Trackhouse Racing’s Shane van Gisbergen won the Busch Light Pole Award in Saturday’s qualifying for Sunday’s Go Bowling at the Glen NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International.
It was the three-car Chevrolet organization’s first pole award of the 2026 season and seventh since forming in 2021. It marked van Gisbergen’s fifth Busch Light pole of his career.
The New Zealand native logged a lap time 0.259-seconds quicker than second-place. The strong run gave Chevrolet it’s second-straight front row sweep at Watkins Glen.
“I haven’t studied it fully yet, but I did nail it on my first lap,” said van Gisbergen. “The first half of the lap was pretty average, I thought. And then on my second lap, I had less tire grip, but it was a better lap so I think I was ahead until the bus stop and then mucked it up.
“My first lap was really good there, so I probably got it right and maybe the others got it wrong. But generally, that is a reasonably strong point for me here.”
Trackhouse Racing owns three of the top-five starting spots for Sunday’s race. Teammate Ross Chastain will start fourth and Connor Zilisch will start fifth.
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