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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShane van Gisbergen on track in the #97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Camaro. Image: Jacy Norgaard<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShane van Gisbergen on track in the #97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Camaro. Image: Jacy Norgaard<\/p>\n
The Trackhouse Racing driver qualified 31st and raced his way forward to finish Stage 1 in 21st. He maintained his position to finish Stage 2 in 21st and one lap down.<\/p>\n
During the Stage 2 break, van Gisbergen elected to take the wave around to get back on the lead lap despite being on old tyres.<\/p>\n
SVG started Stage 3 in 14th as the last car on the lead lap and pitted on Lap 251. He lost two laps but quickly got one of those back with fresher tyres.<\/p>\n
As the subsequent round of green flag pit stops began, van Gisbergen ran long and wound up back on the tail of the lead lap.<\/p>\n
The key moment of the race came on Lap 284 when Carson Hocevar\u2019s money shift from fifth to third gear blew up his Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro entering the first turn.<\/p>\n
That gave van Gisbergen a massive free kick, as he was only moments away from his next scheduled pit stop.<\/p>\n
Tyler Reddick also benefitted, having run long to take the lead of the race during the green flag pit stops. He led Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney, William Byron and van Gisbergen to the pits under yellow.<\/p>\n
On corrected order, Chase Briscoe led Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Josh Berry and Alex Bowman for the subsequent restart.<\/p>\n
Reddick was eighth while van Gisbergen was 13th, though not the last car on the lead lap \u2013 which was Kyle Larson in 14th<\/p>\n
Briscoe controlled the restart and the subsequent laps while van Gisbergen threatened to crack the top 10 but ultimately wound up a lap down in 14th.<\/p>\n
\u201cAwesome job team,\u201d van Gisbergen radioed to his team post-race.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood pit stops, good strategy, good points night. It\u2019s what we need.\u201d<\/p>\n
The fight for the win was waged between Briscoe, Logano, and Christopher Bell.<\/p>\n
Briscoe controlled proceedings until Lap 362 when Logano reached the bumper of the #19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry and took the lead.<\/p>\n
They pitted a lap later and exited line astern with the #22 Team Penske Ford Mustang ahead.<\/p>\n
Bell\u2019s call to pit earlier and undercut the leaders ultimately came back to bite him with 25 laps to go when Logano and Briscoe blew right by the #20 Joe Gibbs Racing Camry.<\/p>\n
Logano and Briscoe stretched their legs out, leaving Bell in their wake \u2013 who eventually lost out to Austin Cindric, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson.<\/p>\n
Briscoe threatened Logano\u2019s lead in the closing laps but ultimately came up short by just a few car lengths.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s awesome to see the speed in the #22 again,\u201d said Logano.<\/p>\n
\u201cGosh, it was a great car. We\u2019ve had a great car here the last five races and we haven\u2019t been able to capitalise on the win, been so close. Sweet redemption today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Third place and stage points for Cindric has vaulted the #2 Team Penske Ford Mustang driver to 15th in the points ahead of van Gisbergen.<\/p>\n
RFK Racing driver Ryan Preece is 50 points below the cut line in 17th.<\/p>\n
The NASCAR Cup Series continues at New Hampshire on August 24 (AEST).<\/p>\n
Results: NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400, Richmond Raceway<\/p>\n
Pos
\nNum
\nDriver
\nTeam
\nCar
\nLaps\/Diff
\nGap<\/p>\n
1
\n22
\nJoey Logano
\nTeam Penske
\nFord Mustang
\n400<\/p>\n
2
\n19
\nChase Briscoe
\nJoe Gibbs Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n0.392
\n0.392<\/p>\n
3
\n2
\nAustin Cindric
\nTeam Penske
\nFord Mustang
\n7.953
\n7.561<\/p>\n
4
\n11
\nDenny Hamlin
\nJoe Gibbs Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n11.296
\n3.343<\/p>\n
5
\n9
\nChase Elliott
\nHendrick Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n13.701
\n2.405<\/p>\n
6
\n5
\nKyle Larson
\nHendrick Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n14.071
\n0.370<\/p>\n
7
\n20
\nChristopher Bell
\nJoe Gibbs Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n15.178
\n1.107<\/p>\n
8
\n21
\nJosh Berry
\nWood Brothers Racing
\nFord Mustang
\n15.904
\n0.726<\/p>\n
9
\n24
\nWilliam Byron
\nHendrick Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n18.592
\n2.688<\/p>\n
10
\n48
\nAlex Bowman
\nHendrick Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n20.96
\n2.368<\/p>\n
11
\n45
\nTyler Reddick
\n23XI Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n22.487
\n1.527<\/p>\n
12
\n1
\nRoss Chastain
\nTrackhouse Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
13
\n12
\nRyan Blaney
\nTeam Penske
\nFord Mustang
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
14
\n97
\nShane Van Gisbergen
\nTrackhouse Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
15
\n54
\nTy Gibbs
\nJoe Gibbs Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
16
\n7
\nDaniel Suarez
\nSpire Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
17
\n60
\nRyan Preece
\nRFK Racing
\nFord Mustang
\n2 laps
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
18
\n4
\nNoah Gragson
\nFront Row Motorsports
\nFord Mustang
\n2 laps<\/p>\n
19
\n3
\nAustin Dillon
\nRichard Childress Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n2 laps<\/p>\n
20
\n23
\nBubba Wallace
\n23XI Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n2 laps<\/p>\n
21
\n17
\nChris Buescher
\nRFK Racing
\nFord Mustang
\n2 laps<\/p>\n
22
\n42
\nJohn Hunter Nemechek
\nLegacy Motor Club
\nToyota Camry
\n2 laps<\/p>\n
23
\n33
\nAustin Hill
\nRichard Childress Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n3 laps
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
24
\n35
\nRiley Herbst
\n23XI Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n3 laps<\/p>\n
25
\n88
\nConnor Zilisch
\nTrackhouse Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n3 laps<\/p>\n
26
\n6
\nBrad Keselowski
\nRFK Racing
\nFord Mustang
\n3 laps<\/p>\n
27
\n43
\nErik Jones
\nLegacy Motor Club
\nToyota Camry
\n4 laps
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
28
\n71
\nMichael McDowell
\nSpire Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n4 laps<\/p>\n
29
\n41
\nCole Custer
\nHaas Factory Team
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n4 laps<\/p>\n
30
\n34
\nTodd Gilliland
\nFront Row Motorsports
\nFord Mustang
\n4 laps<\/p>\n
31
\n47
\nRicky Stenhouse Jr.
\nHyak Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n4 laps<\/p>\n
32
\n10
\nTy Dillon
\nKaulig Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n6 laps
\n2 laps<\/p>\n
33
\n16
\nAJ Allmendinger
\nKaulig Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n6 laps<\/p>\n
34
\n51
\nCody Ware
\nRick Ware Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n8 laps
\n2 laps<\/p>\n
35
\n66
\nJosh Bilicki
\nGarage 66
\nFord Mustang
\n9 laps
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
36
\n38
\nZane Smith
\nFront Row Motorsports
\nFord Mustang
\n34 laps
\n25 laps<\/p>\n
37
\n77
\nCarson Hocevar
\nSpire Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n121 laps
\n87 laps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shane van Gisbergen on track in the #97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Camaro. Image: Jacy Norgaard The Trackhouse Racing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,9909,12357,85],"class_list":["post-856919","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-slot1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856919","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=856919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}