{"id":855812,"date":"2026-08-15T05:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T05:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/855812\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T05:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T05:38:12","slug":"nascar-truck-series-at-richmond-postponed-by-bad-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/855812\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Truck Series at Richmond postponed by bad weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HPswdMYXgAEbnRI-copy.jpg\" class=\"sc-hero-img\" alt=\"NASCAR Truck Series at Richmond postponed\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShane van Gisbergen in the #7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado.<\/p>\n<p>Several lightning strikes and a deluge forced NASCAR to postpone the race to 2:00am (AEST) on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Spire Motorsports\u2019 Shane van Gisbergen will start from pole position.<\/p>\n<p>Richmond marks van Gisbergen\u2019s fifth start in the Truck Series and fourth start with Spire.<\/p>\n<p>The stock car racer foreshadowed more opportunities in 2027 as he looks to improve his oval racing prowess.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is hard to get opportunities in other things, especially for me trying to do ovals,\u201d said van Gisbergen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThankfully, my runs have been getting better, which helps. I\u2019d love to do more, but obviously it\u2019s hard to get good opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut yeah, selfishly, I\u2019d love to do more tracks I struggle at\u2026 like I\u2019d love to do Bristol more and even Iowa last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a couple of other tracks that I need more laps at to get better. Hopefully, next year I can work on doing some of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sounds like things might be happening, so hopefully I can do that and not just go back to the tracks I\u2019m good at. I need to work on my weaknesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEWS: Tonight\u2019s race at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RichmondRaceway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@RichmondRaceway<\/a> has been postponed to Saturday at 12 p.m. ET due to weather.<\/p>\n<p>Watch on FS2 or listen on the NASCAR Racing Network and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SiriusXMNASCAR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@SiriusXMNASCAR<\/a> Radio. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MqYdtSTPfl\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/MqYdtSTPfl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Trucks (@NASCAR_Trucks) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NASCAR_Trucks\/status\/2088447411433673003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Double duties at Richmond across the Truck Series and Cup Series bore better results at North Wilkesboro.<\/p>\n<p>Expectations were high for Iowa off the back of that strong showing but didn\u2019t net the same sort of result.<\/p>\n<p>Asked why, van Gisbergen laughed, \u201cIf I knew, I would fix it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Van Gisbergen said Iowa was a circuit that he traditionally struggled at.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know. I feel comfortable there, but then for whatever reason, I\u2019ve always struggled with the car,\u201d said van Gisbergen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn O\u2019Reilly (second division), as well, I was weak there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time it seems to be an adventure and I seem to have a bad result.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThankfully, all the guys I was points racing last week, I was around, so it kind of minimised the damage a little bit, which was really good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly, we\u2019d love to know or I\u2019d love to know why I\u2019m not that great there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/nascar-news-2026-truck-series-richmond-raceway-shane-van-gisbergen-pole-position-qualifying-results-reaction-comments\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SVG stuns with career-first NASCAR Truck Series pole<\/a><\/p>\n<\/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 in the #7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado. 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