Chicago Tribune Top News｜谢恩·范吉斯伯根再度称雄芝加哥站，完成NASCAR周末赛事大满贯
Shane van Gisbergen completed a sweep on the Chicago Street Course on Sunday, winning the NASCAR Cup Series race on the tricky downtown circuit. It was van Gisbergens second victory of the season and his third career Cup win. The Trackhouse Racing d...
Shane van Gisbergen completed a sweep on the Chicago Street Course on Sunday, winning the NASCAR Cup Series race on the tricky downtown circuit.
It was van Gisbergens second victory of the season and his third career Cup win. The Trackhouse Racing driver also won in Chicago in 2023, becoming the first driver to take his Cup Series debut since Johnny Rutherford in the second qualifying race at Daytona in 1963.
Ty Gibbs was second, and Tyler Reddick finished third. Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch rounded out the top five.
It was a dominant weekend for van Gisbergen , a three-time champion in Australias Supercars. The 36-year-old New Zealand native won the Xfinity Series race from the pole Saturday. He also was the top qualifier for the Cup race.
Michael McDowell joined van Gisbergen on the front row and quickly moved in front. He won Stage 1 and led for 31 laps before he was derailed by a throttle cable issue.
Van Gisbergen regained the lead when he passed Chase Briscoe with 16 laps left. As fog moved into downtown Chicago with thunderstorms in the forecast , van Gisbergen controlled the action the rest of the way.
AJ Allmendinger was sixth, and Ryan Preece finished seventh. Ryan Blaney, who won the second stage, was 12th.
William Byrons day was cut short by a clutch problem. The Hendrick Motorsports driver began the day on top of the series standings.
After McDowell seized the lead early in the race, Carson Hocevar caused a multicar crash when he hit the wall and spun out between Turns 10 and 11. Brad Keselowski, Austin Dillon, Daniel Surez and Will Brown were among the drivers collected in the wreck.
I didnt see it until the last second, Keselowski said. I slowed down and I actually felt I was gonna get stopped and then I just kind of got ran over from behind. Its just a narrow street course and sometimes theres nowhere to go.
Ty Dillon and Reddick moved into the third round of NASCARs inaugural in-season tournament when Keselowski and Hocevar were unable to finish the race. Dillon, the No. 32 seed, eliminated Keselowski after he upset top-seeded Denny Hamlin last weekend at Atlanta.
Gibbs, Preece, Alex Bowman, John H. Nemechek, Zane Smith and Erik Jones also advanced. The winner of the five-race, bracket-style tournament takes home a $1 million prize.
Bowman, the 2024 champion on the downtown street course, won his head-to-head matchup with Bubba Wallace. Bowman and Wallace made contact as they battled for position late in the race after they also tangled in Chicago last year.
肖恩·范吉斯伯根周日横扫芝加哥街道赛道，在这条复杂的市中心赛道上赢得NASCAR杯系列赛冠军。
这是范吉斯伯根本赛季的第二场胜利，也是他职业生涯第三次赢得杯赛冠军。这位Trackhouse Racing车手还曾在2023年芝加哥站夺冠，成为自1963年约翰尼·卢瑟福在戴托纳第二场资格赛首秀以来，首位在杯赛系列赛首秀即夺冠的车手。
泰·吉布斯（Ty Gibbs）获得第二名，泰勒·雷迪克（Tyler Reddick）位列第三。丹尼·哈姆林（Denny Hamlin）与凯尔·布施（Kyle Busch）分列第四、第五名，共同跻身前五。
对于澳大利亚超级房车赛三冠王范吉斯伯根而言，这是一个统治级的周末。这位36岁的新西兰车手在周六的Xfinity系列赛中以杆位发车并夺冠，同时他还成为杯赛排位赛的最快车手。
迈克尔·麦克道尔与范吉斯伯根同排发车后迅速取得领先。他赢得第一阶段比赛并领跑31圈，后因油门拉线故障退出争夺。
范吉斯伯根在剩余16圈时超越蔡斯·布里斯科，重新夺回领先位置。随着芝加哥市中心雾气弥漫且天气预报将有雷暴，范吉斯伯根在后续赛程中始终掌控着比赛节奏。
AJ·阿尔门丁格获得第六名，瑞安·普瑞斯位列第七。第二阶段冠军瑞安·布莱尼最终排名第十二位。
威廉·拜伦（William Byron）因离合器故障提前结束比赛。这位亨德里克赛车运动（Hendrick Motorsports）的车手当日原本在系列赛积分榜上名列前茅。
麦克道尔在比赛初期取得领先后，卡森·霍切瓦尔在10号弯和11号弯之间撞墙打滑，引发多车相撞事故。布拉德·凯瑟洛夫斯基、奥斯汀·狄龙、丹尼尔·苏亚雷斯和威尔·布朗等多位车手被卷入这起事故。
“我直到最后一刻才看到它，”凯瑟洛夫斯基说道，“我减速了，当时真的以为能停下来，结果还是被后车追尾了。这种狭窄的街道赛道就是这样，有时候根本无处可躲。”
由于凯瑟洛夫斯基和霍切瓦尔未能完成比赛，泰·狄龙和雷迪克晋级NASCAR首届赛季中锦标赛第三轮。作为32号种子选手的狄龙，在上周末亚特兰大站爆冷击败头号种子丹尼·哈姆林后，本轮又将凯瑟洛夫斯基淘汰出局。
吉布斯、普里斯、亚历克斯·鲍曼、约翰·H·内梅切克、赞恩·史密斯和埃里克·琼斯也成功晋级。这场五轮淘汰制锦标赛的冠军将获得100万美元奖金。
2024年市中心街道赛冠军鲍曼在正面对决中击败了对手布巴·华莱士。比赛尾声阶段，两人为争夺位置发生擦碰——去年在芝加哥站时他们也曾有过缠斗。
