Scott McLaughlin shared a light-hearted banter on-line with Shane van Gisbergen after being bunted off monitor by the 36-year-old throughout their latest race occasion. The pair have been amongst a number of drivers who participated within the latest US Legend Vehicles race on the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The IndyCar star took to his social media to share his humorous tackle the incident following the conclusion of the fun-focused race. Posting on his X account, the Workforce Penske driver wrote:
“Night time 3 of getting completely shipped in a legends automobile tonight. Was operating third for some time earlier than getting whacked. Bloody good enjoyable. P11 in the long run.”
The New Zealand driver was then greeted by a query from van Gisbergen:
“Who was it?”
Reacting to the query, McLaughlin responded with a cheeky meme of a person pointing to his head—subtly poking enjoyable on the truth it was van Gisbergen himself.
The US Legend Vehicles is a racing sequence that includes ⅝ scale replicas of modified NASCAR automobiles. The sequence, which is quick gaining recognition inside america, largely goals to supply a enjoyable and accessible racing expertise for drivers from numerous racing classes and ability ranges.
Scott McLaughlin, like a number of different race automobile drivers in america, has typically participated within the occasion. The 32-year-old, who competed within the Professional division of the occasion, completed his race in eleventh place, with Shane van Gisbergen coming house in fifth and London McKenzie profitable the occasion.
Scott McLaughlin’s response to the WWTR IndyCar race
Previous to partaking within the US Legend Vehicles race, Scott McLaughlin reacted to his participation within the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 occasion. The Workforce Penske driver took to his social media to share his ideas within the aftermath of one other forgettable outing.
The previous Supercars champion, who had certified for the World Huge Expertise Raceway occasion in second place, endured one other tough race and was compelled to retire because of a mechanical difficulty on the 216th lap of the oval occasion. Taking to his Instagram to share his ideas, McLaughlin posted a sequence of photos, accompanying them with the caption:
“The ol racing gods do not love us proper now. A lot potential in our group, however it’ll flip! The household gods then again – residing the dream taking my little household round USA driving a race automobile!!”
Scott McLaughlin has certainly had a torrid run by means of the 2025 IndyCar season to this point. The seven-time race winner is but to safe a race victory within the marketing campaign. McLaughlin has additionally seen a notable variety of his races—together with the Indy 500 and, most not too long ago, the Detroit Grand Prix—marred by crashes, penalties and different incidents. The Penske driver will now hope for a significantly better outing because the open-wheel sequence heads to Wisconsin for the Grand Prix at Highway America.
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Edited by Luke Koshi
