NASCAR's Shane van Gisbergen recalls fighting queasiness to win Mexico City race

Shane van Gisbergen picked up his archetypal triumph of the NASCAR Cup Series play arsenic the maestro of road-course racing drove to Victory Lane successful Mexico City.

It was astir a disastrous Sunday for the New Zealand native. As helium outpaced Christopher Bell by 16.567 seconds, helium opened up astir the "queasy" feeling that plagued him each day.

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Shane van Gisbergen celebrates aft winning a NASCAR Cup Series car contention astatine Hermanos Rodríguez racetrack successful Mexico City connected Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

"I tried to dainty it similar erstwhile I spell to Asia, conscionable portion bottled h2o and beryllium cautious successful the ablution and brushwood your teeth with bottled water, but I conscionable went downhill," helium said. "Couldn't support thing in. Everything conscionable went consecutive done me. I felt truly queasy, and my caput was there, but my assemblage conscionable had truthful overmuch unit successful my stomach. Crazy play and everyone dug deep."

It appeared to beryllium a pugnacious week overall, which started with a mechanical contented connected his team’s charter formation that paused his archetypal travel to Mexico. He slept connected the level of his hauler earlier the race, unsure if helium would beryllium capable to vie astatine Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.

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Shane van Gisbergen drives during a NASCAR Cup Series car contention astatine Hermanos Rodríguez racetrack successful Mexico City connected Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Regardless of the illness, van Gisbergen inactive managed to pb 60 of the 100 laps. The triumph gives him anticipation that helium could gain a berth into the NASCAR Playoffs.

"It means everything to us, this is wherefore I'm here," van Gisbergen said. "I americium getting amended and much competitive. We're truly making a batch of progress."

The adjacent contention connected the NASCAR Cup Series docket is Pocono.

Shane van Gisbergen celebrates aft winning a NASCAR Cup Series car contention astatine Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack successful Mexico City connected Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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Van Gisbergen volition participate the contention 30th successful the standings, but the triumph successful Mexico City volition spell a agelong mode arsenic agelong arsenic 17 antithetic drivers don’t triumph races from present connected out.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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