Van Gisbergen qualified 28th in the 36-truck field on Friday at the 0.686-miles short track. Before that, he had just 15 minutes of practice with NASCAR's condensed schedule, completing 16 laps.
He quickly made ground early in the race, moving up to 22nd in the running order. By the end of Stage 1, he had gathered up a couple more spots and now ran 20th.