{"id":637474,"date":"2026-04-29T02:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/637474\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T02:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:19:15","slug":"shane-van-gisbergen-set-for-nascar-triple-duty-at-watkins-glen-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/637474\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane van Gisbergen set for NASCAR triple duty at Watkins Glen International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHANE van Gisbergen is set to be a busy boy at Watkins Glen International next weekend, when, for the first time in his NASCAR career, he will take on triple duty in all three top tiers of the sport.<\/p>\n<p>The final piece in the puzzle is confirmation that he will return to JR Motorsports #9 O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series Chevrolet for the event.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the second time this season he has moonlighted in the class \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/van-gisbergen-smashes-oreilly-field-at-cota\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">last time out at the Circuit of the Americas, he registered a comfortable win for the Dale Earnhardt Jr owned squad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This season, the #9 has seen a rotating cast of drivers, including SVG\u2019s Trackhouse Racing teammate Ross Chastain, rising star Carson Kvapil, who also shares the #1 JR Motorsports entry with Connor Zilisch, and short track ace Lee Pulliam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/v8-sleuth-magazine-issue-3?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\/v8sleuth-mag-issue3_1024x1024.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Watkins Glen O\u2019Reilly race ended in controversy for the team when Zilisch tipped van Gisbergen into the wall, resulting in a heavy crash for the latter.<\/p>\n<p>Zilisch subsequently fell off his car in victory lane and broke his collarbone.<\/p>\n<p>Van Gisbergen rebounded the next day to claim victory in the Cup Series, his breakthrough success at the venue.<\/p>\n<p>Ensuring he will race on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/van-gisbergen-to-return-to-nascar-trucks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">van Gisbergen has also signed on to drive for Niece Motorsports in the Craftsman Truck Series.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before NASCAR returns to road course racing, this weekend the stock car circus returns to Texas Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n<p>The Undercut \u2013 Fuelling the feuds in Supercars!<\/p>\n<p>The Undercut returns in a massive week of sport, with Aaron Noonan once again joined by Jack Perkins, breaking down the inaugural New Zealand double header!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHANE van Gisbergen is set to be a busy boy at Watkins Glen International next weekend, when, for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-637474","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\/637474","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=637474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}