Thinkin’ Out Loud at Chicago: Shane van Gisbergen Win May Save NASCAR Street Racing
A surprise winner saved the Chicago street race from certain disaster and perhaps the future of NASCAR street racing as a whole.
A surprise winner saved the Chicago street race from certain disaster and perhaps the future of NASCAR street racing as a whole.
The New Zealand native came into NASCAR and taught some stock car full-time regulars a thing or two about racing on a street course.
It was a historic day in Chicago on Sunday, but was it actually a good race?
The three-time Australian V8 Supercars champion is the only driver to win in his first Cup start in NASCAR’s modern era.
Van Gisbergen “tried to find [his] own piece of track and build up at [his] own pace.”
Hamlin’s lap of 89.557 mph edged out Tyler Reddick, who will start on the outside of the front row on Sunday.
The Chicago street course will be a new experience for many — but not everyone in the Cup field.
The team has scored one win in the last eight races after winning four of the first nine.
Johnson’s in-laws were killed Monday, along with their 11-year-old grandson, in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide.
Shane van Gisbergen will make his debut in NASCAR at the Chicago street course.