TRACKHOUSE Racing has revealed the adaptable winning heritage of the Chevrolet Camaro that Shane van Gisbergen takes into this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International.
Under NASCAR’s modern Next Gen ruleset, single entries are limited to seven centre body sections of the spec race car chassis per season, whereas in the past, teams were not limited in the number of cars that could be wheeled out during a year.
Like the current generation Supercar, the NASCAR also uses interchangeable front and rear clip sections to ease accident repairs.
Also, in earlier iterations of NASCAR, specialist chassis were able to be developed specifically for road courses, short ovals, intermediate ovals and super speedways.
In a social media clip for team sponsor Safety Culture, the history of SVG’s car for this weekend has come under the spotlight.
The chassis recently won the Cup Series race at Sonoma after previously winning NASCAR’s debut event at Mexico City.
Due to the short turnaround between back-to-back events, van Gisbergen used a different chassis to win in Chicago.
Earlier, van Gisbergen used the chassis to claim the pole position for the NASCAR All-Star Open at North Wilksboro, heading a field of 18 cars.
Ultimately, SVG would fade in the race to place 13th, and not advance to the All-Star race final.
Previously, in April, van Gisbergen used the car to claim 20th on the high banks of Darlington Speedway, while at the start of March, it finished sixth on the Circuit of the Americas road course.
This weekend, van Gisbergen is set for double duties at Watkins Glen in both the Xfinity and Cup Series, with both classes practising and qualifying overnight, before the Xfinity race is contested on Sunday morning, and the Cup race on Monday morning Australian time.