NASCAR Xfinity Series EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS: The Loop 110 at Chicago | 7/6/24 | Motorsports on NBC

the green flag is in the air we're racing in Chicago again a great start for Van gisbergen Shane Van gisbergen away immediately Kyle Larson quickly tucks in right behind him and here's Ty Gibbs on the Move in third trying to look his way to the inside but Larson wants the lead he'll squeeze his way to the inside up turn two lson wants to go he's drivers right as they work down lak Shore Drive For the First Time The Battle for the lead Tai Gibbs laying in weight there in the third spot van gburg and with some momentum on the outside through three and into four for the first time the 97 gives way Kyle Larson to the lead through four SVG looks back inside but can't do it Larson leads off five here he comes out of five Larson to the lead van gisbergen to second they're all stacked up behind them third on back Larson and Van gisbergen making their way for the lead SVG he's going to JB it into six and he'll take the lead Larson's got to check up Larson will lose the lead Larson may lose second great battle right there Kyle Larson is here to beat Shane Van Ginsburg and that is what he is try to do you saw it on the first slat he took the fight to him SVG said bring it over brother I got it what a great battle GBS almost taking second spot but you can see everybody trying to chase out SVG he has raised the bar and they're all trying to answer it here comes a 17 of Larson contesting for the lead with Ben Ginsburg it's almost look like a game of Me and My Shadow between SVG and Larson larsson's going to jam it in again to the inside for the lead Fender out in front for Kyle Larson SVG battling back to the inside side by side for the lead in turn two they want to race for the inside that'll be the right side of the racetrack as they work down Lake Shore Drive so SVG back in control the top two separated themselves a little bit from Tai Gibbs through turn three here's Larson out of line again to drivers right into turn four race for the lead svg's got a heed way Larson back to the front through four and out of five brings Ty Gibbs into the mix as well top three knows to tail Ty Gibbs has the best seed for for watching this battle right now he'll fade about a car length or two he'll follow Kyle Larson through turn four nose to tail are those two they've separated from Tai GI by two or three car lengths here's SVG out of line he'll go to the right side of Larson for the lead normally he goes to the inside out of five he's going to test the limits and use the outside lson Pro trying to protect Corner entry in six and he'll do that SVG goes wide now we'll cut it on Corner exit trying to get the Run lson throws the block Here Comes SVG back to the bottom what a great move he saw Larson was in trouble contact right there Larson giving him no space whatsoever TS into the battle now this is this is incredible racing early this is lap four there a long way to go in the 50 lap race these guys are sh sparing nothing of their race tires engines Transmissions they're pushing everything to the Limit coming out of turn 12 it looks like the 17 of Kyle Larson maybe locked the left side tires up right side tires up a little bit entering 12 yeah just a little bit too much entry speed locks at right front up up he slides and look at SVG doesn't try to go to Driver's right he knows that's defendable down in turn one he kind of gets momentum to drivers's left gets the preferred line through turn one Kyle Larson though doesn't concede chases it in there side by side these two are putting an absolute show on for the fans cuz then Larson goes I'm going to cross you over try to work drivers outside in turn two eventually had to give up the position but what a race between the two and then right here you see the respect between Shane Van gisbergen and Kyle Larson Kim how about the 81 of Chandler Smith yeah disaster for them take a listen to the radio before he made it to Pit Road Eng blowing up blowing up hello do I need to come see you or not was it is it just down a cylinder right now I don't know it's garbage is what it is three engines one week we see some debris on the racetrack that's on Columbus Drive so the caution has come out yeah rare do we see engine issues in three out of the same organization you can see the frustration as we see damage on the 26 he's got Larson behind him but Larson will try to outbreak him then gur and blocking goes to the inside but Larson once again Dives it into one side by side for the lead Larson grabs the lead and he'll slip out of one van Ginsburg and back in the 97 back to the inside side and back to the lead downhill into turn two it's SVG Larson and a sidebyside battle for third that's Ty Gibbs to the right in the black number 19 racing the 88 with Conor mosac those two in race for the third spot meanwhile battle for the lead heats up once again Larson to the outside into turn number four trying to muscle van van gburg into the inside again around the long way the outside of turn four and five side by side still for the lead Close Quarters Racing for the lead Larson in the 17 inside of van gbur in in the 97 a literal drag race to the entrance of six marson's got the preferred line he tries to lock it down and block the crossover from SVG out of turn six oh trouble turn four Riley hers is around off the nose of Sheldon Creed nobody else hit him and Herb stayed out of the tire barriers but he spun right in the front of the top 10 and now trying to find a clean place to merge back into traffic let's take another look at what happens this is couple turn oh there you go so that is exiting turn two the 98 kind of runs Creed into the wall and I don't think Creed loves this at all because the 98 was absolutely not clear he needed to leave Creed and outside Lane and I Creed comes down in here it says if you're going to junk my day I'm going to junk your day sends the 98 into turn four luckily 98 doesn't get into the tires and then we heard the seven coming to Pit Road it's a very tough Pit Road entry and you see really no harm no foul the driver coming just doesn't know he's pitting it'ss a real hard right hand corner you see contact Larson a small Bobble hugs the right side wall SVG a good run through for sets up nicely for the exit of five he'll pull drivers right race for the lead Down Columbus Drive Here Comes van gburg and again driver's right to the outside Down Columbus Drive who's going to lift and who's going to get here first larsson's got the preferred Lane on the inside of the 17 the 97 not lifting going to run him hard side by side at of six it downhill to seven now SVG has the preferred Lane he's on the right hand Larson is not going to be able to run side by side through there it is just to tight only one more opportunity for Larson to take this position back he's already locked himself into the playoffs but every playoff point he can gain that puts him that much further into the playoffs when they get underway Shane Van gisbergen wins stage one in Chicago save safe safe safe save look at par here yeah it is stting the back after an engine change and this pass matters because that get him up to 10th which will score him a point at the end of the stage so many cars making their way onto Pit Road and Cole kuster you see him in the double zero stopped because of an incident on Pit Road Steve so passing you're allowed to pass leaving Pit Road but coming into your pits spall you have to stay single fou right here the 19 going too slow the double zero goes to his left because the 19 is creeping along whether he's confused about his lights whatever the situation is there's some contact but it is technically illegal Jeff to pass on pit entry yeah that is a tough call it is illegal but if a guy is having an issue are you supposed to just stack up behind him and not do anything about it Cole kuster just instinctively said hey he's going too fast Marty I need to go around him full send effort today and he's done it got all that track position back got in a wreck but he is not done fighting battle for the lead Here Comes V Ginsburg he goes to will be the outside as they go into turn number one once again a drag race down the front stretch into one fans are getting their money's worth here in Chicago today watching this battle back and forth between Larson and Van gisbergen here comes the crossover again van gisbergen out of position into two but'll try to cut to the inside in turn two a rare occasion to see AJ almond Dinger make a mistake on a road course and listen wheelhop breaking just trying to keep up with the two leaders pushing Corner entry the rear tire starts skipping across the asphalt loses control Corner entry is AJ alond jer's signature that is why he is so good at the road courses this just reassures us how impressive Jeff that 17 and 97 are out there leading yeah it really is and it shows you the the competitive fire of an AJ almond Dinger hey man I want to get in this battle overstepped his bounds a little bit but that's what you expect of a race car driver right operating on the edge of grip trying to chase those two guys down I mean 15 Infinity road course wins among those top three and AJ alinger wants to be the guys that are all chasing just pushed a little bit too hard wheel hopped all the way the corner the green flags back in the air Samy Smith has the advantage into one new players at the front of the field here's Austin Hill he's got to open up the inside Lane he'll slide through he'll grab the lead to the 21 Sammy Smith in the eighth trying to protect second and'll do a good job of that as they turn right on the lak Shore Drive Racing for the lead in spots on back and how about the play by crew chief Adam wall for Sammi Smith the only driver not to have made a stop today he said during that last caution it doesn't matter what the leaders do we're sticking to our plan looks like it's going to be a points grab for stage two for Sammy Smith who came into this race just 11 points to the good on that playoff grid right now Samy just struggling with front turn and rear drive the side by side battle and then behind them you just saw SVG got by made the move on Marson so now he leads that pack trying to get back to the front on board 97 look back looking back at Larsson larsson's car does not seem to be as good this run after leading this will be his fifth lap he gets the stage win and a fight for second is building now here they come back into one side by side Austin Hill forcing the point there in the 21 the car on the right hand side trying to reclaim the lead over Jesse love his teammate but love will beat him to turn two he'll take the lead on make short drive yeah par R has a hood up on the front stretch and the caution comes out so another restart Advantage SVG he's going to start a little bit closer to the front now yeah an advantage for all those guys trying to save fuel Parker headof doing a nice job of driving that thing through the side window see it's just a stack up yeah can't tell what caused it but they all stack up into turn number four Jesse love defending inside TI Gibbs is closed on him as greed moves around Austin Hill to third top two knows the tail off five Gibbs is on a mission right now he's trying to get the lead away from Jesse love couple of the newest youngest drivers in all of NASCAR here is Gibbs you're running on board with him he'll look to the inside fade drivers's right cut back to the left contact further back Austin H was dropped anchor that car is not as good as it was earlier he's just trying to hang on to protect what he has Ty give a good road racer Jesse's got his hands full big move right here SVG moves to the inside he's trying to take third away from Sheldon Creed he's going to do it before they get to turn 12 and that's what makes the difference he can pass in non-traditional passing zones that has allowed him to climb all the way back up into the top three and we take a look at the Toyota driver up date right now Gibbs running in that second spot but he has a mere full of the 97 and there's contact made Sam May gets into the back of him they slide he's blocking traffic now SVG has lost four five six car links on the top two give and take has turned into grab and go here's gburg and he's up to Third and they are rooting and gouging behind it that's Sam Mayer in the one Sheldon Creed in the 18 here's C to take a look again mayor will beat him to the punch and Kyle lson is back in the mix this is a race about fifth sixth seventh and eighth all those cars right there cerman runs in the sixth spoted is fifth we go yellow here and we're going to have another restart Le and Honeyman buried into the turn one tires well let's take a look looks like right front locked up turn oh flat right front tires flat 42 along for the ride on the flat tire tire barrier doing its job softening the blow I'm sure it was still quite a hit but maybe he hit the inside wall actually think he made contact with the inside wall with the right side of the car let's take a look at it yeah hits the inside wall which pushes him up you add steering wheel the car gets loose Sam Mar does a nice stop not junking the 97 but now watch the 18 you can't give up momentum so he goes left the one tries to defend I'll give Sheldon CRE credit he just kind of stayed with the momentum that's what you have to do on this circuit maybe he hit the inside wall I actually you think he made contact with the inside wall with the right side of the car let's take a look at it yeah hits the inside wall which pushes him up you add steering wheel the car gets loose Sam Mar does a nice stop not junking the 97 but now watch the 18 you can't give up momentum so he goes left the one tries to defend I'll give Sheldon CRE credit he just kind of stayed with the momentum that's what you have to do on this circuit Tai Gibbs life just got very complicated SVG makes short work of Tai Gibbs SVG oh Sam mayor's around everybody scatters as Sam Mayer gets turned actually turn one he will refire the car but SVG has gotten a second and he is looking for the lead Jesse love in the two you're on board with Shane Van gisbergen he's going to fade right and he's going to drive it in way deep side by side for the lead into six love will hang on to the spot he had preferred positioning but here's SVG again on the March big block right here by Jesse love not going to be enough SVG to the inside Ty Gibbs trying to follow Jesse love was very defensive but it's just too much Pace to keep him keep him back what happened with Sheldon Creed because he was running up inside the top five and then through turn 12 right before turn 12 he gets turned around now one LA to go presented by Credit One bank and pulling away is Shane Van gisbergen but I'm guessing that Auckland New Zealand is his favorite city but number two on the list has to be Chicago Shane Van gisbergen is going to do it again he wins in Chicago great job everyone that is awesome oh man thank you guys [Music] w [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] speaking from experience the ticket that you get for this is called excessive show of speed oh really yeah and uh I think the fans appreciate it on the streets here of Chicago hi I'm Parker cigman for more access like this from Pit Road be sure to click and subscribe to the Motorsports on NBC YouTube channel