Not Enough Attrition at Richmond for Shane Van Gisbergen to Be Viable
Source: Racing Reference

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August 16, 2025
Shane van Gisbergen has never started a race at Richmond in the NASCAR Cup Series and he wasn't much of a contender in last year's Xfinity race either, where he finished 15th a lap down. He did outqualify his teammate Ross Chastain in 27th, which isn't as much of a surprise as you might expect because Chastain has been qualifying terribly. However, SVG is still something of an oval novice and he doesn't seem to have many oval skills yet other than avoiding crashes. That won't matter much at Richmond, which has been one of the cleanest tracks in the Next Gen era with only seven DNFs in the six previous races here, only four of which resulted from crashes. His great car control won't likely help him much at a track so clean, so his lack of speed will be more paramount here, which means he should probably be avoided.--Sean Wrona - RotoBaller
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