Shane van Gisbergen sweeps Chicago weekend with chaotic NASCAR Cup race win

The three-time Supercars champion is now a three-time race winner within the NASCAR Cup Sequence. Shane van Gisbergen received from pole within the NASCAR Xfinity Sequence…after which proceeded to do it once more within the Cup race on Sunday.

Whereas chaos broke out behind the leaders, SVG remained firmly in management for the ultimate run of the race. Ty Gibbs completed second, matching his career-best end within the Cup Sequence. Tyler Reddick was charging quick on contemporary tires, however he ran out of time, settling for third. Denny Hamlin got here from final on the grid to complete fourth and Kyle Busch rebounded from a mid-race spin to complete fifth.

AJ Allmendinger, Ryan Preece, Alex Bowman, Austin Hill, and Ross Chastain crammed out the rest of the highest ten.

As Van Gisbergen approached the white flag, Cody Ware crashed huge, burying his No. 51 automotive within the tire barrier. Fortunately for him, he took the white flag earlier than the race-ending warning flew.

Stage 3

The ultimate stage of the race bought underway on Lap 49 of 75 with Briscoe and Reddick main the way in which, making an attempt to go longer than most on gas.

SVG restarted again in eighth, however shortly made his means as much as third. Reddick stayed near Briscoe about three seconds away from the three-time Supercars champ.

With 18 laps to go, he simply dispatched Reddick for the runner-up spot. Three laps later, he made the move for the lead on Briscoe. Moments later, the warning flew for a medical emergency. NASCAR wanted to get an ambulance throughout the monitor to assist a spectator.  

Reddick took the chance to pit from third, giving up monitor place for contemporary tires. A handful of automobiles pitted with him, however it nonetheless put him deep within the area.

The inexperienced flag flew with 13 laps to go and chaos broke out behind the leaders with a number of incidents. Chastain bought put into the tires in Flip 1 after which despatched Joey Logano spinning within the subsequent nook, gathering Ricky Stenhouse Jr., however none of this really prompted a warning. Austin Cindric stopped on monitor with harm, and that in the end triggered a full-course warning.

In a nine-lap sprint, issues bought very heated between Alex Bowman and Bubba Wallace as they battled not only for a spot on monitor, however for development within the $1 million in-season problem. Ultimately, Wallace bought turned off the nostril of Bowman and spun out. 

There was a variety of contact all through the pack within the closing laps, however issues one way or the other remained inexperienced till the white flag incident. And whereas SVG celebrated the win, his teammate, Chastain, was confronted by Logano on pit highway following their contact.

Stage 1

Initially of the race, Michael McDowell managed to get round van Gisbergen and take the race lead. It was a clear begin, however William Byron fell behind the pack and went to the storage with clutch points.

Simply three laps into the race, Carson Hocevar slammed the wall on the exit of Flip 10 and misplaced management whereas working the seventh. This ignited a multi-car pileup, gathering Brad Keselowski, Austin Dillon, Will Brown, Todd Gilliland, Allmendinger, and Riley Herbst. Cole Custer additionally sustained harm was making an attempt to decelerate.

The remainder of the stage was largely clear apart from a spin from Bowman. A lot of the area selected to short-pit together with van Gisbergen, who went from second to eleventh.

Nevertheless, McDowell was amongst ten drivers that stayed out, successful the stage. He was adopted by Busch, Reddick, Chase Briscoe, and Preece.

Christopher Bell was penalized for rushing through the first cycle of stops, placing him to the rear of the sphere.

Stage 2

SVG shortly made up floor with contemporary tires, slicing via the highest ten with relative ease. In the meantime, Wallace went for a spin after contact with Kyle Larson.

Afterward, Josh Berry spun and slammed the wall, destroying the nostril of the automotive. A number of drivers, together with Tyler Reddick and Chase Briscoe, dove to pit highway simply earlier than the warning got here out.

Beneath warning, McDowell gave up the lead after telling the group that his throttle was sticking. He bought contemporary tires and a full load of gas because the Spire group went underneath the hood to analyze. 

SVG was again in management, main Allmendinger. Busch went spinning on the restart, costing him all of his monitor place. To make issues worse, he bought a pass-through penalty after driving via too many pit stalls. Katherine Legge additionally misplaced management and slammed the tire barrier at Flip 1. She was capable of proceed.

Van Gisbergen gave up the stage win to pit early, as did Allmendinger. That allowed Ryan Blaney to take the stage win, forward of Briscoe and Reddick. 

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