{"id":48733,"date":"2025-10-11T05:13:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/van-gisbergen-unstoppable-5th-consecutive-victory-in-charlotte-logano-advances-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T05:13:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:13:24","slug":"van-gisbergen-unstoppable-5th-consecutive-victory-in-charlotte-logano-advances-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nascar\/van-gisbergen-unstoppable-5th-consecutive-victory-in-charlotte-logano-advances-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Gisbergen Unstoppable: 5th Consecutive Victory in Charlotte, Logano Advances"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shane van Gisbergen Dominates in Charlotte, Joey Logano Advances in the Playoffs in a Dramatic Finish<\/h2>\n\nConcord, N.C. \u2013 Shane van Gisbergen continues his winning streak, securing his fifth consecutive victory on road or street circuits this Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Meanwhile, the current Cup champion, Joey Logano, managed to advance to the third round of the NASCAR playoffs in an exciting showdown.\n\nThe competition intensified with Logano and Ross Chastain battling for a crucial spot. Chastain, at risk of elimination, was at a disadvantage until Logano failed to run a solid enough race on the Charlotte hybrid circuit.\n\nChastain seemed to have the advantage over Logano, but a crash on the last lap with Denny Hamlin changed the course, sending Chastain into a spin and finishing in 21st position, just behind Logano.\n\n\n

I didn’t know anything at all in that last race, I wasn’t very good.<\/p>Denny Hamlin<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nHamlin, visibly frustrated, complained to his team about the lack of information, arguing that he would not have passed Chastain if he had known it would benefit Logano.\n\nThe race reduced the group of competitors from 12 to eight. Logano’s luck seemed uncertain, as most expected the last playoff spot to go to a driver below the cut line, unless van Gisbergen was stopped.\n\nKyle Larson and Christopher Bell presented challenges to van Gisbergen, but the New Zealand driver emerged victorious from a battle with Larson, securing the lead and the final victory.\n\nThis victory eliminated the hopes of Tyler Reddick, Bubba Wallace, and Austin Cindric of advancing in the competition. Meanwhile, Chastain, of Trackhouse Racing, remained in the fight, even though Logano was not achieving optimal performance.\n\n\n

We’re still alive, we’re still here, baby!<\/p>Joey Logano<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nLogano, celebrating amidst mixed reactions from fans, acknowledged the intensity of the playoffs and the importance of staying in the competition.\n\nThe situation recalled the previous year, when Logano was eliminated in Charlotte, but then benefited from a disqualification, which allowed him to return and win the Cup championship.\n\nLogano made a late pit stop to change tires, while Chastain did not, being forced to compete with worn tires in the final laps.\n\n\n

Unforced errors, it’s terrible.<\/p>Ross Chastain<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nChastain expressed his frustration with the early penalties and the impact on his team. The eight drivers advancing to the third round of the playoffs are Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson, William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell, and Chase Briscoe. Chastain, Austin Cindric, Tyler Reddick, and Bubba Wallace were eliminated.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shane van Gisbergen Dominates in Charlotte, Joey Logano Advances in the Playoffs in a Dramatic Finish Concord, N.C. \u2013 Shane van Gisbergen continues his winning streak, securing his fifth consecutive victory on road or street circuits this Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Meanwhile, the current Cup champion, Joey Logano, managed to advance to the third […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1644,834,182,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-48733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nascar","7":"tag-charlotte","8":"tag-joey-logano","9":"tag-nascar","10":"tag-playoffs"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48733","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=48733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}