Driving a particular New Zealand-themed paint scheme, Shane van Gisbergen continues his fast oval development on the Cup degree.
After incomes his first stage factors on an oval at New Hampshire Motor Speedway three weeks in the past, he went to Kansas the subsequent week and earned his first high ten.
As anticipated, he then received the Charlotte Roval for his fifth win of the season (all on highway and road programs), earlier than NASCAR returned to the ovals for Las Vegas this weekend.
In a automobile wrapped within the silver fern and that includes a number of nods to his homeland, the Kiwi began thirteenth, out-qualifying each of his Trackhouse Racing teammates. Through the race, he maintained a presence within the entrance half of the sector, ending twelfth in Stage 1 and eleventh in Stage 3.
A shot at a career-best end ends in a crash
He appeared set for a high 15 end, however after William Byron’s violent wreck with simply over 30 laps to go, No. 88 crew chief Stephen Doran was amongst those that rolled the cube in Vegas. He took simply two contemporary tires on the appropriate aspect, vaulting him up into sixth for the restart.
The sector shortly fanned out three-wide, and there was a coming collectively of the worst form. Ty Gibbs went up the center to comply with Alex Bowman, simply as Christopher Bell was peeking to the within of SVG. As he was squeezed, Bell turned the No. 54 of Gibbs and the No. 88 of SVG into each other, triggering a multi-car accident.
Van Gisbergen spun down the monitor the place he was hit by each Austin Dillon and his Trackhouse teammate, Ross Chastain. Neither driver had wherever to go as SVG’s automobile ricocheted again up the monitor, gathering Carson Hocevar as effectively.
SVG’s race was over, ending on Lap 245 of 267. He was credited with a Thirty third-place end.
“Irritating finish to the day,” stated SVG after being launched from the infield care enter. “My 88 Jockey Chevy was so good there at the beginning, then in direction of the tip it was a bit tight however we have been nonetheless able to get a superb end. Want our outcome would’ve proven the race we had. Happy with my 88 staff for bringing one other rocket ship.”
The Vegas DNF is considerably paying homage to what occurred to SVG at New Hampshire. He had one other robust top-ten run going there earlier than getting hit from behind on a restart, which triggered a multi-car pileup that ruined his day.
NASCAR stated the next eleven drivers have been concerned within the crash, making it one of many largest Cup wreck in Las Vegas historical past: Van Gisbergen, Gibbs, Chastain, A. Dillon, Hocevar, Ware, Bell, Chase Elliott, Todd Gilliland, Zane Smith, and A.J. Allmendinger.
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