Shane van Gisbergen’s #97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Camaro at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Image: David Graham
After his remarkable recovery in Phoenix netted him 11th, the Trackhouse Racing driver was riding high on the table. However, he came crashing down – almost literally – at Las Vegas.
Damage on the opening lap from a high-speed slide onto the apron meant van Gisbergen spent the remaining 266 laps battling an imbalance with the front splitter dragging on the road.
The day had promised a lot, having qualified 16th and ahead of his two Trackhouse Racing teammates Ross Chastain (17th) and Connor Zilisch (25th). Van Gisbergen finished last.
“Tough, long day,” said van Gisbergen.
“Thought our race was going to go better than that but got some damage on lap one when I made a mistake.
“Then, just continued to struggle the rest of the day. Thanks to my #97 guys for continuing to work on my SuperFile Chevy. We’ll move on to Darlington.”
Trackhouse Racing struggled on the whole. Zilisch spun after nose-to-tail contact with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the #47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro and finished 32nd.
“We didn’t really fire off great,” said Zilisch.
“I felt like we could be good on the long run and make ground up, and then on the restart, we would just fall back and lose all the ground we would make up.
“I don’t know what happened with Ricky. He was pitting and I didn’t see him wave us off.
“It just caught me by surprise when he checked up in the middle of the corner and that kind of ended our day from there.”
Chastain, meanwhile, was only 17th as he battled car handling issues.
“We worked on the handling all day,” said Chastain.
“The long green flag runs didn’t help us any but we kept working at it.”
Van Gisbergen shares 16th in the standings with former Trackhouse Racing teammate Daniel Suarez and Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger.
The points are still led by 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick ahead of teammate Bubba Wallace.
Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney slipped one place to third while Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin surged from 12th to fourth thanks to his Las Vegas win. Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott holds fifth.
The NASCAR Cup Series resumes at Darlington on March 23.
2026 NASCAR Cup Series Points (After Las Vegas Motor Speedway)
Pos
Num
Driver
Team
Gain/Loss
Points
Diff
Gap
1
45
Tyler Reddick
23XI Racing
0
255
0
0
2
23
Bubba Wallace
23XI Racing
-1
194
61
61
3
12
Ryan Blaney
Team Penske
1
188
67
6
4
11
Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing
-8
177
78
11
5
9
Chase Elliott
Hendrick Motorsports
+1
168
87
9
6
20
Christopher Bell
Joe Gibbs Racing
0
164
91
4
7
5
Kyle Larson
Hendrick Motorsports
-3
157
98
7
8
24
William Byron
Hendrick Motorsports
-3
157
98
0
9
17
Chris Buescher
RFK Racing
0
146
109
11
10
54
Ty Gibbs
Joe Gibbs Racing
-5
140
115
6
11
22
Joey Logano
Team Penske
+4
135
120
5
12
6
Brad Keselowski
RFK Racing
-4
127
128
8
13
60
Ryan Preece
RFK Racing
-5
125
130
2
14
71
Michael McDowell
Spire Motorsports
+6
122
133
3
15
77
Carson Hocevar
Spire Motorsports
+1
118
137
4
16
97
Shane Van Gisbergen
Trackhouse Racing
+11
117
138
1
17
7
Daniel Suarez
Spire Motorsports
0
117
138
0
18
16
AJ Allmendinger
Kaulig Racing
+5
117
138
0
19
38
Zane Smith
Front Row Motorsports
0
108
147
9
20
1
Ross Chastain
Trackhouse Racing
-3
94
161
14
21
42
John Hunter Nemechek
Legacy Motor Club
-1
91
164
3
22
8
Kyle Busch
Richard Childress Racing
+2
90
165
1
23
35
Riley Herbst
23XI Racing
-1
86
169
4
24
3
Austin Dillon
Richard Childress Racing
-5
81
174
5
25
10
Ty Dillon
Kaulig Racing
+4
80
175
1
26
19
Chase Briscoe
Joe Gibbs Racing
-7
76
179
4
27
43
Erik Jones
Legacy Motor Club
-1
76
179
0
28
4
Noah Gragson
Front Row Motorsports
+3
73
182
3
29
47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Hyak Motorsports
+2
72
183
1
30
2
Austin Cindric
Team Penske
0
71
184
1
31
34
Todd Gilliland
Front Row Motorsports
+5
68
187
3
32
21
Josh Berry
Wood Brothers Racing
+1
56
199
12
33
51
Cody Ware
Rick Ware Racing
+1
52
203
4
34
41
Cole Custer
Haas Factory Team
-1
52
203
0
35
88
Connor Zilisch #
Trackhouse Racing
+1
50
205
2
36
48
Alex Bowman
Hendrick Motorsports
0
23
232
27
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