Shane Van Gisbergen's Oval Speed Has Not Improved
Source: Racing Reference

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May 4, 2025
Shane van Gisbergen's learning curve has been more severe than most people expected. Despite driving a full-time chartered entry for Trackhouse Racing, he qualified 37th behind both Cody Ware and Jesse Love in a rare non-drafting track Beard Motorsports entry. It doesn't help that Trackhouse seems to have slower cars especially in qualifying than they did in any previous year, but it's also becoming apparent that the Kiwi might be too old a dog to learn the new trick of oval racing, especially when he is only a few years younger than declining Cup Series stars like Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski who look nearly washed up at times. His speed on intermediates has been dismal with average running positions of 32nd at both Las Vegas and Homestead. Until that changes, he's not really worthy of consideration for DFS play on this track type.--Sean Wrona - RotoBaller
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