The three-time Supercars champion logged solely three laps within the race earlier than as he was certainly one of greater than two dozen vehicles caught up in multi-car wreck on lap 4 of 100.
Gus Dean received unfastened after getting hit from behind and become Venturini Motorsports teammate Toni Breidinger in Turns 1 and a couple of, which triggered the pile-up that collected a number of contenders for the win, together with van Gisbergen.
“I didn’t final lengthy in that race,” van Gisbergen, 34, stated. “It sucked. We had been simply studying, getting by just a few (laps). Simply making an attempt to be affected person and I noticed a crash up forward and I slowed up fairly good I believed however simply received slammed from behind. That sucked.
“It was disgrace. Hopefully, we are able to do higher within the Xfinity race.”
Van Gisbergen’s crew was capable of restore his No. 28 Chevrolet sufficient to return to the monitor practically 30 laps later.
Van Gisbergen was operating the ARCA season opener with Pinnacle Racing Group to get superspeedway expertise in preparation for his Xfinity Collection debut this weekend.
Van Gisbergen’s day received off to a tough begin as he struggled in qualifying to maintain up along with his group and didn’t make the 40-car subject on pace. After one other crew withdrew, van Gisbergen was the following automobile to earn entry into the sphere.
The race was slated to run on Saturday afternoon however was rescheduled for late Friday evening after the NASCAR Truck race attributable to anticipated dangerous climate all weekend.
Final July, van Gisbergen turned the primary driver in additional than 60 years to win a Cup race in his debut when he took victory within the inaugural Chicago Avenue Race driving for Trackhouse Racing.
The victory served because the instigator for the Kiwi to maneuver to NASCAR competitors this season, the place he’ll compete full-time in Xfinity and run not less than seven Cup races.
Since 2007, van Gisbergen has remodeled 500 begins in Supercars and amassed 81 wins, together with collection titles in 2016, 2021 and 2022. He’s additionally received three of the final 4 Bathurst 100s and was the 2015 GTD class runner-up within the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
He had 5 earlier begins within the Daytona 24 Hours however his solely expertise on the monitor’s 2.5-mile oval course was restricted to a two-day ARCA check in January.
