MEXICO CITY — Shane van Gisbergen stood tall on the highest Victory Podium step, wearing a traditional Mexican sombrero and spraying champagne to celebrate his win in Sunday’s Viva Mexico 250 at the ...
MEXICO CITY — In some ways, the timing for NASCAR’s first Cup Series race in Mexico could not have been worse. It came under the shadow of fierce immigration protests and unrest in Los Angeles, and a ...
MEXICO CITY — Very little went right for Shane Van Gisbergen in the buildup to NASCAR’s first international Cup Series points-paying race of the modern era. A mechanical issue on takeoff forced his ...
Van Gisbergen’s problems began in Charlotte, North Carolina, when the chartered plane carrying him and several members of his Trackhouse Racing crew was delayed. Even though he earned the pole, Van ...
MEXICO CITY — Turns out NASCAR’s grand venture into Mexico wasn’t the only international jolt to the Cup Series status quo. New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen, powering through a stomach ailment that ...
MEXICO CITY — Shane Van Gisbergen once again mastered a new track — this one the iconic Mexico City road course — to win NASCAR’s first Cup Series points-paying race outside the United States of the ...