Shane van Gisbergen on Daytona debut: "I feel like I belong here"
Van Gisbergen, whose only previous NASCAR oval track experience came last season in a Truck race at the Indianapolis Raceway Park short track, had a rough debut in last Friday’s ARCA season opener, getting caught up in an accident on lap 3 of 83. He managed to eventually return to the track in his damaged car and was the last car running in the race at 29th, spinning a second time while trying to avoid a mid-race wreck. Monday night’s rain-delayed Xfinity debut produced a much better result for van Gisbergen – 12th and on the lead lap – but also included involvement in some wrecks and several minor mishaps, but nothing that prevented him from staying in contention. “I tried to like to analyze every wreck, you know all six that I got involved in. I couldn’t figure out a way I could have done things differently,” said van Gisbergen, who is running a full season of Xfinity and partial Cup schedule this season with Kaulig Racing. “You know, it’s just this...