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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 during the NASCAR Cup Series at Indianapolis.<\/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 during the NASCAR Cup Series at Indianapolis.<\/p>\n
Van Gisbergen qualified 25th a day earlier in the #97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Camaro and finished Stage 1 in 31st and Stage 2 in 27th.<\/p>\n
Stage 3 was where he made the most headway, making ground during the late pit stop sequence and when Ryan Blaney and John Hunter Nemechek clashed on Lap 120.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot what we wanted, but what we needed,\u201d said van Gisbergen\u2019s crew chief Stephen Doran.<\/p>\n
Van Gisbergen replied: \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019ve got to do when we\u2019re not there, we\u2019ve got to have those days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Van Gisbergen was the third-best Chevrolet Camaro on a day dominated by Toyota and Ford. Just one Camaro featured in the top 10. Spire Motorsports\u2019 Carson Hocevar was ninth.<\/p>\n
With his 16th place finish, SVG dropped one place in the standings to 15th while Team Penske\u2019s Joey Logano climbed two places to 13th after finishing third.<\/p>\n
Corey Heim was victorious for 23XI Racing in a thrilling conclusion to the race, holding off Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell.<\/p>\n
The part-timer made the decisive move on Lap 116 when he vaulted from third to the lead during the pit stop sequence.<\/p>\n
Heim survived an attack from Denny Hamlin on the Lap 127 restart. Heim blocked, which compromised Hamlin and left him vulnerable to Bell. He got by Hamlin and so too Logano.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the second career win for the 24-year-old, who won earlier this year at the Coronado Naval Base.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was a damn handful. I was hanging on for dear life once the shade went down and the pace picked up,\u201d said Heim.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy car got really loose and I had never been in a lot of clean air all day. That was the hardest I\u2019ve ever fought in my life to just make sure I focused on exits and kept them in dirty air.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pretty out of breath. That was a workout. This is a dream come true, to win at the Brickyard.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just had to be aggressive. It\u2019s for the win. I\u2019d have to see it back to see if I did anything wrong, but I think we both know we\u2019re racing for the win.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has every right to be frustrated with me, but I feel like he would have done the same thing.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust had to be on top of it. Got a good push from [Joey Logano] to be in position, so thanks to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was a bittersweet result for 23XI Racing co-owner Hamlin, who finished fifth after losing out to teammate Chase Briscoe late.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone\u2019s trying to fight to win the race \u2013 and when you\u2019re clear by an inch, you\u2019re going to take that inch,\u201d said Hamlin.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really more on us and the #20 (Christopher Bell) and the #19 (Chase Briscoe) not orchestrating good pushes there. We became detached at the wrong time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought the #20 was on board with giving us the push, it just was way too early before the restart zone. I can\u2019t go until I get to the restart zone.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said that Briscoe was on him way, way early or laying back. That\u2019s how you lose them. These restarts, when everyone kind of knows when you\u2019re going to go, it\u2019s about the pushes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NASCAR Cup Series takes a one-week break before returning at Iowa Speedway on August 10.<\/p>\n
Results: NASCAR Cup Series Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Motor Speedway<\/p>\n
Pos
\nNum
\nDriver
\nTeam
\nCar
\nLaps\/Diff
\nGap<\/p>\n
1
\n67
\nCorey Heim
\n23XI Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n160 laps<\/p>\n
2
\n20
\nChristopher Bell
\nJoe Gibbs Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n0.287
\n0.287<\/p>\n
3
\n22
\nJoey Logano
\nTeam Penske
\nFord Mustang
\n0.972
\n0.685<\/p>\n
4
\n19
\nChase Briscoe
\nJoe Gibbs Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n5.720
\n4.748<\/p>\n
5
\n11
\nDenny Hamlin
\nJoe Gibbs Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n6.120
\n0.400<\/p>\n
6
\n6
\nBrad Keselowski
\nRFK Racing
\nFord Mustang
\n6.805
\n0.685<\/p>\n
7
\n21
\nJosh Berry
\nWood Brothers Racing
\nFord Mustang
\n7.513
\n0.708<\/p>\n
8
\n60
\nRyan Preece
\nRFK Racing
\nFord Mustang
\n8.471
\n0.958<\/p>\n
9
\n77
\nCarson Hocevar
\nSpire Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n9.072
\n0.601<\/p>\n
10
\n45
\nTyler Reddick
\n23XI Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n10.338
\n1.266<\/p>\n
11
\n17
\nChris Buescher
\nRFK Racing
\nFord Mustang
\n10.971
\n0.633<\/p>\n
12
\n54
\nTy Gibbs
\nJoe Gibbs Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n11.556
\n0.585<\/p>\n
13
\n41
\nCole Custer
\nHaas Factory Team
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n14.406
\n2.850<\/p>\n
14
\n2
\nAustin Cindric
\nTeam Penske
\nFord Mustang
\n16.675
\n2.269<\/p>\n
15
\n38
\nZane Smith
\nFront Row Motorsports
\nFord Mustang
\n17.451
\n0.776<\/p>\n
16
\n97
\nShane Van Gisbergen
\nTrackhouse Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n17.834
\n0.383<\/p>\n
17
\n7
\nDaniel Suarez
\nSpire Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n18.123
\n0.289<\/p>\n
18
\n71
\nMichael McDowell
\nSpire Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n18.479
\n0.356<\/p>\n
19
\n48
\nAlex Bowman
\nHendrick Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n19.404
\n0.925<\/p>\n
20
\n47
\nRicky Stenhouse Jr.
\nHyak Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n19.761
\n0.357<\/p>\n
21
\n24
\nWilliam Byron
\nHendrick Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n20.271
\n0.510<\/p>\n
22
\n4
\nNoah Gragson
\nFront Row Motorsports
\nFord Mustang
\n21.619
\n1.348<\/p>\n
23
\n1
\nRoss Chastain
\nTrackhouse Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n24.072
\n2.453<\/p>\n
24
\n34
\nTodd Gilliland
\nFront Row Motorsports
\nFord Mustang
\n24.296
\n0.224<\/p>\n
25
\n16
\nAJ Allmendinger
\nKaulig Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n24.499
\n0.203<\/p>\n
26
\n12
\nRyan Blaney
\nTeam Penske
\nFord Mustang
\n24.846
\n0.347<\/p>\n
27
\n43
\nErik Jones
\nLegacy Motor Club
\nToyota Camry
\n25.156
\n0.310<\/p>\n
28
\n23
\nBubba Wallace
\n23XI Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n25.699
\n0.543<\/p>\n
29
\n3
\nAustin Dillon
\nRichard Childress Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n26.562
\n0.863<\/p>\n
30
\n10
\nTy Dillon
\nKaulig Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n36.563
\n10.001<\/p>\n
31
\n51
\nCody Ware
\nRick Ware Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n37.097
\n0.534<\/p>\n
32
\n42
\nJohn Hunter Nemechek
\nLegacy Motor Club
\nToyota Camry
\n2 laps<\/p>\n
33
\n33
\nAustin Hill
\nRichard Childress Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n35 laps
\n33 laps<\/p>\n
34
\n88
\nConnor Zilisch
\nTrackhouse Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n38 laps
\n3 laps<\/p>\n
35
\n62
\nCasey Mears
\nNY Racing Team
\nFord Mustang
\n39 laps
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
36
\n35
\nRiley Herbst
\n23XI Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n40 laps
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
37
\n9
\nChase Elliott
\nHendrick Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n41 laps
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
38
\n78
\nDaniel Dye
\nLive Fast Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n67 laps
\n26 laps<\/p>\n
39
\n5
\nKyle Larson
\nHendrick Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n117 laps
\n50 laps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shane van Gisbergen during the NASCAR Cup Series at Indianapolis. Van Gisbergen qualified 25th a day earlier in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,1057,213],"class_list":["post-546358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-shane-van-gisbergen","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}