On the checkered flag, there was solely 0.005s separating the automobiles of Shane van Gisbergen, Tyler Reddick, and Chase Elliott within the battle for the ultimate place inside the highest 5.
After initially scoring SVG in seventh, NASCAR reviewed the end, and bumped the New Zealander as much as fifth — that is how shut it was. Formally, he beat Elliott by 0.001s and Reddick by 0.005s on the end line.
That’s now Van Gisbergen’s best-ever end on an oval and his first oval prime 5 within the Cup Sequence. His earlier finest oval exhibiting was at Atlanta earlier this yr, the place he completed sixth.
“I actually loved myself tonight.”
Van Gisbergen began tenth and very like the Coke 600, spent a lot of the day inside the highest ten, main the way in which for Trackhouse. Nevertheless, on this case, he was all that they had left after each Ross Chastain and Connor Zilisch crashed as a result of exploded brake rotors in Stage 1.
Van Gisbergen expressed concern that he was subsequent, however the workforce assured him that the brake bundle/setup he was utilizing was totally different than his teammates.
He ended up main 12 laps, a brand new report for him on an oval, unseating the 11 laps he led only one week in the past at Charlotte.
Van Gisbergen appeared set for a prime ten end, however when a late-race warning flew, he stayed out, hoping to fend off these with more energizing tires.
He and Elliott ran side-by-side for a lot of the ultimate four-lap sprint, however Van Gisbergen slid up into Elliott on the ultimate lap as they ran door-to-door. This allowed Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to sneak by, and gave Reddick an opportunity to get a giant run. He wedged his method between Van Gisbergen and Elliott, they usually battled three-wide to the checkered flag.
Simply after crossing the road, Reddick and Elliott really collided and crashed, however Van Gisbergen averted getting swept up within the melee.
“It was a reasonably superior day for this No. 97 Chevrolet workforce,” mentioned Van Gisbergen after the race. “Beginning up entrance clearly helps, nevertheless it was cool to guide some laps and battle on the entrance. Our Chevy was working very well all evening.
“I actually loved myself tonight. I realized so much. I realized to be snug shifting round in (turns) one and two, which I’ve by no means been in a position to do earlier than. We simply received the steadiness higher on the two-tire technique. Once we had been on a four-tire technique, we had been missing that. The 2-tire cease on the finish, we had been in a position to get the steadiness again once more. It was plenty of enjoyable. It positively appears like we’re making headway.”
Van Gisbergen additionally had a pleasant chat with Elliott within the pit lane about their spirited battle. The consequence bumps SVG as much as twelfth within the total standings, now 44pts away from the Chase cut-line.
Shane van Gisbergen leads the sector, No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Picture by: Sean Gardner / Getty Pictures
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