{"id":870901,"date":"2026-08-28T01:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T01:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/870901\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T01:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T01:42:16","slug":"big-crew-changes-for-svg-ahead-of-daytona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/870901\/","title":{"rendered":"Big crew changes for SVG ahead of Daytona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SHANE van Gisbergen will have a new look over the wall pit crew ahead of this weekend\u2019s crunch NASCAR Cup Series cut-off race at Daytona International Speedway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trackhouse Racing has shuffled its existing pit stop team, except for its refueller, with the outfit set to be replaced by AJ Allmendinger\u2019s crew from Kaulig Racing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both over-the-wall crews train out of Trackhouse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/2026-repco-bathurst-1000-official-program?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\/2026-bathurst-program-2.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is commonplace in NASCAR, especially with smaller teams, for pit crew resources to be shared, with lead \u2018house cars\u2019 regularly taking on board high-performing members from their development pipeline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This weekend is significant for SVG, who holds 16th in the points standings, with a 31-point advantage over Ryan Preece, and the top 16 in the standings after the weekend advance to the rejuvenated Chase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, van Gisbergen qualified for the Playoffs by virtue of his four regular-season victories, which saw him ultimately claim 12th in the final rundown and Rookie of the Year honours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pit stops at Daytona are seen as all-important, with track position at the end of stages an imperative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the past, significant fuel-saving activity has typically resulted in a lack of on-track passing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This weekend, NASCAR is trialling a new aerodynamic package on the cars, which it hopes will spice up the action.<\/p>\n<p>The Undercut \u2013 Ford\u2019s best Bathurst chance?<\/p>\n<p>THE Undercut returns, breaking down the latest news in the world of Supercars racing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHANE van Gisbergen will have a new look over the wall pit crew ahead of this weekend\u2019s crunch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":870902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-870901","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\/870901","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=870901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}