Running a special New Zealand-themed paint scheme, shane van gisbergen Continued his rapid oval progress at Cup level.
After earning his first stage points on the oval at New Hampshire Motor Speedway three weeks earlier, he went to Kansas the following week and earned his first top ten.
As expected, he won the Charlotte Roval for his fifth win of the season (all on street and road courses), before returning to the oval for NASCAR’s Las Vegas race this weekend.
In a car draped in silver ferns and with many nods to their homelandThe Kiwi started 13th, ahead of both his Trackhouse Racing teammates. During the race, he maintained his presence at the front of the field and finished 12th in Stage 1 and 11th in Stage 3.
Career-best shot ends in disaster
He looked set to make the top 15, but after William Byron’s violent crash with only 30 laps left, No. 88 crew chief Stephen Doran was among those who turned the tables in Vegas. He took only two new tires on the right side, dropping him to sixth for the restart.
The field quickly spread three-ways, and a coming together of the worst kind occurred. ty gibbs went up in the middle to follow alex bowmanJust as christopher bell Peeking inside the SVG. As he was pressed, Bell drove the No. 54 of Gibbs and the No. 88 of SVG into each other, triggering a multi-car accident.
Van Gisbergen spun on the track where both of them collided Austin Dillon and his Trackhouse teammates, Ross ChastainThere was nowhere for either driver to go as SVG’s car came back onto the track, collecting Carson Hocevar Too.
SVG’s race ended on lap 245 of 267. He was given credit for finishing 33rd.
“A disappointing end to the day,” SVG said after being released from the infield care entry. “My 88 Jockey Chevy was great in the beginning, then it was a little rough at the end but we were still in position to get a good finish. I wish our result had shown the race we saw. Proud of my 88 team for bringing in another rocket ship.”
NASCAR stated that the following eleven drivers were involved in the accident, making it one of the largest Cup accidents in Las Vegas history: Van Gisbergen, Gibbs, Chastain, A. Dillon, Hocevar, Ware, Bell, chase elliott, Todd Gilliland, zane smithand A.J. Allmendinger.
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