Shane van Gisbergen scored his sixth career victory in the NASCAR Cup Series as the Round of 8 field was set at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval.
His fifth win this season (tying him for the series lead with Denny Hamlin) came in van Gisbergen’s 46th start in NASCAR’s premier series, making him the fastest driver to hit that mark since four-time Indy 500 winner AJ Foyt in 1972.
It’s also the fifth consecutive win on a road or street course for van Gisbergen, one short of the record held by Jeff Gordon (1997-2000).
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Runner-up Kyle Larson snapped a nine-race streak without a top five but fell just short of defending last year’s victory at the Roval and extending Hendrick Motorsports’ seven-season streak with at least one road-course victory.
Christopher Bell, Chris Buescher and Michael McDowell rounded out the top five.
The third-round field of eight drivers was set as three-time and defending series champion Joey Logano captured the final transfer spot by four points over Ross Chastain. Tyler Reddick, Bubba Wallace and Austin Cindric also were eliminated.
In the reset playoff standings for the Round of 8, Denny Hamlin leads with 4,036 points, followed by Ryan Blaney (4,034), Kyle Larson (4,032), William Byron (4,032), Christopher Bell (4,028), Chase Briscoe (4,018) and Logano (4,008).
Here’s the finishing order at the Roval
1. Shane Van Gisbergen, No. 88 Chevrolet
2. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevrolet
3. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota
4. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Ford
5. Michael McDowell, No. 71 Chevrolet
6. Ryan Preece, No. 60 Ford
7. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Chevrolet
8. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet
9. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet
10. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota
11`. William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet
12. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Toyota
13. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford
14. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Toyota
15. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota
16. Josh Berry, No. 21 Ford
17. Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Ford
18. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet
19. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Chevrolet
20. Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford
21. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevrolet
22. Cole Custer, No. 41 Ford
23. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota
24. Zane Smith, No. 38 Ford
25. Justin Haley, No. 7 Chevrolet
26. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Toyota
27. Ty Dillon, No. 10 Chevrolet
28. Noah Gragson, No. 4 Ford
29. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Chevrolet
30. Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota
31. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet
32. Josh Bilicki, No. 66 Ford
33. Cody Ware, No. 51 Ford
34. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Chevrolet
35. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford
36. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford
37. Riley Herbst, No. 35 Toyota*
*—Disqualified for being underweight
