A Weekend Sweep for Shane Van Gisbergen in Chicago – Last Lap Insider NASCAR, F1 and IndyCar Recap

NASCAR: IT’S A WEEKEND SWEEP FOR SHANE VAN GISBERGEN IN CHICAGO!

 

Two poles and two victories! Shane Van Gisbergen completed the weekend sweep on the streets of Chicago after dominating the second half of the Cup Series race on Sunday! 🏁🇳🇿

 

This is the second win of the year for SVG and the third of his career. All three career wins have been on road courses.

 

With two turns remaining coming to the white flag, Cody Ware got trapped in the tire barriers, but NASCAR waited to throw the yellow flag after SVG had taken the white flag.

 

With the caution on the final lap, fans were unable to see a race to the checkered flag for second place between Ty Gibbs and Tyler Reddick. It would have been an exciting finish for the runner-up position.

 

Severe weather was on the way to Chicago, so perhaps that’s the reason for NASCAR not throwing the yellow flag before the white flag.

 

Results:

1. Shane Van Gisbergen – LLI Pick 1 – Pole-sitter 

2. Ty Gibbs 

3. Tyler Reddick – LLI Pick 2

4. Denny Hamlin 

5. Kyle Busch 

6. AJ Allmendinger – LLI Pick 3

7. Ryan Preece 

8. Alex Bowman 

9. Austin Hill 

10. Ross Chastain 

11. Joey Logano 

12. Ryan Blaney – Stage 1 🏁 

13. Kyle Larson 

14. Zane Smith 

15. John Hunter Nemechek 

16. Chase Elliott 

17. Riley Herbst 

18. Chris Buescher 

19. Kathrine Legge 

20. Ty Dillon 

21. Josh Bilicki 

22. Christopher Bell 

23. Justin Haley 

24. Chase Briscoe 

25. Erik Jones 

26. Cody Ware 

27. Austin Cindric 

28. Bubba Wallace 

29. Daniel Suarez – out

30. Noah Gragson 

31. Ricky Stenhouse Jr – out

32. Michael McDowell – Stage 2 🏁

Out:

33. Cole Custer 

34. Josh Berry 

35. Carson Hocevar 

36. Austin Dillon 

37. Brad Keselowski 

38. Todd Gilliland 

39. Brown 

40. William Byron

 

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In the NASCAR Xfinity Series, SVG pushed Connor Zilisch wide on the final restart and held him off in the final two laps to capture another victory on the streets of Chicago!🏆🇳🇿 

 

It’s the fourth career win for Shane Van Gisbergen and his second consecutive in Chicago.

 

Zilisch finished a disappointing second after starting last.

 

Sheldon Creed, Austin Hill, Nick Sanchez, Jesse Love, Sammy Smith, Sam Mayer, Austin Green, and Brennan Poole rounded out the top ten.

 

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series was on an off weekend.

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F1: LANDO WINS AT HOME AFTER TEAMMATES PENALTY!

 

Lando Norris won a very wet and wild British Grand Prix on Sunday after his McLaren teammate was penalized for a safety car violation! 🏁🇬🇧 

 

For Norris, it’s his first triumph in his home race and the eighth victory of his career.

 

Oscar Piastri, who took the lead from pole-sitter Max Verstappen on lap 8 and dominated most of the race, crossed the finish line in second.

 

Piastri was handed a 10-second time penalty after a safety car infringement. With 8 laps to go, Piastri pitted and served his penalty. That would hand the win over to his McLaren teammate.

 

It was the fifth 1-2 finish for McLaren in 2025.

 

In his 239th career Grand Prix, Nico Hulkenberg cacaptured his first ever podium by placing third in Sunday’s crazy race.

 

Results:

1. Lando Norris 

2. Oscar Piastri – LLI Pick to Win 

3. Nico Hulkenberg 

4. Lewis Hamilton 

5. Max Verstappen – Pole-sitter 

6. Pierre Gasly 

7. Lance Stroll 

8. Fernando Alonso 

9. Alex Albon 

10. George Russell 

11. Ollie Bearman 

12. Carlos Sainz 

13. Esteban Ocon 

14. Charles Leclerc 

15. Yuki Tsunoda

Out:

16. Kimi Antonelli 

17. Isack Hadjar – Crash 

18. Gabriel Bortoleto – Crash

19. Liam Lawson – Crash

20. Franco Colapinto 

Rookie – 🟡 

 

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INDYCAR: DIXON WINS AT MID-OHIO AFTER A SURPRISING MISTAKE BY PALOU!

 

While leading with just 6 laps to go in Sunday’s “Honda 200,” Alex Palou, made an uncharacteristic mistake and slid off track, allowing his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon to sneak on by for the lead and ultimately the victory at Mid-Ohio! 🏁

 

It’s the first win for Dixon in 2025, adding to his record of 21 straight seasons with at least one win.

 

For the 44-year-old Dixon, this is also his seventh win at Mid-Ohio and the 59th victory of his legendary career!

 

A.J. Foyt has the most wins in IndyCar with 67. Dixon sits second on the all-time wins list.

 

That surprising mistake for Palou will see him finish second, followed by Christian Lundgaard on the last podium step.

 

Again, Team Penske continues to struggle. Josef Newgarden and Will Power suffered damage on the opening lap, leading to their retirement, and Scott McLaughlin brought it home in 23rd. When will their luck turn around?

 

Palou now holds a 113-point lead in the championship ahead of Kyle Kirkwood.

 

Results:

1. Scott Dixon 

2. Alex Palou – Pole-sitter – LLI Pick to Win

3. Christian Lundgaard 

4. Colton Herta 

5. Pato O’ward 

6. Felix Rosenqvist 

7. Marcus Armstrong 

8. Kyle Kirkwood 

9. Rinus Veekay 

10. Kyffin Simpson 

11. Nolan Siegel 

12. Marcus Ericsson 

13. Callum Ilott 

14. Louis Foster 🟡

15. Alexander Rossi 

16. Santino Ferrucci 

17. David Malukas 

18. Sting Ray Robb 

19. Conor Daly 

20. Devlin Defrancesco 

21. Robert Shwartzman 🟡

22. Jacob Abel 🟡

23. Scott McLaughlin 

24. Graham Rahal

Out:

25. Christian Rasmussen 

26. Will Power 

27. Josef Newgarden

Rookie – 🟡 

 

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