TC Daily Pit Stop: Shane van Gisbergen Rallies From 29 Seconds Down In 18 Laps To Win At The Glen
TC Daily Pit Stop: Monday, May 11, 2026
Van Gisbergen Rallies From 29 Seconds Down In 18 Laps To Win At The Glen
If anyone had begun questioning if Shane van Gisbergen was still the top driving talent on road courses in the NASCAR Cup Series after the driver failed to defeat Tyler Reddick at Circuit of the Americas earlier this season, and came up empty at Watkins Glen in starts in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series earlier in the weekend — STOP.
Shane van Gisbergen was flat-out dominant in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at The Glen, as he led a race-high 74 laps in the 100-lap contest, and even a pit strategy, which placed him 29 seconds behind race leader Ty Gibbs with 25 laps remaining, wasn’t enough to stop him.
Van Gisbergen charged through the field, and in just 18 laps, he erased the 29-second deficit, took the race lead from Gibbs, and pulled away to a decisive win by more than seven seconds over Michael McDowell.
“Unbelievable to win with 97. Yeah, Super File Chevy was great. Thank you to Trackhouse. We weren’t very good in practice, and then qualifying was amazing. Good tweaks, and then today, so what a race car,” van Gisbergen said. “Then [Crew Chief] Stephen [Doran] made great calls. I wasn’t sure how it was going to work. Then to run them down, very, very special to do two in a row.”
The win on Sunday was the seventh of SVG’s NASCAR Cup Series career, and it’s his sixth win in the last seven NASCAR Cup Series road course events.
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OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS
SVG Moves Inside Top-16 With Win
With 14 races remaining until the NASCAR Cup Series Chase begins, Shane van Gisbergen was able to work himself back inside the top-16 of the championship standings after his dominant win in Sunday’s Go Bowling at The Glen.
SVG sits six points above the cutline, while Chase Briscoe, who finished fourth on Sunday, fell outside of the top-16, and sits six points below the cutline.
Joey Logano, who suffered a last-place finish, now sits 38 points outside the cutline in 18th.
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Watching SVG cut down that 29 second gap into a 7 second lead, which probably could have been more if he didn't spend the last lap waving to fans, must be how it would have felt watching MJ in his prime in the 90's. I cant wait to tell my kids that whoever they cheer for on the road courses is good, but they'll never be the Road Course 🐐 like SVG is