Overview

• NASCAR penalized the No. 88 for unapproved adjustments, ejecting crew chief Stephen Doran and forcing a stop-and-go from the rear.
• Van Gisbergen regained the lead lap as the Lucky Dog on lap 89 after the Ryan Preece–John Hunter Nemechek caution.
• Guided by interim crew chief Chais Eliason, he climbed from outside the top 30 to finish 10th.
• He led Trackhouse’s results at Kansas with P10, ahead of Ross Chastain in 11th and Daniel Suarez in 17th.
• The race featured a first-overtime crash that flipped Zane Smith and brought a red flag, while fan reaction cast van Gisbergen as an emerging oval threat.