Here is Pete’s Pick for this week’s Xfinity series race in Austin: Shane van Gisbergen. The Focused Health 250 will air live from Circuit of the Americas on the CW62 Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media,

NASCAR has made a change to the COTA track configuration. Ross Chastain and Shane van Gisbergen have thoughts. Chastain has an average finish of P4 at COTA, including a win. And we know SVG will be a threat this weekend.

Shane van Gisbergen emerged as NASCAR's new road-course beast, and now Connor Zilisch is favored to enter the scene dramatically this week at COTA.

Read the recent NASCAR news and rumors about Shane Van Gisbergen for fantasy racing. Shane van Gisbergen came into the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix race

Read the recent NASCAR news and rumors about Shane Van Gisbergen for fantasy racing. Cup Series rookie Shane Van Gisbergen will start 30th in Sunday's

SportsLine's Steven Taranto reveals his picks for NASCAR at Circuit of the Americas, where Shane Van Gisbergen, Tyler Reddick, and Connor Zilisch are favorites

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

Shane van Gisbergen was fastest in NASCAR Cup Series practice Saturday at Circuit of The Americas, topping the board at 87.408mph (98.846s). William Byron was second fastest at 86.891mph and Carson Hocevar rounded out the top three at 86.