SVG sweeps NASCAR poles in Chicago qualifying
CHICAGO — Shane van Gisbergen pulled off a clean sweep of the poles in NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series qualifying at the Chicago Street Course.
SVG started Saturday with a pole for the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ The Loop 110 race with a lap of 90.085 seconds, averaging 87.917 MPH around the 2.2-mile Chicago Street Course. He followed that up with a pole for the NASCAR Cup Series’ Grant Park 165 with a lap of 89.656 seconds, averaging 88.338 MPH.
How may the speed in qualifying translate to the race?
SVG ran fastest in Xfinity Series practice with a lap of 91.328 seconds, averaging 86.720 MPH. In Cup Series practice, he ran the seventh-fastest lap — 91.375 seconds.
Last year, SVG won the Xfinity race after fending off Kyle Larson, whom he ran second to in Cup practice before qualifying fifth. In the Cup race, SVG led nine laps and won stage one before getting clipped and crashing out on lap 25.
SVG is the defending Cup road/street course winner. He scored a commanding win three weeks ago at Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City over Christopher Bell. The No. 9 Xfinity car SVG is racing in Chicago is also the defending road/street course winner as Suarez won with it in Mexico City.
NASCAR Cup Series Chicago Qualifying Results and Lineup
- Shane van Gisbergen
- Michael McDowell
- Carson Hocevar
- Tyler Reddick
- Chase Briscoe
- Kyle Busch
- Ryan Preece
- Chris Buescher
- Ty Gibbs
- Austin DIllon
- Alex Bowman
- Joey Logano
- Christopher Bell
- Kyle Larson
- Brad Keselowski
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Ryan Blaney
- Daniel Suarez
- Will Brown
- Todd Gilliland
- Riley Herbst
- Ross Chastain
- Cole Custer
- Noah Gragson
- John Hunter Nemechek
- Zane Smith
- Austin Cindric
- Justin Haley
- Josh Berry
- Austin Hill
- Josh Bilicki
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Katherine Legge
- Erik Jones
- Cody Ware
- Ty Dillon
- Bubba Wallace
- Crashed in qualifying
- William Byron
- Hit the wall and broke a toe link in practice
- Chase Elliott
- Hit the wall and broke a toe link in practice
- Denny Hamln
- Blew an engine in practice
DNQ: Corey Heim
NASCAR Xfinity Series Chicago Qualifying Results and Lineup
- Shane van Gisbergen
- Austin Hill
- Sam Mayer
- Sheldon Creed
- Jack Perkins
- Justin Allgaier
- William Sawalich
- Nick Sanchez
- Jesse Love
- Sammy Smith
- Brandon Jones
- Preston Pardus
- Carson Kvapil
- Alex Labbe
- Harrison Burton
- Connor Mosack
- Austin Green
- Matt DiBenedetto
- Jeremy Clements
- Thomas Annunziata
- Daniel Dye
- Brennan Poole
- Blaine Perkins
- Parker Retzlaff
- Josh Bilicki
- Brad Perez
- Josh Williams
- Anthony Alfredo
- Andre Castro
- Kaz Grala
- Jeb Burton
- Ryan Ellis
- Dean Thompson
- Kyle Sieg
- Connor Zilisch
- Taylor Gray
- Ryan Sieg
- Christian Eckes
DNQ: Kris Wright, Sage Karam.
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
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