyle Busch is one of the few NASCAR Cup Series drivers who previously competed at Autdromo Hermanos Rodrguez in the 2000s when the track held races in what was then the Busch Series and Nationwide Series. He won the last race there in 2008 before the track was removed from the schedule for 17 years. Since his ex-teammate Denny Hamlin isn't racing, Busch and yesterday's winner Daniel Surez are the only past Mexico City winners entered. When you consider that Busch also led the most laps at Circuit of the Americas earlier this season, that could give him an edge since it seems like the road courses and drafting tracks are the only tracks where he still has speed. Although he only qualified 11th, his recent road course success and past experience here suggest this might be one of his last good shots to win and lock himself into the playoffs, but recent history suggests he probably won't.

Ross Chastain's speed on road courses has been inconsistent just as Trackhouse Racing's speed tends to be generally but Chastain has been fast this weekend and it is likely Trackhouse is putting greater emphasis on this race since it is the first NASCAR Cup Series race at Mexico, where Chastain's Mexican teammate has his first home race after winning yesterday's Xfinity Series race. However, Chastain is better in general so if Trackhouse put more effort into this race because of Surez, Chastain will more likely benefit. In addition to qualifying third, he also posted two of the three fastest laps in practice and he has previously won on another F1 venue at Circuit of the Americas and dominated last year's Watkins Glen race. Since he qualified well for once, he could potentially dominate the race. The problem is that polesitter Shane van Gisbergen will probably dominate, which means you likely have more to lose from starting Chastain since he qualified so well.