![]() ![]() The six previous drivers to win in their first Cup start had been Jim Roper (Charlotte, 1949), Jack White (1949, Hamburg), Harold Kite (Daytona Beach, 1950), Leon Sales (North Wilkesboro, 1950), Marvin Burke (Oakland, 1951) and Johnny Rutherford (Daytona, 1963). Van Gisbergen becomes the first driver in NASCAR's modern era to win in his Cup Series debut, something that had not happened since all the way back in 1963. van Gisbergen, a three-time V8 Supercars champion with 80 career wins on the other side of the globe, took the lead from Justin Haley with five laps to go and pulled away to take the victory in a one-off start for Trackhouse Racing's Project91. ![]() In his very first NASCAR Cup Series start in the very first street course race in Cup Series history, New Zealand native Shane van Gisbergen pulled off a stunner and won the Grant Park 220 at the Chicago Street Course. ![]()
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