| Shane van Gisbergen | |||||||
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 van Gisbergen at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024 | |||||||
| Nationality |  New Zealander | ||||||
| Born | Shane Robert van Gisbergen 9 May 1989 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||
| Racing licence |  FIA Platinum | ||||||
| Supercars Championship career | |||||||
| Car number | 97 | ||||||
| Current team | Triple Eight Race Engineering | ||||||
| Championships | 3 (2016, 2021, 2022) | ||||||
| Races | 508 | ||||||
| Wins | 81 | ||||||
| Podiums | 176 | ||||||
| Pole positions | 48 | ||||||
| 2023 position | 2nd | ||||||
| NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 14 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Car no., team | No. 88 (Trackhouse Racing) | ||||||
| 2023 position | 42nd | ||||||
| Best finish | 42nd (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2023 Grant Park 220 (Chicago) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 Xfinity 500 (Martinsville) | ||||||
| First win | 2023 Grant Park 220 (Chicago) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 33 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2024 position | 12th | ||||||
| Best finish | 12th (2024) | ||||||
| First race | 2024 United Rentals 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix) | ||||||
| First win | 2024 Pacific Office Automation 147 (Portland) | ||||||
| Last win | 2024 The Loop 110 (Chicago) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2023 position | 63rd | ||||||
| Best finish | 63rd (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2023 TSport 200 (IRP) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 109th (2024) | ||||||
| First race | 2024 Hard Rock Bet 200 (Daytona) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of November 9, 2024. | |||||||
Shane Robert van Gisbergen (born 9 May 1989), also known by his initials SVG, is a New Zealand professional racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Trackhouse Racing. He is known for his time racing in the Supercars Championship, last driving the No. 97 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 car for Triple Eight Race Engineering. He is a three-time Supercars Champion, winning driver's titles in 2016, 2021, and 2022. With a total of 80 wins and 46 pole positions, van Gisbergen is 4th on the all-time wins list in the Supercars Championship. He has won the Bathurst 1000 three times, in 2020, 2022, and 2023.
Van Gisbergen also races in GT Racing, winning the 2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour alongside Alvaro Parente and Jonathon Webb in the McLaren 650S GT3,[1] winning the 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, finishing 3rd overall in the 2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge and finishing in second place in the 2015 24 Hours of Daytona in the GTD class.
He won in his NASCAR Cup Series debut at the 2023 Grant Park 220 in Chicago driving the No. 91 for Trackhouse Racing, becoming the first driver to win in their NASCAR Cup Series debut since Indy car driver Johnny Rutherford in 1963, becoming only the seventh to do so in series history and the first driver to do it in the modern era of the sport.[2] He also became the first New Zealander to win a race in the Cup Series.
He and Paul Morris are the only drivers to have won all three major car racing events at Mount Panorama: the Bathurst 1000, Bathurst 6 Hour and Bathurst 12 Hour.[3]
- ^ Pavey, James (4 April 2021). "Van Gisbergen completes historic Bathurst triple crown". Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Shane Van Gisbergen Wins Chicago, His First Ever NASCAR Start". Road & Track. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Van Gisbergen completes historic Bathurst triple crown". Supercars. Retrieved 14 October 2021.