In a recap video posted to his YouTube channel this week, Shane van Gisbergen mirrored on a disappointing end result at San Diego, and appeared to take goal at Austin Hill for the race-ending restart crash.
Van Gisbergen did not say a lot concerning the incident itself on the infield care heart on Sunday, even telling reporters to “ask the following guys.”
However within the recap video, he briefly appeared again on the weekend, and appeared to name out Austin Hill because the ‘spud’ chargeable for wrecking him at not simply San Diego, however one week prior at Pocono.
Current incidents with Austin Hill
At San Diego, Hill missed the apex and ran extensive whereas restarting on the entrance row, placing Connor Zilisch and himself within the wall. Zilisch’s teammate Van Gisbergen was immediately behind that, and plowed into the melee as properly (which you’ll be able to see above). Within the rapid moments following the wreck, Van Gisbergen appeared to drive ahead after which backup, blocking Hill’s path as he tried to drive his personal broken automobile away from the accident scene.
And only one week earlier than, Hill was on the epicenter of one other incident with Van Gisbergen (which you’ll be able to see beneath), who was battling laborious with Josh Berry for place. The 2 automobiles drifted up the monitor in Flip 4 and Hill despatched it three-wide on the within, however pushed up as properly. The three automobiles rapidly ran out of room, inflicting a crash that collected Van Gisbergen and several other others.
Van Gisbergen has since fallen outdoors the Chase, and is now 5 factors out as NASCAR heads to Sonoma (the place he’s the defending winner) for its ultimate highway course race of the 2026 season.
New feedback from SVG
“Nonetheless fairly shitty after the weekend,” stated Van Gisbergen within the video, filming his post-race reflections on Tuesday.
“Two weeks in a row, taken out by the identical spud. It sucked. Robust one. We had a fairly common begin to the race. I wasn’t doing very properly and I struggled, after which it felt like our automobile was coming alive. Doubtlessly, we had been again within the race, and sadly, obtained taken out. So, yeah, that sucked. Fairly gutted — everyone seems to be. Each of us — Connor and myself, ended up wrecked, however yeah, it occurs.
“Attempting to reset, a few days right here in L.A. with Crimson Bull, which is superior, getting to take a look at the athlete heart. The blokes are doing a little pit cease observe, after which we’ll head as much as Sonoma in all probability Thursday, and attempt to redeem ourselves a bit.”
Van Gisbergen will face Hill twice at Sonoma, as they’re each competing within the NASCAR O’Reilly race on Saturday, in addition to the Cup race on Sunday. They’ve had some pretty spirited battles previously, together with at Sonoma, with SVG pushing him apart for a 2024 win there, and Hill displaying his displeasure after the race.
You’ll be able to watch the total recap of SVG’s San Diego weekend within the video beneath:
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