{"id":856579,"date":"2026-08-15T21:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T21:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/856579\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T21:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T21:32:15","slug":"shane-van-gisbergen-a-force-in-nascar-truck-series-cameo-at-richmond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/856579\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane van Gisbergen a force in NASCAR Truck Series cameo at Richmond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SHANE van Gisbergen has enjoyed a strong run in his latest NASCAR Truck Series cameo, recovering from a penalty to finish fourth at Richmond Raceway after earlier qualifying on his first oval track pole position in stock car racing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From four starts this season in the third-tier series, he has amassed three top-four finishes, after claiming third at Watkins Glen and North Wilkesboro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After leading the opening two laps, van Gisbergen was overhauled by Kaden Honeycutt, who went on to claim a dominant victory \u2013 his 225 laps led was the first time a driver has led over 200 laps in a single race in the series since 2012.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/v8-sleuth-magazine-subscription?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=buy-button&amp;utm_content=buy-button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sleuth-mag-subscription.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pair of stages provided the #7 with strong owners\u2019 points, with SVG claiming second and fifth respectively, with tyre life a factor at the end of the second stage as he lost ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SVG\u2019s race unravelled when a lost wheel in a pit stop led to a penalty that mired van Gisbergen to the tail of the lead lap in 18th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, by running long and getting a caution on lap 216 of 250, he moved back up the running order despite another bobble in the pits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For today\u2019s crucial NASCAR Cup Series race in Richmond, van Gisbergen will line up from position 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With only three races remaining before the cut-off for The Chase, SVG is clinging on to a postseason berth by sitting 15th in the points standings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The race is set for a 9:10am AEST green flag.<\/p>\n<p>The next Castrol Supercars throwback livery?<\/p>\n<p>CASTROL have some fantastic liveries available to throw back to at the upcoming round at the Sandown Supercars event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHANE van Gisbergen has enjoyed a strong run in his latest NASCAR Truck Series cameo, recovering from a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-856579","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\/856579","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=856579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}