Shane van Gisbergen crashes at Iowa for his first DNF due to incident in his NASCAR career

[@johnbravo7542]

Thanks for the update Nikolai

[@scrick7112]

I’m on the SVG bandwagon and I ain’t getting off.I love this guy.

[@maxfish4770]

Smart move, enjoy the ride 👍

[@tayf85]

Appreciate your timely updates as always. Looks like Shane's car was ass this week.

[@NikolaiPCulp]

Glad you liked the video. Yeah backup cars are usually not up to the primary’s standards. Going to a backup is tough enough as is just resituating yourself and whatnot, but the car itself just isn’t as good. Rough weekend overall for the 97 team

[@MadmanJnr]

As an Aussie who isn't that familiar with Nascar/Xfinity, your updates are really good. Simple and comprehensive 👍 Any chance you can explain the race stages aspect of a race?

[@NikolaiPCulp]

Stages are meant to pay points for the regular season and help reward drivers for their consistency throughout a race. So if someone leads 225/250 laps but blows a tire with 2 to go, yeah it sucks they didn’t win, but if they sweep the stages, they still are awarded with 2 playoff points and 20 regular season points to soften the blow in a sense. I personally don’t like the cautions at the end of them but like the aspect of paying consistent speed. As for strategy, for ovals it’s straight forward but road courses it gets split and a bit more complicated.

[@MadmanJnr]

@NikolaiPCulp Awesome thanks for that. Makes sense, you would be pissed if you led for 99% of the race only to miss the win and get nothing for it.

[@miket1210]

@@NikolaiPCulp as a new fan it feels like the cautions mean you have to lose track position to gain those playoff points. I could be well off here but it seems more like the playoff points are designed to make the sport more entertaining seeing fast drivers sacrifice position for those points which essentially means you see them trying to recover through the field after the fact.

[@Kyte316]

@@NikolaiPCulp i think stage racing takes away from race strategy nascar could just as easily award points for most laps led etc the stages and cautions after them take away certain strategies imo..i am australian but i have been watching nascar consistently since ambrose raced and i prefer how it used to be run before the playoffs and before stage racing just my 2 cents great channel

[@waynetaylor121]

Shame about SVG ,you can't win them all. Love your updates and will always keep watching. Cheers from Australia.....

[@NikolaiPCulp]

Thanks :)

[@StevenHaze]

@@NikolaiPCulp There will be no solace in the punting comment, those punters come from A.F.L. 'Australian Football League.' New Zealand does not play A.F.L. New Zealanders play, 1 Rugby Union and, 2 Rugby league in that order of importance an numbers playing. Given I am Australian I am not sure, but you may have just insulted New Zealanders? You would need to check with them. So the result is, this post has ZERO good news!

[@pagey007]

Race radio ,, Long brake pedal,, Had to pump it then it locked the rears ,, You will see the rear wash out in the crash ,, Was desperately trying to stay on the lead lap .. He did say last week he was going to push as already in the playoffs , Tough race for ,Love, AJ , Austin etc .. Still good to watch 🙂

[@nigelduthie1501]

Here in Australia, nobody wanted to race SVG after a DNF . It was a race for second

[@LesWhite-el6oq]

It might be a good thing to get his first NASCAR crash out of the way??

[@NikolaiPCulp]

I mean it’s nascar you’re gonna wreck at some point whether it’s your fault or not. It’ll happen again and it may not be his fault next time. It’s just how it goes. Tbh surprised it hasn’t happened before today😂.

[@LesWhite-el6oq]

@@NikolaiPCulp hahaha some of the situations I've seen on ovals, is Narly!! Seen nothing like it. Like you, I'm surprised it hasn't happened earlier 😂

[@marcmartin3642]

@@LesWhite-el6oq I’ve never seen a NASCAR racer get their first wreck of the year this late in the season it’s unheard of. He’s gonna be fine, his nemesis Austin hill wrecked as well. I think with his two wins hes in the playoffs he’s taking more chances which is what you want.

[@Naoj2024]

Can you imagine in any racing world where someone crashes and the community has a 1000 excuses for a Spin out and crash damage for a DNF ..? Don’t get me wrong this guy is a great competitor and racer period!!! But when others like Kyle Larson came to the ovals from dirt were they given the same treatment! P.s. If the playoffs were 90% Road Course SVG would most likely be champion , but this is Nascar not the Supercar Series…! 😲🏁🇺🇸

[@LesWhite-el6oq]

@@Naoj2024 l have never followed NASCAR, I follow F1, Rally, Indy but mainly SUPERCARS. I did not know any of the main players in NASCAR, where they came from and how great of racers they are!! However, I sure do now since following Shane over from supercars with Kyle being my favourite cup racer, a longside Lagano 👀😎🏁I'm unsure what the point of this question is? Shane will make mistakes, he will crash, he will have plenty of bad days, it's to be expected he's been on ovals for 6 months. Communities from all motor sports make excuses for their favourite drivers on bad days.

[@richlounder2465]

He will be back, that’s what he does

[@Bogues_88]

Only a few teams could setup car tor this track this week .. Mayer car had way eay more front right camber than most other cars. . Chandler smith car could run very fast with out destroyed tyres .. most people don't realise how much setup matters

[@NikolaiPCulp]

It’s a track that Xfinity hasn’t been to in 5 years. Definitely was going to be a tough weekend for some. We saw a lot of tire issues today as a whole. Fast speeds on a half rough race track half repave is just really…unpredictable in a sense I feel like.

[@SouthCoastLimited]

No! 😫

[@exoticspeedefy7916]

Ovals are not SVG's strong point that's for sure. He's good at track

[@Bogues_88]

Yea but I would love to know how he would go in Chandler smith car or Mayer's car or Jessie loves cars. . it clearly kaulig cars been pretty weak this year look at AJ couldn't even run well on road course says more about SVG than kaulig cars that he could win on road

[@mintoxace5571]

He’s fine on ovals, it’s Kaulig that keep giving him terrible cars that he’s struggling with.

[@exoticspeedefy7916]

@@mintoxace5571 Maybe.

[@maxfish4770]

Only a matter of time, the man is a freak

[@GoWithJingJo]

It’s only a matter of time if you know him

[@jakichan4]

He will prob crash again on oval this season. He in playoffs will start testing his limits now but will learn faster.

[@NikolaiPCulp]

If you can make it through a 30+ race season without multiple crash DNFs you’ve done something special as long as you aren’t blowing engines in the first 20 laps or start and parking😂

[@brutal162]

Does anyone know why the primary car wasn't repaired? It seemed a fairly small crash. Are parts limited or something?

[@NikolaiPCulp]

Sometimes it just takes so long to fix the primary that it’s not worth it. Like sometimes it’ll take all night/into the morning so they just go to the backup. Probably some internal damage that was hard to fix if I had to guess.

[@brutal162]

@@NikolaiPCulp thanks. 👌

[@narelleday434]

Shane will have been testing limits… he found one. 😂😂 love him.

[@deanlaurens2969]

Well done mate i just wish roger penske would give scotty mclaughlin a crack in nascar

[@mintoxace5571]

His car was an absolute heap of shit. He had brake problems all day long, where he couldn’t actually use the brakes without tapping them several times and then they would lock up. One of the other cars reported that he had brake fluid all over the back of his car which probably points to a leak that Kailig didn’t spot. He then had brake shake later on and his car just ended up being too much to handle and he crashed out. This was not a skill issue.

[@Bogues_88]

Thanx for info kaulig cars have been pretty crap this year

[@TheSaturnV]

So what was the excuse for crashing the primary car?

[@Bogues_88]

@@TheSaturnV I'm not sure .. bad setup or just pushing too hard .. it's shame cos nice paint scheme I bet Kubota disappointed

[@danieljames4584]

@@TheSaturnVsame excuse for all the others that did, and same for tomorrow, sometimes shit happens and ya have a bad day, how many Cup drivers wrecked so far this year , quite a few it happens

[@davidHardie-p9q]

According to Shane on his in car radio his brakes were never right. That may have contributed to his lack of speed and ultimate bad outcome. The team couldn’t fix those issues for him. Bring on next week….

[@Bogues_88]

His lap times were slowly improving but yea his original car might been lot better than that terrible back up car .. but in saying that none of kaulig cars were even close to competitive today

[@NikolaiPCulp]

Backup cars are tough. Tough week for the 97 for sure.

[@hthrookie]

SVG is a racing phenom akin to Kyle Larson! Put him in something with 4 wheels and an engine and he's gonna win. OH! I wanna see SVG and Larson race tractors!

[@Bogues_88]

Shame the 9 couldn't lift and keep it low Shane's car would have been ok . Even tho it was SVG car that broke loose first it seems kaulig car setups are consistent junk on everything except road. Aj car crap out with tyres .. Josh wasn't any good .. compare to Chandler smith car could run tons laps at front and tyres lasted way longer.

[@richardgabinelli7805]

It’s always something when he doesn’t do as well as everyone expects him to. There were a lot of other cars out there slipping and sliding all over the place that didn’t wind up in the wall. How about we try this excuse out. This guy has absolutely no experience at any of these tracks let alone on ovals. He doesn’t know what his car should feel like on these tracks, what the car will or won’t do on a oval, what adjustments need to be made or the terminology when giving any type of feedback. He could be in the best equipment in the series, in the car that just won the race and still be laps down to the leader or find himself in the wall. He can’t even tell his crew chief what feeling he is looking for in his car at any of the track’s except on a road course because that’s what he did for his entire career. So if you really think you can put this guy in any of the top cars and he’s magically going to start running up front you’re crazy. HE STILL HAS TO LEARN HOW TO ACTUALLY RACE ON OVALS not just ride around and hope most of the cars running in front of him have some sort of a problem.

[@Bogues_88]

@@richardgabinelli7805 yea lots cars blew tyres lots hit the wall. None of the kaulig cars did any good. Probably only 10% of feild had decent setups .. if U listen to the radio scanner you would know there was serious issue with brakes .. fluid under the rear tyre doesn't exactly help grip. No one here is expecting him to win ovals yet but given a better car he could have done way better as could half the field of they had Chandler Smith or Mayer's car.

[@maxfish4770]

@richardgabinelli7805 so the third was a fluke? Give it two seasons and he will dominate

[@TheSaturnV]

Cue the excuses.....

[@VenomRoadRacing]

Yeah no us kiwis don't talk bullshit.

[@maxfish4770]

He's not a yank

[@VenomRoadRacing]

@@maxfish4770 🤣

[@michaelnewman5734]

Who could care less . Silly sport played by nuff-nuff people. As interesting as caber toss.

[@gdvibes1]

He’s a one trick pony.

[@mintoxace5571]

Is his one trick winning mate? Is that why you’re so salty? 😂

[@garys6135]

One trick pony racing left turn ringers.

[@neillewis785]

he's won two races .so far .can't you count clown

[@F1NATIK]

a one trick pony? Wins in Supercars, Nascar, Rally, Sprintcars, Open Wheelers, GT cars, Drifting, Shall I keep going? But he's a one trick pony. So stupid. you're a zero trick human

[@motorbikesnbeers]

Was issues with the car not him

[@Tradie64]

He never crashed in supercars.very seldom