Shane Van Gisbergen pointed to the entire 2023 season as the reason he missed the Chase for the Championship, not just a single misstep at Daytona International Speedway. The three-time champion entered the finale with a 31-point lead but saw it slip away through a mix of controllable and uncontrollable factors.
His Stage 1 win at Daytona briefly extended the gap, yet the deficit accumulated over multiple races proved too large to overcome. Van Gisbergen acknowledged some shortcomings were within his team’s control while others—like mechanical issues—were not.
The result leaves him outside the postseason field despite entering the finale as the points leader. He framed the outcome as a lesson in consistency rather than a reaction to one weekend.
