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NASCAR Cup Series Fans Reply To Shane Van Gisbergen’s 4th Consecutive Road-Course Win At Watkins Glen International

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
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NASCAR Cup Series Fans Reply To Shane Van Gisbergen’s 4th Consecutive Road-Course Win At Watkins Glen International

To NASCAR Cup Series driver Shane van Gisbergen, Sunday’s win at Watkins Glen International was personal.

After recently losing his mother, van Gisbergen’s father, Robert, arrived for an extended visit. It was the first time father and son had been together since Christmas.

“It’s amazing,” van Gisbergen told USA after earning the Go Bowling at The Glen title. “It’s been a tough year. I have him here for next three weeks and it’s great to be able to share this with him.”

The rookie isn’t sharing the lead too often on road courses, claiming four consecutive multi-turn Cup events for the first time since Chase Elliott (2019-20).

On Sunday, van Gisbergen beat runner-up Christopher Bell by 11.116 seconds. During last season’s race at the 2.45-mile track, van Gisbergen competed as an independent and paced the field late until a mishap allowed Chris Buescher to visit Victory Lane.

“Good to get that one back,” said van Gisbergen, who became the first rookie to earn four wins. “That’s the stuff you dream about.”

X (Twitter) users responded to van Gisbergen getting a kick out of his father’s presence at Sunday’s win …

The Watkins Glen garage area opened early Sunday morning …

Saturday’s Xfinity Series winner Connor Zilisch suffered a broken collarbone and was forced to withdraw from Sunday’s Cup event …

Going green in Upstate New York …

Kyle Larson, one of the sports-betting favorites to capture the 2025 Cup championship, endured Lap 6 brake troubles and the No. 5 Chevrolet was forced behind the wall for an extended time. He finished P39 …

Josh Berry went for a spin and reset the field …

Cringe-worthy rotation for Legacy Motor Club. Meanwhile, Trackhouse Racing, paced by SVG and fueled by Daniel Suarez’s P7 and Ross Chastain’s P10, posted three top-10 finishes for the first time in organizational history …

SVG being SVG along Turn 6 on Lap 54, passing Stage 2 winner …

With Brad Keselowski pitting from the lead on Lap 73, van Gisbergen cycled back to the front. Four laps later, he paced Buescher, bidding for back-to-back titles, by 8.93 seconds. The three-time Supercars champion continued to pull away …

With teammate Zilisch in a sling, SVG slowly exited the No. 88 Chevrolet in Victory Lane …

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry, in both print and digital media. He joined the Sportscasting team in 2021 following a decade of freelancing. He spent his early career as a reporter for various newspapers in Illinois, New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan, with a particular emphasis as a beat reporter for the Chicago Blackhawks. Jeff earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Oakland University. Over the course of his career he earned several sports writing awards, including two national awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors for column writing and news reporting. One of the five prized columns included a commentary on NASCAR's increasing corporate influences, particularly in northern racetracks — commentary which you might find Jeff building on as part of the Motorsports writing team at Sportscasting now.  
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