Shane van Gisbergen’s NASCAR move could come in 2024, receives support from Supercars boss

Shane van Gisbergen pulled off a miraculous victory in his NASCAR Cup Series debut on Sunday on the Chicago road course, elevating the potential of a transfer to the North American motorsports group subsequent season.

Nevertheless, van Gisbergen already has a experience elsewhere. The New Zealand native races for Triple Eight Race Engineering of the Supercars Championship in Australia. He’s a three-time champion on the circuit and has 80 profession wins in 499 races.

Van Gisbergen continues to be beneath contract with Triple Eight by means of the 2024 Supercars season, based on Motorsport. Nevertheless, Triple Eight managing director Jamie Whincup mentioned Monday he wouldn’t are available between van Gisbergen and his NASCAR desires if that was one thing he wished to pursue.

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“He’s solely contractually sure to us for subsequent yr. However me sitting right here proper now, in fact I’m attempting to run the enterprise in addition to I presumably can, and I want one of the best drivers – but when any driver, engineer, worker got here to me and mentioned, ‘hey, my dream is to go to the opposite aspect of the world and do one thing else’ then I’m not going to face of their manner, am I?” he advised FOX Sports activities Australia.

“I wish to open up alternatives for all my employees, so we’ll see. I’m positive SVG is simply on a wave proper now. I want him to dial in to this weekend as a result of we’re racing at Townsville for spherical 6 of our [Supercars] championship so let’s give attention to that first.

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“However little question we’re going to have some discussions the following month or so and work out what he desires to do. He has actually acquired my reward, no matter he desires to do, and we’re going to help him all the way in which.”

Shane Van Gisbergen, driver of the #91 Improve Well being Chevrolet, celebrates with the checkered flag after successful the NASCAR Cup Sequence Grant Park 220 on the Chicago Avenue Course on July 2, 2023 in Chicago. (Sean Gardner/Getty Pictures)

From Gisbergen drove the No. 91 Trackhouse Racing automobile to Victory Lane as he zoomed previous Chase Elliott and Justin Haley within the closing laps. It was part of the race crew’s Venture 91 to assist increase its international attain.

“This was a bathe concept,” Trackhouse proprietor Justin Marks mentioned. “I imply it was me considering I am an enormous fan of all completely different sorts of motorsports, and I’ve raced in all completely different sorts of motorsports. I wished to carry my love international motorsport to NASCAR.”

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Shane Van Gisbergen celebrates after successful a NASCAR Cup Sequence auto race on the Grant Park 220 Sunday, July 2, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Picture/Morry Gash)

Van Gisbergen was the primary driver to win in his NASCAR debut since Johnny Rutherford did it within the second qualifying race at Daytona in 1963. He’s additionally the sixth driver born outdoors the U.S. to win a NASCAR Cup Sequence race, becoming a member of Marcos Ambrose, Mario Andretti, Juan Pablo Montoya, Earlo Ross and Daniel Suarez.

The Related Press contributed to this report.