{"id":696929,"date":"2026-05-27T02:23:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T02:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/696929\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T02:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T02:23:22","slug":"nascar-news-trackhouse-racing-reveals-new-nashville-look-for-shane-van-gisbergen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/696929\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR news: Trackhouse Racing reveals new Nashville look for Shane van Gisbergen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HJRMC5jW8AAModL-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Striking new look for van Gisbergen in Nashville\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShane van Gisbergen&#8217;s Tootsie&#8217;s Orchid Lounge-backed Chevrolet Camaro.<\/p>\n<p>Trackhouse Racing team sponsor Tootsie\u2019s Orchid Lounge has taken naming rights on the #97 for the first time this season.<\/p>\n<p>The brand has been a long-term supporter of Trackhouse, having backed Ross Chastain, Connor Zilisch, and former driver Daniel Suarez in seasons past.<\/p>\n<p>The June 1 (AEST) race will be the first time van Gisbergen has worn the purple and black livery.<\/p>\n<p>Tootsies is an iconic Nashville watering hole, famous for its purple paint job and a regular haunt for performers like Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson.<\/p>\n<p>The honky tonk bar has operated almost non-stop since 1960 and is located in the heart of Music City\u2019s Lower Broadway<\/p>\n<p>Hattie Louise \u201cTootsie\u201d Bess bought the lounge formerly known as Mom\u2019s. When a painter mistakenly dressed the bar in orchid purple, the name Tootsie\u2019s Orchid Lounge was born.<\/p>\n<p>Van Gisbergen heads to Nashville riding a wave of confidence with arguably his best result of the season.<\/p>\n<p>He sits 14th in the standings after scoring stage points in the first three legs of the Coca-Cola 600 en route to 11th at Charlotte Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The perfect Nashville scheme doesn\u2019t exis- <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xzFftgGmUO\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/xzFftgGmUO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trackhouse Racing (@TeamTrackhouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamTrackhouse\/status\/2059356406046724549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Get the latest NASCAR news, stats, and US racing coverage at <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/us\/tag\/nascar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Speedcafe US<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/nascar-news-2026-cup-series-nashville-shane-van-gisbergen-trackhouse-racing-livery-tootsies\/%link%\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/a\/250635\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shane van Gisbergen&#8217;s Tootsie&#8217;s Orchid Lounge-backed Chevrolet Camaro. Trackhouse Racing team sponsor Tootsie\u2019s Orchid Lounge has taken naming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,9909,6490,85,34424],"class_list":["post-696929","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-shane-van-gisbergen","tag-slot3","tag-sports","tag-trackhouse-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696929","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=696929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}