FAN VOTES FOR SVG IN NASCAR – MARTINSVILLE ADVANCE REPORT

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With two races remaining in the NASCAR season, fans can vote for their favorite driver.  Trackhouse Racing driver’s Shane van Gisbergen & Ross Chastain are in the top-10 of vote receivers and are looking for more fan support to win NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver Award.

To cast your vote for Chastain or Van Gisbergen, click the image above, select Chastain or Van Gisbergen and then hit the ‘submit’ button. You may vote for one eligible NASCAR-sanctioned driver per ballot submission. Voting is limited to five votes per person per unique email address per day.

NOTES for SVG at Martinsville

• Onto Martinsville: Shane van Gisbergen will make his third Cup Series career start at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. One of Van Gisbergen’s best oval efforts came at the 0.526-mile short track last fall when he secured a 12th-place finish. Earlier this year, Van Gisbergen finished 32nd after a late pit road incident set him back.
• Last Weekend at Talladega: Van Gisbergen recorded his best superspeedway finish to-date, 11th, last weekend at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. Van Gisbergen showed a strong performance, racing in the top-10 most of the first stage, before a pit road incident set him back at the end of Stage 2.
• Rookie Records: Van Gisbergen holds the record of most wins by a Sunoco Rookie in a single season (five). The Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International victory makes Van Gisbergen the fastest driver to five Cup Series wins since Dan Gurney in 1968. Following his Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway win, Van Gisbergen became the first driver since Jeff Gordon to win three consecutive road course Cup races from the pole. The Auckland, New Zealand native is the only driver not from the United States to win at least four NASCAR Cup Series races.
• Two-Time Inaugural Race Winner: Van Gisbergen has etched himself into the NASCAR history books by winning two inaugural NASCAR Cup Series races. The New Zealand native captured the win in the first-ever Mexico City race in June, and in 2023, Van Gisbergen won his debut Cup Series race with Trackhouse’s PROJECT91 at the Chicago Street Race.
• Winning Crew Chief: Stephen Doran is now a five-time winning crew chief after securing the checkered flag at the Charlotte ROVAL earlier this month. Doran’s first win as a Cup Series Crew Chief in June at Mexico City with Van Gisbergen. Doran is in his first season as Van Gisbergen’s crew chief on the No. 88 Chevrolet and his second year as a crew chief at the Cup level.
• Multiyear Extension: What began as a one-off PROJECT91 race in 2023, continued as a successful Xfinity Series campaign in 2024 and turned into a record-breaking NASCAR Cup Series run in 2025, will continue for years to come as Shane van Gisbergen and Trackhouse Racing announced a multi-year contract extension. The agreement will keep the former V8 Supercars driver at Trackhouse Racing.
• The Partnership: As Trackhouse Racing expanded to a three-car NASCAR powerhouse, the team has leaned on SafetyCulture to help turn data into speed on and off the track. With the SafetyCulture platform in their toolbox, Trackhouse is uniting tech and data to make decisions both on and off the track. Learn more about the Trackhouse and SafetyCulture partnership at safetyculture.com.
• A Win in SafetyCulture Colors: Van Gisbergen’s first win of his Cup Series rookie campaign came in SafetyCulture colors at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City in June. Van Gisbergen started from the pole position and showcased a dominate performance, leading 60 of the 100 laps and captured the victory by a 16.567 second margin.

Van Gisbergen Quotes:

Why is Martinsville Speedway an oval that seems to come a bit more natural to you?

“It’s still difficult but there is more downshift and a bit more technique with braking, and how you can use your tools and how you get the car into the corners. I am able to influence it (the car) a little more as a driver, unlike, the big ovals. You still see the regular oval drivers that are amazing at Martinsville. It’s a tough track. I got a decent result there last year, 12th, with some strategy. It’s a crazy race, I really enjoy racing there.”

How eager are you to check off a Cup Series Oval win?

“Yes, but I have to earn it. It’s hard to say I don’t have an oval win yet, but there are a lot of drivers in the field that don’t have a Cup (series) oval win, so I’m not alone. I know I still have a lot of work to do to get better on ovals. I feel like we’ve made some big steps the last couple of months, and we’ve had some really good runs going, but obviously want to get that oval win.”

About SafetyCulture:

SafetyCulture is a global technology company that helps frontline teams find a better way of working. Its mobile-first workplace operations platform gives teams the knowledge, tools, and confidence they need to meet higher standards, work safely, and improve every day.

The SafetyCulture platform powers over a billion checks each year, delivers approximately 85,000 lessons per day, and informs millions of corrective actions. SafetyCulture gives leaders visibility and workers a voice in driving safety, quality, and efficiency improvements. A recent analysis by Forrester found that SafetyCulture’s flagship products provide customers with a 214% return on investment and $3.6M in cost savings from operational improvements.

 

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