Van Gisbergen finishes Daytona 500 in 33rd
By Andrew Clarke
Date posted: 17 February 2025
Shane van Gisbergen says he has no idea what happened in the incident that ruined his Daytona 500 debut.
The Kiwi Trackhouse star suffered damage when he got caught up in an incident early in the rain-interrupted race.
He made the chequered flag in 33rd spot, several laps behind race winner William Byron after getting caught up in an incident during Stage 2.
“Not much to say, I don’t really know what happened yet,” Van Gisbergen said straight after the race.
“It was good in the first stage, I learnt a lot. Ran up the front when I wasn’t fuel saving, which is promising. I made one bad lane choice,” he added, saying that was when he got his nose in the lead briefly.
“I chose the wrong guy, I chose a Toyota who was fuel saving and I just didn’t get a push. As soon as I did it, I knew I should have gone to the middle, or the highline.”
He said his car was so badly damaged it was four seconds off the pace.
“There’s a good saying in this series, ‘try again next week’,” before rejecting the idea of good signs.
“I don’t think like that, I’m still processing what happened.”
The next race in the NASCAR Cup Series is in Atlanta next weekend.
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