{"id":24673,"date":"2025-08-14T01:02:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T05:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/van-gisbergen-makes-history-fourth-nascar-victory-and-record\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T01:02:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T05:02:57","slug":"van-gisbergen-makes-history-fourth-nascar-victory-and-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nascar\/van-gisbergen-makes-history-fourth-nascar-victory-and-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Gisbergen makes history: Fourth NASCAR victory and record!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shane van Gisbergen Continues to Make NASCAR History<\/h2>\n\nShane van Gisbergen’s recent victory in NASCAR’s premier series was as historic as it was emotional, marking a milestone in his rookie career.\n\nWith his father, Robert, in attendance for the first time this year, the Auckland, New Zealand driver set a rookie record in the Cup with his fourth victory, outpacing the competition at Watkins Glen International.\n\n\n

\u201cIt’s incredible to have him here,\u201d said van Gisbergen, who last saw his father during the Christmas holidays. \u201cIt’s been a very tough year for Dad, and he hasn’t been able to travel, so having him here for the next three weeks and sharing this with him, it’s incredible.\u201d<\/p>\nShane van Gisbergen<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nvan Gisbergen’s rookie season in the Cup has been truly amazing.\n\nTrackhouse Racing’s driver joined 2020 champion Chase Elliott and NASCAR Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon as the only drivers to win four consecutive Cup races on road or street circuits.\n\nUnlike his previous victories in Mexico City, Chicago, and Sonoma, van Gisbergen was unable to start from the pole position after being overtaken by Ryan Blaney. After qualifying second, van Gisbergen waited for his moment and took the lead for the first time on lap 25 of the 90-lap race. Then, he settled into a flawless and fluid pace on the 2.45-mile road course.\n\n\n

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Shane van Gisbergen celebra con Jessica Dane y su perro, Ronald, en el carril de la victoria el domingo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n“I’m a very lucky guy to be able to drive for an incredible group of people and just execute,” said van Gisbergen. “The day went perfectly.”\n\nThe 36-year-old rookie made his final pit stop with 27 laps to go and entered in first place on lap 74 of a clean race with only three yellow flags. Cruising to a big lead while leading the final 17 laps, van Gisbergen beat Christopher Bell by 11.116 seconds.\n\n\n

\u201cI’m excited because we’ve been struggling a bit,\u201d Bell said. \u201cJust trying to run the races has been difficult for us, so it’s really incredible to have a good day. Frustrated to be beaten by van Gisbergen. He’s doing a really good job.\u201d<\/p>\nChristopher Bell<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nWith five wins in just 38 races in NASCAR’s premier series, van Gisbergen is only behind Elliott (seven wins) and Kyle Larson (six) among active drivers on street or road courses. He is also the fastest to reach five Cup wins since the legendary Dan Gurney, who won his fifth race in his 13th start in January 1968.\n\nThe victory validated Trackhouse’s decision to sign a multi-year contract extension with van Gisbergen last week. Tied with Denny Hamlin for the series lead in wins, van Gisbergen is second in the playoffs with two races remaining in the regular season.\n\nThe first round will take place on three oval tracks, where the inexperienced van Gisbergen, who raced exclusively on road and street circuits while winning three championships in the Australian-based Supercars, has an average of 26.9 this year.\n\n\n

\u201cIt’s not going to be easy, that’s for sure,\u201d van Gisbergen said of his playoff prospects. \u201cThe first round, it’s some very difficult tracks for me, but I’m improving, and I’m having fun, and it’s a challenge. That’s why we’re here, and we’ll give it a good shot.\u201d<\/p>\nShane van Gisbergen<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Playoffs Outlook<\/h2>\n\n\nChris Buescher, who finished third, improved to 34 points ahead of his Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing teammate, Ryan Preece, in the battle for the final playoff spot.\n\nBuescher overtook van Gisbergen on the last lap to win at Watkins Glen last year. His team adapted their strategy on Sunday to accumulate stage points instead of following the win-oriented strategy used by van Gisbergen.\n\n\n

\u201cLast year, we didn’t have to deal with the points side, so we brought a fast race car and made it happen,\u201d Buescher said. \u201cWe had a really fast race car again, we just took the opportunity to capitalize on some big stage points early on\u201d.<\/p>\nChris Buescher<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Gibbs in Trouble<\/h2>\n\n\nIt was another frustrating race for Ty Gibbs, who spun John Hunter Nemechek at the end of Stage 2 and then complained about the handling and strategy of his No. 54 Toyota. Joe Gibbs Racing’s competition director, Chris Gabehart, who recently began working as a strategist and consultant for Gibbs’ team, told the driver over the radio to “stay in the game” after the Nemechek accident and then had a problem after Gibbs questioned his team’s strategy.\n\n\n

\u201cI’m sure you have a very good understanding from inside the car,\u201d Gabehart said to Gibbs over the radio. \u201cSo you can call the strategy if you want, or we can keep rolling.\u201d<\/p>\nChris Gabehart<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nGibbs, the grandson of team owner Joe Gibbs, finished 33rd and is still winless since moving to the Cup after winning the 2022 Xfinity Series championship. Teammates Chase Briscoe, Denny Hamlin, and Bell have qualified for the playoffs with wins this season.\n\n\n

Next stop<\/h2>\n\n\nThe NASCAR Cup will race on Saturday at Richmond Raceway, which will host its only NASCAR race weekend this season. The 0.75-mile oval had two annual races on the Cup schedule from 1959 to 2024.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shane van Gisbergen Continues to Make NASCAR History Shane van Gisbergen’s recent victory in NASCAR’s premier series was as historic as it was emotional, marking a milestone in his rookie career. With his father, Robert, in attendance for the first time this year, the Auckland, New Zealand driver set a rookie record in the Cup […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[182,390,4139,7065],"class_list":{"0":"post-24673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-nascar","9":"tag-rookie","10":"tag-shane-van-gisbergen","11":"tag-watkins-glen"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}