Shane van Gisbergen can finally let out a deep sigh! In what was supposed to be an uphill battle, especially after his crew chief, Stephen Doran, was ejected for an unapproved adjustment on Saturday, the New Zealander worked his magic after serving a stop-and-go penalty in the opening laps. This left him two laps down, scrapping for the Lucky Dog with Michael McDowell, who was also penalised after Spire Motorsports made unapproved tweaks to the No. 71 Chevrolet Camaro. But no matter the curveball, SVG managed one of his best finishes on an oval in the Cup Series this afternoon.

Speaking to Frontstretch post-race, SVG was very modest in his conquest of the oval: “I don’t know about finally, I think it’s a process. This s*it’s pretty difficult, and I just — it’s taken me time to get bette

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