He did it easily, leading a race-high 60 laps and winning by 16.567 seconds — the largest margin of victory since Texas in November 2009 (25.686 seconds) and the largest margin of victory on a road course since Riverside in 1979 (32.

Here are the updated NASCAR Cup Series point standings after Sunday's Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, which was won by Shane van Gisbergen.

NASCAR took its first trip south of the border in over 60 years, as the Cup Series raced around the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez for the first time ever. Mexico's inclusion on the NASCAR calendar has been a controversial one,