{"id":459107,"date":"2026-02-05T02:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T02:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/459107\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T02:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T02:19:11","slug":"svg-locks-in-clash-main-event-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/459107\/","title":{"rendered":"SVG locks in Clash main event start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHANE van Gisbergen has qualified 17th for the NASCAR Cup Series Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium\u2019s bullring oval.<\/p>\n<p>The effort means that the Trackhouse Racing driver is locked into the 23 cars that will greet the starter for the Clash, bypassing the Last Chance Qualifying Race.<\/p>\n<p>For the session qualifying, van Gisbergen hit the track in the third grouping, consisting of the top 12 finishers in last year\u2019s NASCAR Cup Series.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, van Gisbergen logged the eighth fastest time among the 38 starters after a pair of practice sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Last year in the corresponding race, van Gisbergen started tenth in the main event, before improving to ninth at the chequered flag.<\/p>\n<p>Pole position for the race went to Kyle Larson from William Byron and Ty Gibbs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/2026-meguiars-bathurst-12-hour-official-program?utm_source=SRBuyButton&amp;utm_medium=website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2026-12-hour-program_1024x1024.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pre-season non-points-paying race was originally scheduled for last weekend; however, historic snowfall across North America has seen the event delayed by three days.<\/p>\n<p>During the preliminaries, there were delays due to melted snow seeping under the barriers onto the track.<\/p>\n<p>The revised event format has eliminated the heat races, with the top-20 qualifiers advancing directly to the 200-lap main event, two transferring from the 75-lap Last Chance Qualifying race, and one driver earning a start on a provisional basis based on 2025 driver points.<\/p>\n<p>The Last Chance Qualifying race is scheduled for 8:30am AEDT, with the Clash set for 10:00am AEDT.<\/p>\n<p>The Cult Hero Bathurst 12 Hour Ford Laser Lives!<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0this\u00a0City\u00a0Rural\u00a0Insurance\u00a0Brokers\u00a0Classic\u00a0Car,\u00a0we\u00a0look\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0cult\u00a0hero\u00a0car\u00a0of\u00a02025,\u00a0the\u00a0Ford\u00a0Laser\u00a0that\u00a0nearly\u00a0claimed\u00a0victory\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Bathurst\u00a012\u00a0Hour!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHANE van Gisbergen has qualified 17th for the NASCAR Cup Series Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium\u2019s bullring oval.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-459107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}