| Shane Van Gisbergen |
Van Gisbergen on the 2011 Sydney 500 podium. |
| Nationality |
New Zealand |
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| V8 Supercar Record |
| Car number |
97 |
| Current team |
Tekno Autosports |
| Series Championships |
0 |
| Races |
78 |
| Round Wins |
2 |
| Podium finishes |
9 |
| Race Wins |
3 |
| Pole positions |
3 |
| 2012 Championship position |
6th (2554 pts) |
Shane Van Gisbergen (born 9 May 1989) is a professional motor racing driver from Auckland, New Zealand. Van Gisbergen drives for Tekno Autosports in the Australian-based International V8 Supercars Championship and for MPC Motorsport in the New Zealand-based V8SuperTourer Championship.
New Zealand racing history [edit]
After competing in Motocross, Quarter Midgets and karts from 1998 to 2004, Van Gisbergen placed third in the 2004/2005 New Zealand Formula First Championship and won the associated Rookie of the Year award.[1] Van Gisbergen had previously obtained a Speedsport Star of Tomorrow Scholarship. A win in the 2005/06 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship was accompanied by another Rookie of the Year title and was followed by a second place finish in the 2006/07 Toyota Racing Series.[1]
V8 Supercar Championship Series [edit]
Van Gisbergen became the 200th driver to start a race in a V8 Supercar at the Jim Beam 400 at Oran Park Raceway in Round 8 of 2007. Van Gisbergen finished the first race in 20th position before improving to 13th for race 2 but then dropped down to 23rd in race 3.
Van Gisbergen was in the lead in the 2009 Bathurst 1000 until pitting on lap 108 when his car would not start, resulting in a 1:14 pit stop and losing him a number of positions in the race.
Van Gisbergen took out his first V8 Supercar race win in race 2 of the ITM 400 at Hamilton in his home country of New Zealand on Sunday 17 April 2011.
Van Gisbergen took out his second V8 Supercar race win on Sunday 19 June 2011 at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin, Australia. Van Gisbergen and Mark Winterbottom were the only Ford drivers to win in 2011. Van Gisbergen finished in fourth place in the championship.
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| Name |
Van Gisbergen, Shane |
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| Short description |
New Zealand racing driver |
| Date of birth |
9 May 1989 |
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