As if it were his own superhero origin story, everyone can recall the moment Shane van Gisbergen burst onto the scene and put the Cup Series field on notice with his victory in the inaugural Chicago ...

He grew up on road courses and is obviously capable. And after crashing out of the year's first two races, at Daytona and Atlanta, he's bound to be excited to see this 20-turn playground in Austin.

In six Cup starts on road courses, van Gisbergen has three top-10 finishes, including a victory in his NASCAR debut at the inaugural Chicago Street Race. Allmendinger has a best finish of fifth in ...

At road and street courses this year, Shane van Gisbergen has maintained an average running position of 3.6, comfortably ahead of Christopher Bell's 10.09, the next best in the field.