{"id":47296,"date":"2024-06-01T23:53:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T04:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=47296"},"modified":"2024-07-14T14:01:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T19:01:41","slug":"shane-van-gisbergen-grabs-first-nascar-xfinity-series-win-in-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/01\/shane-van-gisbergen-grabs-first-nascar-xfinity-series-win-in-portland\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane van Gisbergen grabs first NASCAR Xfinity Series win in Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shane Van Gisbergen, driver of the #97 Quad Lock Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pacific Office Automation 147 at Portland International Raceway on June 01, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Meg Oliphant\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service <\/em><\/div>\n
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New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen claimed his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in Saturday\u2019s Pacific Office Automation 147 at Portland International Raceway. The popular Kiwi celebrated the hard-earned win with a burnout all the way around the 1.967-mile road course and then climbing out of his Chevy and topping it off by kicking a soccer ball into the thrilled crowd.<\/div>\n
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It was a popular win all-around for the 35-year-old three-time Australian Supercar champion, but he had to work for it. The series rookie \u2013 who won the inaugural Chicago Street Race in his first NASCAR Cup Series start last summer \u2013 led laps early in the No. 97 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet but struggled with race re-starts for much of the day. He lost positions on the early restarts and even had to overcome a couple miscues \u2013 dropping his tires off track into the dirt \u2013 before steadily and masterfully working his way forward in the closing laps to challenge for the win.<\/div>\n
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He passed the day\u2019s most dominant driver, JR Motorsports\u2019 Justin Allgaier on the final restart with four laps to go and pulled away to a .941-second victory over the series veteran, who led a race best 46 of the race\u2019s 75 laps.<\/div>\n
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JR Motorsports\u2019 Sam Mayer, van Gisbergen\u2019s Kaulig teammate A.J. Allmendinger \u2013 who started last in the field – and Sam Hunt Racing\u2019s Ed Jones \u2013 an IMSA sportscar and IndyCar veteran – rounded out the Top-5.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWhat a day, really cool, had some great racing,\u2019\u2019 said van Gisbergen, who immediately apologized to pole-winner Sam Mayer who he collided with and spun on the opening turn of the race. <\/div>\n
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\u201cI need to get better on my restarts and learn how to position, but that was so much fun. Really cool racing. I love these cars, they\u2019re great.\u2019\u2019<\/div>\n
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It was a particularly crushing runner-up showing for Allgaier, who finished second in this race last year as well. At various points, his No. 7 Chevrolet held a nearly three-second advantage on the field, but two cautions in the final 12 laps essentially equalized the competition and van Gisbergen steadily made his way forward on the restarts before taking the lead in Turn 5 with four laps to go.<\/div>\n
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Allgaier not only led the most laps but swept both stage wins for the third consecutive race \u2013 the six consecutive stage wins a series record. His series-leading 10 stage victories on the season are the most ever through the opening 13 races.<\/div>\n
But it just wasn\u2019t enough for the trophy on Saturday.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI don\u2019t know [what I could have done differently],\u2019\u2019 a discouraged Allgaier said. \u201cOn those restarts we were so free taking off and the car was just struggling to get grip. <\/div>\n
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\u201cI think that\u2019s the hardest part, once he got by me there, I probably overdrove it trying to get back to him and probably didn\u2019t help my cause any,\u2019\u2019 he added. \u201cReally proud of this team. All the effort this team puts forward is incredible. To come in second two years in a row stings a little bit but at the same time, really proud of everybody.\u2019\u2019<\/div>\n
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Last year\u2019s Portland winner Cole Custer finished sixth in the Stewart-Haas Racing Ford with Kaulig\u2019s Josh Williams, Big Machine Racing\u2019s Parker Kligerman, Jordan Anderson Racing\u2019s Parker Retzlaff and Stewart-Haas Racing\u2019s Riley Herbst rounding out the Top-10.<\/div>\n
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With his sixth-place finish Saturday, Custer takes the championship lead by 18-points over Richard Childress Racing\u2019s Austin Hill and Joe Gibbs Racing\u2019s Chandler Smith.  Hill \u2013 who was fined 25 points and $25,000 for purposefully wrecking Custer last week at Charlotte \u2013 finished 11th and Smith, whose No. 81 JGR Toyota suffered a late race engine problem, finished 35th. <\/div>\n
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The series stays on the West Coast with the Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250 on the Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway road course next Saturday (8 p.m. ET,  FS1, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Aric Almirola is the defending race winner.<\/div>\n
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NASCAR Xfinity Series Race – Pacific Office Automation 147<\/b><\/div>\n
Portland International Raceway<\/b><\/div>\n
Portland, Oregon<\/b><\/div>\n
Saturday, June 1, 2024<\/b><\/div>\n
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                1. (2)  Shane van Gisbergen #, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                2. (5)  Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                3. (9)  Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                4. (10)  AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                5. (17)  Ed Jones, Toyota, 75.<\/div>\n
                6. (4)  Cole Custer, Ford, 75.<\/div>\n
                7. (22)  Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                8. (7)  Parker Kligerman, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                9. (15)  Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                10. (3)  Riley Herbst, Ford, 75.<\/div>\n
                11. (18)  Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                12. (8)  Josh Bilicki, Toyota, 75.<\/div>\n
                13. (6)  Sheldon Creed, Toyota, 75.<\/div>\n
                14. (24)  Ryan Sieg, Ford, 75.<\/div>\n
                15. (26)  Austin Green, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                16. (28)  Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                17. (25)  Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                18. (37)  Kyle Sieg, Ford, 75.<\/div>\n
                19. (12)  Jesse Love #, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                20. (31)  Blaine Perkins, Ford, 75.<\/div>\n
                21. (35)  Nathan Byrd, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                22. (34)  Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                23. (30)  Andre Castro, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                24. (36)  Patrick Gallagher, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                25. (23)  Kyle Weatherman, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                26. (32)  Leland Honeyman #, Chevrolet, 75.<\/div>\n
                27. (13)  Ryan Truex, Toyota, 75.<\/div>\n
                28. (1)  Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 74.<\/div>\n
                29. (33)  Logan Bearden, Chevrolet, 74.<\/div>\n
                30. (27)  Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 73.<\/div>\n
                31. (29)  Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 73.<\/div>\n
                32. (19)  Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 72.<\/div>\n
                33. (38)  Hailie Deegan #, Ford, 71.<\/div>\n
                34. (14)  Sage Karam, Toyota, 69.<\/div>\n
                35. (11)  Chandler Smith, Toyota, Accident, 66.<\/div>\n
                36. (20)  Brandon Jones, Chevrolet, Accident, 66.<\/div>\n
                37. (16)  Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 61.<\/div>\n
                38. (21)  Preston Pardus, Chevrolet, Track Bar, 9.<\/div>\n
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Average Speed of Race Winner:  69.575 mph.<\/div>\n
Time of Race:  2 Hrs, 7 Mins, 25 Secs. Margin of Victory:  0.941 Seconds.<\/div>\n
Caution Flags:  4 for 14 laps.<\/div>\n
Lead Changes:  9 among 4 drivers.<\/div>\n
Lap Leaders:   S. Mayer 0;R. Herbst 1-15;S. Van Gisbergen # 16-22;J. Allgaier 23-26;S. Creed 27;S. Van Gisbergen # 28;J. Allgaier 29-51;S. Creed 52;J. Allgaier 53-71;S. Van Gisbergen # 72-75.<\/div>\n
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Justin Allgaier 3 times for 46 laps; Riley Herbst 1 time for 15 laps; Shane Van Gisbergen # 3 times for 12 laps; Sheldon Creed 2 times for 2 laps.<\/div>\n
Stage #1 Top Ten: 7,98,18,19,48,8,00,20,21,26<\/div>\n
Stage #2 Top Ten: 7,18,19,00,97,81,98,26,1,24<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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