The world of NASCAR has been left stunned after the sport’s brightest young star brutally knocked himself out while celebrating his sixth win of the 2025 Xfinity Series season.

Ryan Blaney bested Shane van Gisbergen in Cup Series road course qualifying by three hundredths of a second on Saturday, capturing the pole position at Watkins Glen International.

On the NASCAR tracks with the most circuitous sequence of turns, Shane van Gisbergen has shown a remarkably sublime sense of direction.