On lap two, Shane van Gisbergen slid into a tire barrier. Later in the race, Christopher Bell and Tyler Reddick also hit the barriers, causing water to gush out upon impact. Midway through the race, over a dozen cars piled up in the same corner.
Still, everyone ooh’d and aah’d at him winning a race while driving on the left side of the car (versus the right, like an Australian Supercar). But that wasn’t nearly as difficult for van Gisbergen as working with NASCAR’s new five-speed sequential transmission and shift lever.
Shane Van Gisbergen this season has been racing in the Xfinity series.
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“He was like: ‘You’ve got to try and make sure you can get full-time over there. You’ll never regret it.’ And I haven’t so far.”