Shane van Gisbergen has admitted that he finds it disrespectful that he's touted as the expected winner for any NASCAR race on a road or street course that he enters.

The Kiwi, who has won seven of his 14 road course races in the Cup Series and led more than 40% of the laps in his last ten road course races, is odds-on with the bookmakers at -190 heading into qualifying.

However, he told the media at San Diego this week that it 'p***es him off' that he's the only name being put up for the race win, calling it disrespectful to the 38 other racers on the grid.

For all that the respect for his rivals will presumably be appreciated, it's impossible not to point out that Van Gisbergen has won six of the last seven road/street course races in the Cup Series, and finished second in the seventh. Even Kyle Busch, when the Coronado course was revealed, told The Athletic's Jeff Gluck that the real question would be how much the Trackhouse star could win by.

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SVG: It won't be easy for me to win

“It pisses me off a bit, like I feel like it disrespects my competition. I hold my competition to a really high level. So yeah, I feel like I've spent the last little while talking myself down because I know that there's 10 guys probably that can win on pure pace.

"In NASCAR, so much stuff can happen with strategies and stages, that there's even more guys who can win. So I don't think it's going to be easy, that's for sure.”

It even became clear that the 'extreme' setup of the third longest track in NASCAR history will play into SVG's hands too, likening some potential problem corners to Supercars tracks where he has years of experience.

Asked if he expects Coronado to be the most extreme track he's ever raced, he said: “No, I've driven on some pretty average tracks. Turn two is exactly like turn nine at Homebush with the bumps and the surface changes. So yeah, I've driven on some stinkers, so this track is pretty smooth in some spots compared to some.”

Even the jump between Turns 1 and 2, which saw drivers get fully airborne throughout Friday's running, isn't a novel challenge.

“Yeah, Hamilton chicane [was like that], that was really bad. There's bits that remind me of all the different types of tracks I've done. The railroad is probably quite new, especially how you cross them sideways. It looks like they did some work overnight, so it might be better today. But at the track walk yesterday, that looked like it was going to be tough to navigate.”

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