After leading 31 laps, Michael McDowell was forced to pit road with a stuck throttle. Very dangerous. McDowell has controlled the first part of this race, even with Shane van Gisbergen beating down his back.

Two years on from his loud debut in the NASCAR world, Shane van Gisbergen proved once again that no one has an answer for him on a street course. In all three years of the Chicago Street Race, van Gisbergen has been the best on pace and was only denied a clean sweep from 2023-2025 due to a wreck that wasn't his fault.

I wrote yesterday that NASCAR driver Shane Van Gisbergen has been so dominant at the Chicago street course he may need to move to Chicago, despite being a grass-hating country boy from New Zealand. Today,