With one other dominant street course victory at Watkins Glen on Sunday, Shane van Gisbergen broke a NASCAR Cup Sequence report that stood for over twenty years.
Van Gisbergen’s victory in Sunday’s Go Bowling on the Glen was his fourth of the 2025 season, breaking the record for probably the most wins in a single season by a Cup Sequence rookie.
Jimmie Johnson (three, 2002) and Tony Stewart (three, 1999) had been beforehand tied for the rookie report for wins in a season. Van Gisbergen had beforehand tied the report along with his win at Sonoma Raceway on July 13. All 4 of van Gisbergen’s victories in 2025 have come on street or road programs.
Van Gisbergen gained Sunday’s race by 11.116 seconds over runner-up Christopher Bell after main 38 of the race’s 90 laps.
Van Gisbergen additionally turned the quickest driver to achieve 5 Cup Sequence wins in NASCAR’s trendy period (1972-present), reaching the milestone in simply 38 Cup Sequence begins.
