{"id":510916,"date":"2026-03-01T02:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T02:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/510916\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T02:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T02:43:13","slug":"shane-van-gisbergen-circuit-of-the-americas-nascar-oreilly-series-race-report-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/510916\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane van Gisbergen Circuit of the Americas NASCAR O&#8217;Reilly Series race report 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHANE van Gisbergen proved unbeatable in his NASCAR O\u2019Reilly Series cameo at the Circuit of the Americas, breaking through for his first career win at the venue.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time Supercars champion had to fight for the win, though, with multiple stunning moves paying dividends.<\/p>\n<p>From the front row at the initial start, van Gisbergen dropped into second behind his JR Motorsports\/Trackhouse Racing teammate Connor Zilisch on the initial race start.<\/p>\n<p>The duo held station until SVG charged into the lead ahead of flipping the stage, stopping early due to not running for stage points.<\/p>\n<p>Despite stopping early, Gisbergen was classified 10th in the stage end, which translated to a 10th-place start for stage two.<\/p>\n<p>However, he was swamped on the run to turn one by Zilisch, 17-year-old debutant Brent Crews and Sam Mayer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/1-18-scale-1984-bathurst-1000-71-ford-mustang-johnson-french-model?utm_source=SRBuyButton&amp;utm_medium=website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/18861_046ccdb7-e300-4d7f-a11c-8cfdd08f8108_1024x1024.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Zilisch slowed with brake problems, van Gisbergen forged into the top spot when Baltazar Leguizamon drilled the turn one wall, bringing out the yellows.<\/p>\n<p>In the short run to the next green and white chequered flag, SVG advanced to fifth, pipped by Adelaide Super2 starter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2955-Jesse-Love\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Love<\/a> on the final straight.<\/p>\n<p>Upon the restart, van Gisbergen made a daring three-wide pass for the lead stick.<\/p>\n<p>A caution with 10 laps remaining saw the majority of the field pit, with SVG lining up from sixth for the restart.<\/p>\n<p>Not mucking around, the Kiwi pounced into the lead at turn one when the leaders sprayed wide.<\/p>\n<p>As chaos unfolded behind him, Austin Hill was classified in second.<\/p>\n<p>Next up for van Gisbergen is the NASCAR Cup Series race, where he reverts back to his #97 SafetyCulture Chevrolet, which will line up from 13th for the 95-lap race.<\/p>\n<p>The race is scheduled to start at 7:30am AEDT tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>First look: Toyota&#8217;s Supra Supercar!<\/p>\n<p>The covers come off the brand-new Toyota Supra, which is set to debut on the 2026 Supercars grid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHANE van Gisbergen proved unbeatable in his NASCAR O\u2019Reilly Series cameo at the Circuit of the Americas, breaking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-510916","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\/510916","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=510916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}