🗣️'It sucked watching, I wanted to be out there. So yeah, I’d want to have a go one day.' Three time supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen wants to try out a NASCAR oval race after being trackside in Nashville this weekend ⬇️
make his NASCAR debut at the Chicago street race next weekendHe jetted into the United States late last week to begin his preparations, which included being trackside with the team in Nashville over the weekend, watching team-mate Ross Chastain The up-close experience with oval racing has piqued van Gisbergen's interest, the Kiwi admitting during a press conference ahead of the race that he had itchy feet on the sidelines.
“We had a small chat about that earlier," said van Gisbergen. “I’ve never really thought about ovals too much, but you’d love to have a go. “So to see how committed everyone was, and see who was braver than the others into turn 1, it was pretty cool to watch.Van Gisbergen has completed a seat fitting and will get his first real-world NASCAR experience today when he samples the Trackhouse Chevrolet on the Charlotte Roval.Photo by: Edge Photographics“That’s just to get a feel and make sure that I’m comfortable in the car and everything is working, and then it’s all simulator stuff really," he explained.
“The strategy is quite different, so I have got to do a lot of study on that; obviously the pits close when the yellow comes out, you don’t have a pit speed limiter and stuff like that, so just learning how to manage that side of the race is quite different.“And then obviously we’re not racing for points so we don’t have to focus on the stages and stuff like that.
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