{"id":658753,"date":"2026-05-09T00:23:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T00:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/658753\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T00:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T00:23:17","slug":"shane-van-gisbergen-nascar-truck-series-qualifying-watkins-glen-international-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/658753\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane van Gisbergen NASCAR Truck Series Qualifying Watkins Glen International 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHANE van Gisbergen will start his second career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Watkins Glen International from eighth.<\/p>\n<p>With his Niece Motorsport Chevrolet Silverado, a part-time entrant in the series, van Gisbergen was positioned in the first group for practice and qualifying, which is typically at the unfavourable end of the draw, with the track featuring wet verges.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in practice, he recorded the fourth-fastest time.<\/p>\n<p>For the event, the team have built van Gisbergen a personalised truck to his tastes, in contrast to his debut in the class at Indianapolis Raceway Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I drove it at IRP, I remember the dash was in my knees, and I was hunched over,\u201d said van Gisbergen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a really small cockpit. I guess they had a bit of a heads up, Cleetus (McFarland) drove there, so it\u2019s already been set for a bigger guy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s cool customising everything, the steering, the pedals. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve made full custom pedals so I can right foot brake. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s awesome the effort they are going through to make a fast truck.\u201d<\/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>There are multiple drivers in the Truck Series this weekend, including van Gisbergen\u2019s Trackhouse Racing stablemates \u2013 Connor Zilisch (qualified fifth) and Ross Chastain (33rd).<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the field are Cup Series drivers Carson Hocevar (10th) and AJ Allmendinger (16th).<\/p>\n<p>Other notable Truck Series drivers include former Marcos Ambrose prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Ben Rhodes (ninth) and Corey LaJoie (23rd).<\/p>\n<p>The pole position for the race went to Brent Crews.<\/p>\n<p>The race, which is set to start at 6:30am AEST, will be the shortest of the three NASCAR races contested this weekend, with stage breaks at laps 20 and 40, while the final leg is scheduled to conclude at 72 circuits.<\/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 will start his second career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Watkins Glen International from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-658753","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\/658753","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=658753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}