Shane van Gisbergen dazzled in the streets of Chicago with a dominant performance in Saturday’s (July 5) The Loop 110, passing JR Motorsports teammate Connor Zilisch on the final restart to score back-to-back NASCAR Xfinity Series wins in the Windy City.
An untimely caution and subsequent pit stop on lap 26 dropped van Gisbergen to 25th after leading from the pole. He fought through heavy traffic and gritted out a mid-race cool suit failure to complete the comeback. He did so with temperatures around 95 degrees outside and even hotter inside of his No. 9 racecar.
After performing a celebratory burnout and conducting a TV interview, van Gisbergen went to the infield care center for treatment from overheating (in part from the cool suit failure) and was unavailable for a post-race press conference.
He was treated and released from the care center around 7:35 p.m. local time. He’ll start on the pole for Sunday’s (July 6) Grant Park 165 and will look to double up by sweeping the weekend and scoring his second NASCAR Cup Series win of the 2025 season.
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