Shane van Gisbergen’s mastery of road courses just hit legendary status. The Kiwi sensation extended his incredible streak to five straight road course wins after dominating the Bank of America Roval 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Behind the wheel of the No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, SVG led 57 laps, won by over 15 seconds, and made the Roval look more like his personal playground than one of NASCAR’s trickiest tracks. But while his dominance on road courses seems effortless, SVG knows there’s still one area he’s playing catch-up in – short tracks.
And instead of waiting for experience to come to him, he’s been out there earning it the old-fashioned way. Yes, it was by going back to the grassroots level and getting his basics right.
Shane van Gisbergen sharpens short track craft