Shane van Gisbergen walks away from his first oval experience all smiles after finishing P19 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
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31 comments
Damn, the title made it seem like he won his first oval race. Was about to say this dude is insane. Still great job though
@NASCAR Indeed
Don’t let a 19th place in a third tier series fool you. Shane has never run this type of track before in a completely different race car (or truck) that was off balance all night. He kept his nose clean and accomplished everything he needed: experience. Looking forward to seeing him and Brodie on Sunday.
@NASCAR exactly
Although third tier is correct it’s not quite the right descriptor
I agree. Now in the playoffs As a deegan fan I wish she would take a step back from digging to win racing people to hard in the back and really try to make it a goal to just FINSH all of the laps the rest of the season then go hard Next year in Xfinity. The trucks are not her suited style.
@ZombiepoptartsI think you should pick a different driver
That was phenomenal for never having touched paved oval racing, let a lone a truck before. Watched him for a while in Supercars, the guy has raw talent in a racecar.
This guy has alot of talent. He is humble in all the right scenarios and knows how to adjust his race craft to each vehicle well.
Shane van Gisbergen has quickly become my new favorite driver behind MTJ. Shane was running in the top 15 tonight and was continuing to impress me seeing as this was his very first race on this type of track and he straight up conquered it indeed. Knowing he’s apart of the sport now and into the future is nothing but amazing and exciting! Looking forward to seeing him, Brodie, and Kamui on Sunday.
Yeah for someone who has no oval experience on concrete, finishing his first one in 19th is pretty good. I mean the more ovals he’s going to run the more he’ll adapt to it and now with the sim time they have to put in on top of that, he’ll master ovals very quickly.
@Samuel Duplessis lol… No he won’t. SVG’s oval career will go much the same way that Marcos Ambrose’s did.
@The Sammy Jenkins Experienceyou underestimate this guy mate. He can drive anything. I’m not saying he’ll be a champion of the oval, but very few drivers ever make it to that title anyway. He’s a better driver than most of the entire NASCAR roster in all tiers.
Go truex
@Tim Wise Dude he’s gonna get to the Cup series like Ambrose did, and then spend his entire career finishing 10 – 25. NASCAR oval racing is unlike anything else, and that’s why no outside drivers have ever cracked it.
What an awesome effort for first ever oval experience. He got into the top 15 if only for a lap or so. 19th over all and finished with a straight truck. Go get em on Sunday SVG in the Cup Race. Hope to see him racing next year in a car with #97 on it.
most important thing, not a single scratch on that truck despite battling all race in the middle of the pack, now i want to see how he does on a big oval
Thanks for giving it to Aussie fox sports to watch officially live!
First time on an oval! First time in a truck! Finished the race with all four corners intact on the truck! Finished better then the Donut! You either have it or you don’t! SVG’s got it! The Donut don’t!
If this guy goes in for a full season in any nascar league someone give him a red bull livery.
Would be historically correct if he would end up in the 83.
I heard he was runnin this race a few days ago. His biggest feature was during a commercial break when they were showing the race side by side with the commercials when he was running 3 wide for multiple laps. Pretty friggin cool!
Rooting for this guy.
Good Luck on your Cup Series Shane!
What dose that even mean?
Tuned in from nz and what a solid race from the bro.roll on tomorrow
P19 on his oval debut. This is not bad result at all. GG, Shane
This dudes quickly becoming a fan favorite over here and its so cool to see
Outstanding effort, first truck race i have watch. He is a True kiwi but us Aussies will always clam some of him. he is a true blooded racer, he is going to do well in the USA. He will bring me to watching NASCAR along with many many from NZ and AUS, Congrats Shane
He is going to be a star in NASCAR!
Great to see Shane let the truck front of him knowing he playing for playoffs and points