{"id":53231,"date":"2025-07-06T21:06:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T02:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=53231"},"modified":"2025-07-06T21:07:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T02:07:37","slug":"shane-van-gisbergen-completes-rare-weekend-sweep-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/06\/shane-van-gisbergen-completes-rare-weekend-sweep-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane van Gisbergen completes rare weekend sweep in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shane Van Gisbergen, driver of the #88 WeatherTech Chevrolet, and crew celebrate after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 165 at Chicago Street Course on July 06, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by James Gilbert\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

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By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service<\/em><\/p>\n

CHICAGO\u2014Once again, Shane van Gisbergen asserted his superiority on the streets of Chicago, and in doing so, he matched a major NASCAR milestone.<\/p>\n

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Shane Van Gisbergen, driver of the #88 WeatherTech Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 165 at Chicago Street Course on July 06, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Chris Graythen\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

In winning the Grant Park 165 on the Chicago Street Course, the New Zealander completed a weekend sweep of the NASCAR Xfinity and NASCAR Cup races, both from the pole position.<\/p>\n

Taking the checkered flag under caution, after Cody Ware plowed into the Turn 6 tire barrier as van Gisbergen charged through Turn 12 on the next-to-last lap, SVG matched Kyle Busch\u2019s sweep of both races from the pole at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in July of 2016. No other driver has won races in NASCAR’s top two divisions from the pole on the same weekend.<\/p>\n

The three-time Australian Supercars champion said he was panicked at the possibility of a caution and potential overtime after Ware\u2019s wreck, but he reached the start\/finish to start the final lap before NASCAR called the caution.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat an amazing weekend for me,\u201d said Van Gisbergen, who drove the No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet to his second Cup victory on the 2.2-mile, 12-turn circuit, his second win this season and the third of his career.<\/p>\n

\u201cLucky guy to drive some great cars. I thank Trackhouse, WeatherTech Chevy and all these guys and girls here\u2014what an amazing weekend. Thanks everyone for coming out, and hope we put on a good show.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Shane Van Gisbergen, driver of the #88 WeatherTech Chevrolet, poses with the NASCAR Chicago Street Race trophy after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 165 at Chicago Street Course on July 06, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Chris Graythen\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

Ty Gibbs ran second, equaling his career-best finish at Darlington last year. Tyler Reddick restarted 15th on fresh tires with nine laps left and climbed to third before he ran out of time.<\/p>\n

Van Gisbergen took the lead for the final time on Lap 60, moving to the inside of front-running Chase Briscoe in Turn 2, racing side-by-side with the recent Pocono winner through Turn 3 and out-braking him into Turn 4 to gain the top spot.<\/p>\n

From that point, SVG had to survive two cautions and restarts, the first to get an ambulance across the track for a spectator medical emergency and the second for Austin Cindric\u2019s stalled car.<\/p>\n

After that sixth yellow, Gibbs, running second, didn\u2019t get a strong launch on the final restart and fell a car-length behind before reaching Turn 1. SVG pulled away from the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota from that point on.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, it really depends on the restart zone, because it’s right in that last corner, and the dude on the outside gets shafted every single time,\u201d said Gibbs, who restarted on the outside approaching Turn 12.<\/p>\n

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Chase Briscoe, driver of the #19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota, drives during the NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 165 at Chicago Street Course on July 06, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Logan Riely\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIf you watch every one of them, the inside guy wins almost every time. He just got a good enough gap, had a good restart. I had a little bit of rear tire degradation that didn’t really help me on my launch off the corner. (He) just got a good gap and got away from me.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Reddick, the race was a case of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu. Last year he chased race winner Alex Bowman with a faster car over the closing laps and finished second.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe kind of ended up in a tough spot there on the penultimate restart, I guess,\u201d Reddick said. \u201cSome of the cars were spinning\u2014I can\u2019t name them all, but unfortunately we kind of just got stuck in the wrong lane where I had to check up. I got behind those cars that we were on the same tire strategy as, so we just lost a bit of time there passing those cars back.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to finish third, but it\u2019s for sure a bummer when you look at how much ground you made up.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the first time in the three years of the Chicago Street Race, weather in the form of rain didn\u2019t play a role\u2014but anticipation of possible thunderstorms did.<\/p>\n

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NASCAR fans look on during the NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 165 at Chicago Street Course on July 06, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Logan Riely\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

As the race neared conclusion, fog and storm clouds began to roll in from the north, but rain didn\u2019t reach the track until after the checkered flag.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe strategy was a bit all over the place, as we knew it would be today, racing the weather, racing cars and different (pit) stops,\u201d Van Gisbergen said. \u201cStephen (Doran, crew chief) did a really good job on the box all day of just painting the picture in my head of who I was up against.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had two great pit stops. Just so stoked to get (sponsor) WeatherTech in Victory Lane for their home race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael McDowell got past SVG at the start of the race and led the first 31 laps, but he had to take his car to the DVP (damaged vehicle policy) area to repair a stuck throttle and lost 22 laps in the garage.<\/p>\n

A massive eight-car crash on Lap 3 blocked the track between Turns 10 and 11 and forced a stoppage of 14 minutes, 42 seconds. Carson Hocevar started the melee when he clipped the inside wall in Turn 10 and crashed into the opposite wall with enough force to move the Jersey barrier.<\/p>\n

Hocevar\u2019s No. 77 Chevrolet turned sideways, and the cars of Brad Keselowski, Daniel Suarez, Todd Gilliland, Will Brown and Riley Herbst piled into the wreck. Only Herbst and Suarez were able to continue.<\/p>\n

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Brad Keselowski, driver of the #6 Kroger\/Blue Buffalo Ford, looks under the hood after an on-track incident during the NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 165 at Chicago Street Course on July 06, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Logan Riely\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t see it until the last second,\u201d Keselowski said. \u201cI slowed down, and I actually felt I was going to get stopped, and then I just kind of got ran over from behind. It\u2019s just a narrow street course, and sometimes there\u2019s nowhere to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keselowski\u2019s early exit made a winner of 32nd seed Ty Dillon in the In-Season Challenge. Dillon will face Bowman in next Sunday third-round event at Sonoma Raceway, after Bowman traded shot after shot with his Chicago opponent, Bubba Wallace, until Wallace spun in the closing laps to lose the head-to-head battle.<\/p>\n

John Hunter Nemechek finished 15th, one spot ahead of Chase Elliott, to eliminate the driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet from the In-Season Challenge. Nemechek will face Erik Jones, who advanced when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. retired after colliding with a tire barrier.<\/p>\n

Ryan Preece ran seventh and eliminated 30th-place finisher Noah Gragson. He\u2019ll face Reddick, who ousted Hocevar. Gibbs prevailed over sixth-place finisher AJ Allmendinger and will race against Zane Smith at Sonoma.<\/p>\n

Smith came home 14th and knocked out 18th-place Chris Buescher, who ran most of the race with an engine down on power.<\/p>\n

Series leader William Byron was out of the race with a broken clutch after one lap and finished 40th. His lead in the standings over second-place Elliott shrank to 13 points.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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NASCAR Cup Series Race winning team owner Justin Marks, crew chief Stephen Doran, driver Shane Van Ginsbergen (No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet) –<\/p>\n

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Second place finisher Ty Gibbs (No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) and third place finisher Tyler Reddick (No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota) –<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NCSCSRGibbsReddick070625.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Grand Marshal and Chicago Bulls legend Derrick Rose –<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NCSCSRDerrickRose0707525.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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NASCAR Cup Series Race – Grant Park 165<\/b><\/p>\n

Chicago Street Race<\/b><\/p>\n

Chicago, Illinois<\/b><\/p>\n

Sunday, July 6, 2025<\/b><\/p>\n

                1. (1)  Shane Van Gisbergen #, Chevrolet, 75.<\/p>\n

                2. (9)  Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 75.<\/p>\n

                3. (4)  Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 75.<\/p>\n

                4. (40)  Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 75.<\/p>\n

                5. (6)  Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 75.<\/p>\n

                6. (16)  AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 75.<\/p>\n

                7. (7)  Ryan Preece, Ford, 75.<\/p>\n

                8. (11)  Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 75.<\/p>\n

                9. (30)  Austin Hill(i), Chevrolet, 75.<\/p>\n

                10. (22)  Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 75.<\/p>\n

                11. (12)  Joey Logano, Ford, 75.<\/p>\n

                12. (17)  Ryan Blaney, Ford, 75.<\/p>\n

                13. (14)  Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 75.<\/p>\n

                14. (26)  Zane Smith, Ford, 75.<\/p>\n

                15. (25)  John Hunter Nemechek, Toyota, 75.<\/p>\n

                16. (39)  Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 75.<\/p>\n

                17. (21)  Riley Herbst #, Toyota, 75.<\/p>\n

                18. (8)  Chris Buescher, Ford, 75.<\/p>\n

                19. (33)  Katherine Legge, Chevrolet, 75.<\/p>\n

                20. (36)  Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 75.<\/p>\n

                21. (31)  Josh Bilicki(i), Ford, 75.<\/p>\n

                22. (28)  Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 75.<\/p>\n

                23. (5)  Chase Briscoe, Toyota, 75.<\/p>\n

                24. (13)  Christopher Bell, Toyota, 74.<\/p>\n

                25. (34)  Erik Jones, Toyota, 74.<\/p>\n

                26. (35)  Cody Ware, Ford, Accident, 73.<\/p>\n

                27. (27)  Austin Cindric, Ford, 72.<\/p>\n

                28. (37)  Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 70.<\/p>\n

                29. (18)  Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet, Accident, 69.<\/p>\n

                30. (24)  Noah Gragson, Ford, 68.<\/p>\n

                31. (32)  Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet, Accident, 62.<\/p>\n

                32. (2)  Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 53.<\/p>\n

                33. (23)  Cole Custer, Ford, Accident, 29.<\/p>\n

                34. (29)  Josh Berry, Ford, Accident, 28.<\/p>\n

                35. (3)  Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, Accident, 2.<\/p>\n

                36. (10)  Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, Accident, 2.<\/p>\n

                37. (15)  Brad Keselowski, Ford, Accident, 2.<\/p>\n

                38. (20)  Todd Gilliland, Ford, Accident, 2.<\/p>\n

                39. (19)  Will Brown, Chevrolet, Accident, 2.<\/p>\n

                40. (38)  William Byron, Chevrolet, Clutch, 1.<\/p>\n

Average Speed of Race Winner:  66.764 mph.<\/p>\n

Time of Race:  2 Hrs, 28 Mins, 17 Secs. Margin of Victory:  Under Caution Seconds.<\/p>\n

Caution Flags:  7 for 15 laps.<\/p>\n

Lead Changes:  6 among 5 drivers.<\/p>\n

Lap Leaders:   M. McDowell 1-31;S. Van Gisbergen # 32-41;A. Allmendinger 42-43;R. Blaney 44-46;C. Briscoe 47-59;S. Van Gisbergen # 60-75.<\/p>\n

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Michael McDowell 1 time for 31 laps; Shane Van Gisbergen # 2 times for 26 laps; Chase Briscoe 1 time for 13 laps; Ryan Blaney 1 time for 3 laps; AJ Allmendinger 1 time for 2 laps.<\/p>\n

Stage #1 Top Ten: 71,8,45,19,60,1,42,38,33,4<\/p>\n

Stage #2 Top Ten: 12,19,45,48,23,11,9,42,43,20<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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