Shane Van Gisbergen
2026 Season — NASCAR Cup Series
Through June 21, 2026 · 354 pts behind leader
Roles
- Driver — Trackhouse Racing
Coverage (9 articles)
SVG Was Twenty-Nine Seconds Behind With Twenty-Four Laps Left. He Won by Seven.
Stephen Doran's pit box thought it was over. Twenty-four laps later, Shane van Gisbergen took the checkered flag at Watkins Glen by 7.288 seconds — his seventh career Cup win, every one of them on a road or street course.
Connor Zilisch Was Fifteen Seconds Back. He Won at the Last Brake Zone.
Connor Zilisch ran Jesse Love down on fresher tires Saturday at Watkins Glen, then passed him in the final corner of the final lap to win the Mission 200 by 0.262 seconds — Zilisch's third consecutive NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win at The Glen and his thirteenth career win.
Dover Hosts the All-Star Race for the First Time. The Format Is the Story.
Dover Motor Speedway hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the first time in the event's forty-one-year history this Sunday. The format is three segments, 75 / 75 / 200 laps, with no All-Star Open and a Pit Crew Challenge that doubles as Saturday qualifying. Seventeen drivers are already locked into the 26-driver final segment.
What to Watch and Who's Hot Heading Into Dover's First All-Star Race
What to watch and who's hot at Dover's first NASCAR All-Star Race Sunday — three segments, no Open, 17 drivers already locked into the final field, Shane van Gisbergen bringing the most recent Cup win into a venue that could not be less like a road course, and a Memorial Day pre-race ceremony with Bronze Star recipients as grand marshals.
Connor Zilisch Has the Best Résumé in NASCAR. He's Also 33rd in Points.
Karting world champion at eleven. Daytona and Sebring winner at seventeen. Eleven Xfinity wins before turning twenty. Connor Zilisch has the most complete résumé in NASCAR — and he's learning what Cup racing costs.
Elliott Wins Texas Again. He Said He Didn't Like the Place.
Chase Elliott won his second Texas Cup race Sunday by 0.407 seconds over Denny Hamlin, with a final-restart side-draft push from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman clearing him through Turn 2. Bowman finished P3, Tyler Reddick took P4 on a two-tire stop, and Connor Zilisch quietly logged his best Cup oval finish (P16) in the JRM development car. Hendrick has now won four of the last six Cup races at Texas Motor Speedway.
The Monster Mile Gets Its Moment: Dover Hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the First Time
Dover Motor Speedway hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the first time Sunday, May 17 — the first time in the event's 41-year history the race comes to the Northeast. John Speedway breaks down the full three-day weekend at the Monster Mile.
Michigan's Off-Track Weekend: A YouTuber Doing Double Duty, an F1 Driver Headed to a Navy Base, and a Movie Dropping Friday
Cleetus McFarland pulls double duty as driver and grand marshal Saturday, ex-F1 driver Kevin Magnussen joins Trackhouse PROJECT91 for the inaugural San Diego race, and NASCAR's Navy mini film "Race the Base" drops Friday on Prime Video. Three off-track storylines worth knowing before Michigan.
Sonoma Isn't a Race Between Two Drivers. It's a Race Against One Company.
Connor Zilisch and Shane van Gisbergen have won twelve of the last fifteen O'Reilly Series road-course races, and they drive for the same team. As the series closes its road-course season Saturday at Sonoma, the field isn't chasing two great drivers. It's chasing one company.