Trackhouse Racing's Shane van Gisbergen won the Busch Light Pole Award in Saturday's qualifying for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at AutĂłdromo Hermanos RodrĂguez in Mexico City.
It marked Van Gisbergen's second Busch Light pole of his career and first in the No. 88 Chevrolet. Van Gisbergen posted a lap of 93.904 mph in Saturday's qualifying.
"We made some big swings last night. Our No. 88 Safety Culture Chevrolet was a bit better. We had a lot more front grip, which is what I needed. But my laps were average. You’ll see everyone was beating me on the first-half of the lap, and then my lap gets good at the end. We had a lot of speed today, which is good. It’s been a great improvement. What a really cool achievement for us and a great start for tomorrow. I’m excited, that’s really cool."
Trackhouse Racing's Shane van Gisbergen won Sunday's inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race on the Mexico City Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez road course.
van Gisbergen led 60 of 100 laps and won by 16.5 seconds, the largest margin of victory in the Cup Series since Texas in November 2009. It is his first victory of the season and second career victory, and this win qualifies him for the 2025 playoffs.
van Gisbergen is the fourth different Team Chevy driver to earn a playoff berth. The rookie driver delivered the Bowtie brand its sixth victory in 16 points-paying races thus far this season.
The Trackhouse Chevrolets were fast in the early going on Sunday, van Gisbergen started from the pole and led 11 laps. He made a scheduled pit stop with two laps to go in the stage and finished 17th. He won Stage 2, taking the lead with two laps to go and ultimately winning the race.Â
"What a week. I have really enjoyed myself here. I felt pretty rubbish today. Thank you to SafetyCulture, Trackhouse, Chevy and these guys right here. I think the 54 was close, but that last stint, what a pleasure to just be ripping lap after lap and to watch them all get smaller in the mirror. Unreal.”
