Shane van Gisbergen is feeling under the weather at the wrong time. Van Gisbergen, sitting on the pole for Sunday’s Viva Mexico 250 at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, came down with an illness ahead of the race,

NASCAR takes its big-league Cup Series to Mexico City for the first time.

Last week’s winner, Denny Hamlin, will miss the race on Sunday due to the birth of his son.