XFINITY
van Gisbergen won the pole for the Xfinity Series race, driving the No. 9 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports and delivered the ninth victory of the season for the team on Saturday, winning the Loop 110 on the streets of Chicago.
With van Gisbergen’s victory, JRM is now the first team in series history to have won races with six different drivers in a single season.
With two laps remaining in regulation, van Gisbergen edged past Zilisch on the final restart and held it through the first corner despite the two making contact at the exit.
The pair ran nose to tail the rest of the way to earn van Gisbergen his second straight victory in the Windy City.
CUP
Trackhouse Racing's Shane van Gisbergen won the Busch Light Pole Award in Saturday's qualifying for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race on the streets of Chicago.
It was the three-car Chevrolet organization's second pole award of the 2025 season and fifth since forming in 2021. It marked Van Gisbergen's third Busch Light pole of his career and second in the No. 88 Chevrolet.
Trackhouse Racing's Shane van Gisbergen won Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race on the Chicago Street Course.
van Gisbergen led twice for 26 of the 75 laps. He took the lead with 16 laps remaining and persevered through two full-course cautions. It is his second victory of the season (Mexico City last month) and third career victory in just 33 races. Only Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell have more victories in 2025 than Van Gisbergen.
The Auckland, New Zealand native is the only driver not from the United States to win at least three NASCAR Cup Series races. He is also the first driver since Kyle Busch at Indianapolis in 2016 to sweep pole and race wins in both the Xfinity and Cup races at the same track on the same weekend.
It was Trackhouse Racing's third victory in 2025 and 11th victory since it began NASCAR Cup Series racing in 2021. It started as a single-car Chevrolet team before expanding to two full-time cars in 2022 and three cars in 2025.
van Gisbergen is one of five Team Chevy drivers to earn a playoff berth. The rookie driver delivered the Bowtie brand its eighth victory in 19 points-paying races thus far this season.
“It was a brilliant day for this No. 88 WeatherTech Chevrolet team. Our car was really, really nice – the best car I’ve had here, by far. The strategy was a bit all over the place, as we knew it would be today – racing the weather, racing cars and different stops. Stephen (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. We had two great pit stops. Just so stoked to get WeatherTech in victory lane for their home race.”