No. 16 Acceptance Insurance Camaro ZL1
Shane van Gisbergen qualified 29th for the XFINITY 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
Van Gisbergen battled to maintain position, and on lap 73, the No. 16 Acceptance Insurance team opted to pit under green for fuel and fresh tires. A caution came out on lap 76, which resulted in the No. 16 being scored two laps behind the leader. The call was made to stay out for track position and take the wave around to gain one lap back. Van Gisbergen restarted the stage 34th. He battled to hold the leader off but ultimately ended the stage scored 34th, two laps down to end the stage.
The No. 16 team opted to take the wave around at the stage break, putting Van Gisbergen one lap down from the leader starting the stage 33rd. A caution quickly came out on the restart, and the No. 16 team came to pit road for fresh tires and fuel placing him 34th for the restart. During a caution on lap 184, the No. 16 team opted to come to pit for a chassis adjustment, fresh tires and fuel. Van Gisbergen restarted the stage, 31st. He reported his Chevrolet was “tight” in the corners, as he battled to gain position. A caution quickly came out after the restart, and the No. 16 Acceptance Insurance team was in the “lucky dog” position, rejoining the field on the lead lap, and opted to come to pit road for more adjustments, fresh tires, and fuel. Van Gisbergen restarted the stage in 30th. Reporting the adjustments the team made to the car were in the right direction, he completed the stage in 25th place.
The No. 16 team came to pit road at the stage break for another small adjustment, four tires and fuel, slotting Van Gisbergen to start the final stage 24th. Dropping a lap down on lap 344, Van Gisbergen was called to pit on lap 347 for tires and fuel. He rejoined the field 31st. During a green-flag pit-stop cycle on lap 377, Van Gisbergen was scored as high as 12th. A caution came out on lap 398, and No. 16th Acceptance Insurance Chevrolet maintained 12th. During the caution, the No. 16 team came to pit road for four fresh tires and fuel. Van Gisbergen restarted the final stage in 14th place with 93 laps remaining in the race. A long, green-flag run aided Van Gisbergen into taking the checkered flag 12th.
"That was a long race but really fun! My Acceptance Insurance Chevrolet felt really good when we were in clean air, and we were even ripping some pretty good lap times. Super stoked with the 12th-place finish. Such a good way to finish with my Kaulig Racing team."
- Shane va Gisbergen