Had Shane van Gisbergen not pulled off his shock NASCAR Cup victory at the Chicago Street Course last year there was another surprise winner waiting in the wings to take his place.
Justin Haley, who started last in the series’ inaugural street race last July, moved into the lead with 30 laps remaining and with the race length cut short due to impending darkness, he was good on fuel to the finish. As it turned out, van Gisbergen, the three-time Supercars champion making his first Cup start, passed Haley for the lead on a late-race restart and held him off again in overtime to claim the win on the 2.2-mile, 12-turn course through the Grant Park area of downtown Chicago.
” Justin Haley, Rick Ware Racing, Parts Plus Ford Mustang Photo by: David Rosenblum / NKP / Motorsport Images Haley said two things worked in van Gisbergen’s favor last year – the new venue for Cup drivers and the wild weather conditions that saw the use of wet weather tires and ultimately shortened the event. “I’m more confident in just the situation as a whole, right? I think first practice, we were all a little nervous,” he said.
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