Ross Chastain led Trackhouse Racing with a 16th-place finish in the FireKeepers Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon. Teammates Shane van Gisbergen placed 30th and Connor Zilisch was credited with 37th-place finish.
“Unfortunate day for our SafetyCulture team,” said SVG. “Just struggled with the balance of the car all day. It’s a shame to have this kind of day after building such great momentum the last couple of weeks. But we’ll continue to learn from this and be ready for Pocono.”
Van Gisbergen started 30th for the 200 lap race and jumped into the top 20 early at the start of the race, before battling the handling of his SafetyCulture Chevrolet and struggling to maintain position.
He finished the first stage, 31st. At the stage break, the No. 97 team opted to come to pit road to make adjustments to the car and van Gisbergen started Stage 2, 34th.
He continued to struggle with a tight race car but was able to make good track position when the caution flew on lap 82 for a multiple car incident.
Van Gisbergen then restarted the stage 24th and was able to hold on to position as he reported the handling of his Chevrolet had gotten better. He finished Stage 2, 22nd.
To start the final stage, van Gisbergen had to start at the tail end of the field due to a pit road penalty at the stage break.
He worked to gain track position back, but on lap 154 he was involved in a multi-car accident that ended his day and was credited with a 30th-place finish.
NASCAR Cup Series will return to action Sunday, June 14 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway.
Comments