Shocking absolutely nobody, V8 Supercars star Shane Van Gisbergen once again proved that he’s right at home behind the wheel of the No. 97 NASCAR Chevy Camaro SS, winning the Xfinity Series race on the Chicago Street Course on July 6th, 2024.
Shane van Gisbergen – who won the inaugural Cup Series race at Chicago last year – was clearly the class of the field, outrunning Ty Gibbs’ No. 19 Toyota TRD Supra and Kyle Larson’s No. 17 Camaro to the checkered flag. Even so, it wasn’t an easy path to victory for van Gisbergen, who faced tough competition from Larson in the opening laps. The two NASCAR Chevy drivers traded the lead back and forth several times as van Gisbergen looked for a way around Larson. He completed the pass and went on to win Stage 1 before falling back after a round of pit stops. Van Gisbergen spent the rest of the race picking off cars one by one as he battled back from outside the top 20.
With six laps left, van Gisbergen was struck by the No. 1 NASCAR Chevy of Sam Mayer, causing the No. 97 Camaro to brush the wall. He lost ground as he gathered his race car back up, letting Gibbs and the No. 2 NASCAR Chevy Camaro of Jesse Love get ahead of him. With just three laps left on the board, van Gisbergen cleanly passed them both to reclaim the lead and didn’t look back.
“It was pretty wild there at the end, but I can’t thank the Kaulig Racing guys enough,” van Gisbergen said after the race. “It was great racing to start with Kyle [Larson]. He was really good on the restarts, and we made our car better with the second set of tires, but whooo, that was fun at the end, passing all those guys. Had some great racing with everyone.”
Larson, meanwhile, said he enjoyed racing Shane van Gisbergen because it was a learning experience for him.
“I was having a blast,” Larson said. “Obviously, I wanted to win today, but I wanted to learn more than anything. I wanted to get to battle with him because he’s just really good at creating shapes and angles and passing. That was an objective of mine, and the first opportunity I got, I wanted to get racing because I just didn’t know if I’d have another opportunity to race with him.”
Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 97 | Shane Van Gisbergen # | WeatherTech Chevrolet | 50 | 14 | Chevrolet Camaro |
2 | 4 | 19 | Ty Gibbs(i) | He Gets Us Toyota | 50 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
3 | 2 | 17 | Kyle Larson(i) | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 50 | 12 | Chevrolet Camaro |
4 | 7 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Spiked Lite Tropical Coolers Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
5 | 8 | 2 | Jesse Love # | WAT Chevrolet | 50 | 14 | Chevrolet Camaro |
6 | 3 | 88 | Connor Mosack(i) | Porter Pipe & Supply Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
7 | 13 | 21 | Austin Hill | Dow Coatings Chevrolet | 50 | 8 | Chevrolet Camaro |
8 | 15 | 15 | Joey Logano(i) | Klutch Vodka Ford | 50 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
9 | 36 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | BRANDT Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
10 | 19 | 32 | Austin Green | 3Dimensional.com Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
11 | 11 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Celsius Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
12 | 30 | 11 | Josh Williams | Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
13 | 14 | 8 | Sammy Smith | Allstate Peterbilt Group Chevrolet | 50 | 2 | Chevrolet Camaro |
14 | 28 | 91 | Kyle Weatherman | Beard Guyz Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
15 | 23 | 27 | Jeb Burton | NORMA Ammunition/Grand Springs Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
16 | 22 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Sci Aps Ford | 50 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
17 | 32 | 9 | Brandon Jones | Menards/Fisher Nuts Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
18 | 10 | 00 | Cole Custer | Andy's Frozen Custard Ford | 50 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
19 | 5 | 1 | Sam Mayer | PCI Pharma Services Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
20 | 25 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Toxic Waste Energy Drink Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
21 | 27 | 43 | Ryan Ellis | Snapchat Less Likes More Love Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
22 | 35 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing Ford | 50 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
23 | 26 | 38 | Matt DiBenedetto | Rema Ford | 50 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
24 | 29 | 29 | Blaine Perkins | Crocodile Cloth Ford | 50 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
25 | 6 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek(i) | Jewel Osco Toyota | 50 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
26 | 37 | 18 | Sheldon Creed | Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Toyota | 50 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
27 | 31 | 36 | Daniel Suarez(i) | Van Der Hagen Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
28 | 20 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Monster Energy Ford | 47 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
29 | 16 | 07 | Alex Labbe | Flood Brothers Chevrolet | 45 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
30 | 18 | 5 | Anthony Alfredo | Dude Wipes Chevrolet | 45 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
31 | 21 | 42 | Leland Honeyman # | Klean Freak Chevrolet | 44 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
32 | 17 | 50 | Preston Pardus | Chinchor Electric Inc. Chevrolet | 38 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
33 | 38 | 26 | Sage Karam | COLTURE Sports Toyota | 37 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
34 | 12 | 31 | Parker Retzlaff | FUNKAWAY Chevrolet | 36 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
35 | 33 | 14 | Andre Castro | eRacing Association Chevrolet | 34 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
36 | 24 | 92 | Josh Bilicki | Insurance King Chevrolet | 34 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
37 | 34 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Impel Union Chevrolet | 15 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
38 | 9 | 81 | Chandler Smith | Smith General Contracting Toyota | 5 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
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Comments
Why is chevy in nascar? You can’t buy a camaro.
Proof that nascar is an unjustifiable waste of resources. And I like racing.
If it is so important, why kill the automobile you use to represent your brand in the series?
Win on Sunday…have nothing to Sell on Monday that even comes remotely close to resembling what won the day before.