‘Great points’: Van Gisbergen bags sixth in Atlanta thriller
The #97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Camaro driven by Shane van Gisbergen at the Daytona 500.

Van Gisbergen started 12th and stayed out of trouble to be a contender for the win on the final green-white-chequered restart when he lined up fifth.

However, the #97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Camaro got tight in Turn 3 and couldn’t challenge the front-runners for the win coming to the chequered flag.

Van Gisbergen initially crossed the line in seventh but was promoted to sixth after 23XI Racing driver Bubba Wallace was given a post-race penalty for going below the yellow line and gaining an advantage.

That dropped him to the tail of the lead lap and was classified 29th.

“Just got tight,” van Gisbergen said over his radio.

“Fuck. Sorry guys. A great points night. We needed it.”

The result equalled van Gisbergen’s best effort at the same oval earlier this season.

Ryan Blaney secures a WILD win in OT at EchoPark 🏆 pic.twitter.com/5imwKn4zJg

— TNT Sports U.S. (@TNTSportsUS) July 13, 2026

After a three-hour delay for inclement weather, racing finally resumed on Lap 124. Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney led the way with van Gisbergen down in 15th after pit stops.

Van Gisbergen flirted with the top 10 and ended Stage 2 on Lap 161 in 10th after Wallace spun off the nose of Joe Gibbs Racing driver Ty Gibbs coming to the chequered flag.

Bubba Wallace spins out as Ryan Blaney takes Stage 2 at EchoPark 😬 pic.twitter.com/EpWj2Hd0nO

— TNT Sports U.S. (@TNTSportsUS) July 13, 2026

SVG left the pit road in eighth and restarted Stage 3 in eighth. He went about his work, plying his way forward to a race-high fourth before Lap 194 when Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger spun on the front stretch.

Following pit stops under the caution, van Gisbergen restarted in 14th after taking four tyres while others elected to take just two.

Van Gisbergen survived a scary moment when Team Penske’s Joey Logano slid up the road and clipped the #97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Camaro.

He wagged the tail of his car and dropped outside the top 15 but soon worked his way back towards the top 10.

Allmendinger brought out the caution again on Lap 232 when he spun coming out of the final corner, this time damaging his Kaulig Racing Camaro beyond repair.

At that moment, van Gisbergen was 11th. He elected to pit under the caution while the front-runners stayed out.

“Not very good this run,” van Gisbergen said over the radio.

“Very out of the track. Built tighter and tighter. My grip level is very low.”

Racing resumed on Lap 238 with Wallace at the head of the field and Blaney alongside. Van Gisbergen, meanwhile, was 12th.

In just a few laps, van Gisbergen made the most of his new tyres and worked his way forward to sixth.

On Lap 241, Larson got loose out of the final turn and spun through the infield.

Blaney led Hocevar for the subsequent Lap 246 restart ahead of Christopher Bell, Bubba Wallace, Erik Jones, Tyler Reddick, van Gisbergen, Ty Gibbs, Denny Hamlin, and Ross Chastain.

Chase Briscoe and Riley Herbst also pick up damage on another Kyle Larson crash 😳 pic.twitter.com/quqSgssfwl

— TNT Sports U.S. (@TNTSportsUS) July 13, 2026

What followed was a frenetic sequence. Van Gisbergen jockeyed for position and got up to fifth before Larson triggered a pile-up.

The Hendrick Motorsport Camaro failed to clear Denny Hamlin and spun off the nose of the Joe Gibbs Racing Camry.

Larson spun and collided with the inside wall. Chase Briscoe spun in avoidance and clipped Austin Hill’s Richard Childress Racing Camaro.

Briscoe went up the embankment and left the 23XI Racing Camry of Riley Herbst with nowhere to go and ploughed into the spinning car. Larson’s teammate Alex Bowman also spun in sympathy entering Turn 3.

That set up a green-white-chequered finish. Hocevar led the high line with Blaney inside him. Wallace was third, Reddick fourth, van Gisbergen fifth, and Bell sixth.

Blaney got the lead out of Turn 2 but a big push by Reddick gave Hocevar the lead entering Turn 3.

Hocevar took the white flag in the lead, but a massive push by Wallace shot Blaney to Hocevar’s outside entering Turn 1 on the final lap.

Wallace got a run out of Turn 2 and made it three-wide with Hocevar and Blaney, but a Bell push out of Turn 4 ultimately paid dividends for Blaney to take the win and a race-high 171 laps led.

Results: NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400, Atlanta Motor Speedway

Pos
Num
Driver
Team
Car
Laps/Diff
Gap

1
12
Ryan Blaney
Team Penske
Ford Mustang
263

2
20
Christopher Bell
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota Camry
0.068
0.068

3
77
Carson Hocevar
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
0.107
0.039

4
54
Ty Gibbs
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota Camry
0.134
0.027

5
43
Erik Jones
Legacy Motor Club
Toyota Camry
0.216
0.082

6
97
Shane Van Gisbergen
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
0.351
0.135

7
3
Austin Dillon
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
0.384
0.033

8
45
Tyler Reddick
23XI Racing
Toyota Camry
0.415
0.031

9
22
Joey Logano
Team Penske
Ford Mustang
0.424
0.009

10
17
Chris Buescher
RFK Racing
Ford Mustang
0.473
0.049

11
1
Ross Chastain
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
0.596
0.123

12
11
Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota Camry
0.633
0.037

13
9
Chase Elliott
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
0.689
0.056

14
2
Austin Cindric
Team Penske
Ford Mustang
0.743
0.054

15
71
Michael McDowell
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
0.879
0.136

16
24
William Byron
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
1.039
0.16

17
41
Cole Custer
Haas Factory Team
Chevrolet Camaro
1.403
0.364

18
42
John Hunter Nemechek
Legacy Motor Club
Toyota Camry
1.455
0.052

19
34
Todd Gilliland
Front Row Motorsports
Ford Mustang
1.471
0.016

20
10
Ty Dillon
Kaulig Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
1.476
0.005

21
7
Daniel Suarez
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
1.528
0.052

22
48
Alex Bowman
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
1.539
0.011

23
47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Hyak Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
1.668
0.129

24
60
Ryan Preece
RFK Racing
Ford Mustang
1.788
0.12

25
21
Josh Berry
Wood Brothers Racing
Ford Mustang
2.105
0.317

26
6
Brad Keselowski
RFK Racing
Ford Mustang
2.341
0.236

27
4
Noah Gragson
Front Row Motorsports
Ford Mustang
2.458
0.117

28
88
Connor Zilisch
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
2.586
0.128

29
23
Bubba Wallace
23XI Racing
Toyota Camry
2.587
0.001

30
38
Zane Smith
Front Row Motorsports
Ford Mustang
1.038
-1.549

31
33
Austin Hill
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
2 laps

32
51
Cody Ware
Rick Ware Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
4 laps
2 laps

33
66
Chad Finchum
Garage 66
Ford Mustang
4 laps

34
5
Kyle Larson
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
5 laps
1 lap

35
35
Riley Herbst
23XI Racing
Toyota Camry
8 laps
3 laps

36
19
Chase Briscoe
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota Camry
9 laps
1 lap

37
16
AJ Allmendinger
Kaulig Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
33 laps
24 laps

38
78
BJ McLeod
NY Racing Team
Chevrolet Camaro
158 laps
125 laps