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Shane van Gisbergen clinches NASCAR Cup Rookie of the Year honors

Shane van Gisbergen will be named Rookie of the Year at the end of the 2025 NASCAR Cup season, no matter what happens in the final ten races. SVG is the first foreign-born driver to earn Rookie of the Year honors in the NASCAR Cup Series since Juan Pablo Montoya did it in 2007.

SVG's four-win season allowed him to easily make the playoffs, while his only competition [Riley Herbst] failed to make it into the postseason. NASCAR awards ROTY to whichever rookie places highest in the championship standings, which is now guaranteed to be van Gisbergen.

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