Shane van Gisbergen’s first NASCAR pole will have to wait another day.
The 34-year-old and three-time Supercars champion was fastest in Xfinity Series practice on Friday but came up one spot short in qualifying for Saturday’s race at Circuit of the Americas. Cup Series regular Kyle Larson, in a part-time Hendrick Motorsports entry, put up a solid average lap speed of 92.946 mph to win the pole. Van Gisbergen, one of the last cars on the track, came close but his lap speed of 92.650 mph left him second and sharing the front row with Larson.
The victory served as the instigator for his to move to NASCA, where he is running a full Xfinity schedule and partial Cup schedule, both with Kaulig. “I had a good chat with Marcos Ambrose last night, and he said the Xfinity car will be unlike anything I’ve ever driven, the way it brakes and the way the rear-end works,” van Gisbergen said. “He said it’s probably similar to the Cup cars he was racing, so hopefully those things help and helps me speed up the learning process.
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