Shane van Gisbergen sweeps NASCAR weekend in Chicago with Cup victory

Shane van Gisbergen became only the second driver in NASCAR history to sweep the pole and race for both the Xfinity and Cup Series in the same weekend at the same track when he won Sunday’s race on the streets of Chicago.

Of the six NASCAR races (three Xfinity and three Cup) run on the streets of Chicago since 2023, van Gisbergen has won four times after sweeping both races this weekend. He led 26 of the 75 laps Sunday.

Sunday marked van Gisbergen’s second victory of the season. He won at the road course in Mexico last month. He will go for back-to-back wins next weekend when the series races on the road course in Sonoma, California.

Ty Gibbs finished second. Tyler Reddick rallied to place third. Denny Hamlin was fourth after starting at the rear because of an engine change after an issue in Saturday’s practice. Kyle Busch, who had only one top-10 finish in the last 10 races, completed the top five.

AJ Allmendinger was sixth and followed by Ryan Preece, Alex Bowman, Austin Hill and Ross Chastain.

For the first time in the three Cup races at Chicago, the event was run without rain.

Stage 1 winner: Michael McDowell

Stage 2 winner: Ryan Blaney

Next: The series races at 3:30 p.m. ET Sunday, July 13 at Sonoma Raceway.