FREE ENTRY<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThe last few weeks, I just haven\u2019t been good enough. I\u2019ve been really doing well, getting better at ovals and I just haven\u2019t performed the last couple weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t understand the track early enough there and what the tyres were doing and how to save them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI blame myself at the moment, but thanks to the Trackhouse team we\u2019ve had an awesome year and still not over yet, but I need to be better myself and it\u2019s just going to come with time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Van Gisbergen said his hopes of a strong Bristol showing were dashed early.<\/p>\n
He likened the tyre wear to experiences he had had at Tailem Bend and Wanneroo in Supercars, but said the style of tyre management was different.<\/p>\n
There were moments during the race he thought he had enough tyre life to hold onto the lead lap, but at the end of Stage 2 was put another lap down just before the green-chequered.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe way this tyre, the way you save it, is so much different to what I\u2019m used to at home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was pretty crazy. You\u2019d be feeling like you were good, and then all of a sudden you\u2019d feel the cords start to show up and then you knew you only had three laps before you had to pit.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was pretty crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Van Gisbergen suffered two spins in the race, one off the nose of the #24 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro driven by William Byron and the other thanks to a nudge from Ty Dillon in the #10 Kaulig Racing Camaro.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of them was probably my fault and the other was probably an impatient nice guy I guess,\u201d van Gisbergen explained.<\/p>\n
Van Gisbergen\u2019s season will continue at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Monday, September 22 (AEST) where he\u2019ll look to continue learning.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew it was going to be a long shot today, but I\u2019m still proud of what we\u2019ve achieved this year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a privilege to be in the Playoffs. Everyone knew the first round was going to be difficult, I just didn\u2019t do a good enough job.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need to keep getting better at the ovals and the road courses will keep working, but I need to start improving on this stuff.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was awesome. As I said, it\u2019s a privilege to be in it. Cool to have that pressure. We didn\u2019t perform the best we could. That\u2019s on us, but still cool to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n
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