Shane van Gisbergen heads into the playoffs in fifth place ... Additionally, with no pressure on his Cup Series future, SVG ...

Thanks to his supremacy on road course races, he was able to lock himself in the knockout stages of the competition, better known as the playoffs. This was SVG’s first experience of the playoffs ...

as none of them have made the playoffs before. SVG is a full-time rookie, while Haley and Gilliland both have over 100 starts. The Trackhouse driver is bound to win on a road course again ...

Shane van Gisbergen and AJ Allmendinger are legitimate threats to lock up a playoff spot in the third race of the 2025 Cup ...