Shane van Gisbergen
van Gisbergen atLas Vegas Motor Speedway in 2025
Born	Shane Robert van Gisbergen (1989-05-09)9 May 1989 (age 36) Auckland, New Zealand
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Awards
2025 NASCAR Cup SeriesRookie of the Year
Supercars Championship career
Car number	97
Current team	Triple Eight Race Engineering
Championships	3 (2016,2021,2022)
Races	508
Wins	80
Podiums	176
Pole positions	46
2023 position	2nd
NASCARCup Series career
47 races run over 3 years
Car no., team	No. 97 (Trackhouse Racing)
2025 position	12th
Best finish	12th (2025)
First race	2023Grant Park 220 (Chicago)
Last race	2025NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
First win	2023Grant Park 220 (Chicago)
Last win	2025Bank of America Roval 400 (Charlotte Roval)
Wins Top tens Poles 6 11 4
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
36 races run over 2 years
Car no., team	No. 9 (JR Motorsports)
2025 position	78th
Best finish	12th (2024)
First race	2024United Rentals 300 (Daytona)
Last race	2025Mission 200 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
First win	2024Pacific Office Automation 147 (Portland)
Last win	2025The Loop 110 (Chicago)
Wins Top tens Poles 4 12 5
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2023 position	63rd
Best finish	63rd (2023)
First race	2023TSport 200 (IRP)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	110th (2024)
First race	2024Hard Rock Bet 200 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of 1 November 2025.

Shane Robert van Gisbergen (born 9 May 1989), also known by his initialsSVG or by his nicknameThe Giz, is a New Zealand professionalracing driver. He competes full-time in theNASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 97Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 forTrackhouse Racing and part-time in theNASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 9Chevrolet Camaro SS forJR Motorsports. He is known for his time racing in theSupercars Championship, last driving the No. 97Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 car forTriple Eight Race Engineering. He is a three-time Supercars Champion, winning driver's titles in2016,2021, and2022. With a total of 80 wins and 46 pole positions, van Gisbergen is 4th on the all-time wins list in theSupercars Championship. He has won theBathurst 1000 three times, in2020,2022, and2023.

Van Gisbergen also races inGT Racing, winning the2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour alongsideAlvaro Parente andJonathon Webb in theMcLaren 650S GT3,^[1] winning the2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, finishing 3rd overall in the2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge and finishing in second place in the2015 24 Hours of Daytona in the GTD class.

He won in hisNASCAR Cup Series debut at the2023 Grant Park 220 in Chicago driving the No. 91 forTrackhouse Racing, becoming the first driver to win in their NASCAR Cup Series debut sinceIndyCar driverJohnny Rutherford in1963, 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, and he is thewinningest non-American driver in the NASCAR Cup Series and the winningest rookie in a single-season.

He andPaul Morris are the only drivers to have won all three major car racing events at Mount Panorama: theBathurst 1000,Bathurst 6 Hour andBathurst 12 Hour.^[3]

After competing inMotocross,Quarter Midgets, andkarts from 1998 to 2004, van Gisbergen placed third in the 2004/2005 New ZealandFormula First Championship and won the associated Rookie of the Year award.^[4] Van Gisbergen had previously obtained a SpeedsportStar of Tomorrow Scholarship. A win in 2005/06New Zealand Formula Ford Championship was accompanied by another Rookie of the Year title and was followed by a second-place finish in 2006/07Toyota Racing Series.^[4]

In 2014, van Gisbergen co-drove to theBNT NZ Supertourers Hankook Super Series championship with primary driver Simon Evans. Shane won 7 of the 9 races in a total of the Endurance rounds, including sweeping the entireFuchs 500 weekend atPukekohe Park Raceway with winning race #3 in spectacular fashion, driving from 1 lap down.^[5]

In 2021, van Gisbergen won theNew Zealand Grand Prix held as part of theToyota Racing Series. The event is normally held for a global field; however, it was restricted to a New Zealand-only field due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, with van Gisbergen entering as a wildcard.^[6] In 2023, Van Gisbergen competed in the South Island Endurance Series atEuromarque Motorsport Park, ran aBrabham BT62 with co-driver and car owner Dwayne Carter.^[7] The team encountered troubles early in the three-hour race when a right rear wheel came loose, sidelining the team for a number of laps to fix the car. The team completed over 30 laps after returning to the track before officially retiring from the race.^[8]

Driving forTeam Kiwi Racing, van Gisbergen became the 200th driver to start a race in a V8 Supercar at theJim Beam 400 atOran Park Raceway in Round 8 of 2007.^[9] Having impressed in his 2007 races, van Gisbergen was picked up byStone Brothers Racing in 2008.^[10] He continued with the team for five seasons until 2012, securing a best of fourth in the championship in 2011. In late 2012, he announced he would be leaving V8 Supercars^[11] but in January it emerged that he was moving toTekno Autosports at the start of the 2013 season.^[12] Van Gisbergen faced legal action for breaking his contract withErebus Motorsport that had purchased Stone Brothers Racing.^[13] The move to Tekno proved fruitful, with van Gisbergen finishing runner-up in the championship in 2014.^[14]

Van Gisbergen has also shown a strong pace at the series' most famous race, theBathurst 1000. He was in the lead in the2009 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. A near-identical issue repeated itself in the2014 edition, where, with 10 laps to go, he stalled and the starter motor failed, costing him almost a certain victory and he finished 16th. Van Gisbergen had started the 2014 race from pole position, his first at the event.^[15]

In 2016, van Gisbergen moved to an expandedTriple Eight Race Engineering team alongsideJamie Whincup andCraig Lowndes.^[16][17] Van Gisbergen won his first race for the team at theTasmania SuperSprint in 2016.^[18]Alexandre Prémat joined van Gisbergen as co-driver in the Enduro Cup.^[19] The pair won the 2016 Enduro Cup, including three second-place finishes and Prémat's first race victory in the championship at the2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600, and became the first non-Australian drivers combination to win.^[20] At Pukekohe, van Gisbergen became the first New Zealander to lift the trophy, named in honour ofJason Richards, who died of cancer in 2011.^[21] He went on to win eight races that season and won the championship.^[22]

In 2017, Whincup and van Gisbergen paired up again under the Red Bull Holden Racing Team banner. AtAdelaide, he started his title defence with a double-victory, but finished 4th in the championship.^[23][24]

In 2018, van Gisbergen won both Race 1 and Race 2 at Adelaide, driving aHolden Commodore ZB.^[25][26] AtTownsville, van Gisbergen won at race 18 after Whincup marked the 10th running at race 17. On 4 August, van Gisbergen won theSydney SuperNight 300 after aSafety Car was called in.^[27] AtTailem Bend, van Gisbergen dominated the inaugural race atThe Bend Motorsport Park, taking a near lights-to-flag win in Race 22. On 16 September, at Sandown, van Gisbergen finished 2nd alongsideEarl Bamber. Van Gisbergen controversially escaped a penalty for spinning his wheels during a pit stop at the Auckland SuperSprint at Pukekohe.^[28]

In the final round of 2018 at Newcastle, and with the championship on the line, van Gisbergen won race 30, but was handed a 25-second post-race penalty following an investigation into a refueling breach during his third pitstop, dropping him to fifth place.^[29] Second-place finisher Scott McLaughlin was declared the winner of the race. Van Gisbergen finished fourth in race 31 and second in the points standings, behind McLaughlin.^[30]

In 2022, van Gisbergen won theBathurst 1000 withGarth Tander in what would be the final race for Holden after the manufacturer was closed by GM. He won his third Bathurst 1000 withRichie Stanaway a year later, driving forTriple Eight Race Engineering.^[31]

Through his connections with Tekno Autosports sponsor Tony Quinn, van Gisbergen's first foray into GT racing was a guest co-drive in Quinn's team.

In2015, van Gisbergen entered the Blancpain Endurance Series in aMcLaren 650S GT3 run by Von Ryan Racing. Racing in conjunction with his V8 Supercars commitments, he was forced to miss one round due to a date clash, however achieved two victories in the four races he entered. The team was dissolved after the 2015 season, and for the2016 season, van Gisbergen moved to McLaren's new Garage 59 team.^[32] He will once again miss the final round of the championship at theNürburgring inGermany due to theSandown 500 V8 Supercar race being held on the same weekend. Van Gisbergen won the 2016 season withCôme Ledogar andRob Bell having won the3 Hours of Monza and the1000 km Paul Ricard despite skipping the last round at theNürburgring due to a clash with his Supercars Championship commitments.^[33]

Through his McLaren and Tekno Autosports connections, he drove one of Tekno's factory-supported McLaren 650S GT3s at the 2016 Bathurst 12 Hour. In qualifying on Saturday, van Gisbergen set the fastest ever officially recorded lap of theMount Panorama Circuit to achieve pole position.^[34] He went on to set the fastest ever race lap on the way to securing victory alongsideÁlvaro Parente andJonathon Webb.^[35]

On 18 May 2023, it was announced that van Gisbergen would make his debut in theNASCAR Cup Series driving the No. 91Chevrolet forTrackhouse Racing and its Project 91 programme at theinaugural event at theChicago Street Course.^[36] During qualifying for the race, he earned the third spot in the starting grid.^[37] Van Gisbergen was shuffled back to midpack after a pileup the lap before the completion of the second stage. Van Gisbergen took the lead on lap 71 fromJustin Haley, and maintained it untilBubba Wallace collided withRicky Stenhouse Jr. on Lap 73 and sent the race intoNASCAR Overtime. Van Gisbergen won the race, becoming the seventh driver and the first driver in the modern era of NASCAR, and the first driver sinceIndy car driverJohnny Rutherford 60 years prior in 1963, to win in his Cup Series debut race, and also becoming the first New Zealander to win in the Cup Series, and only the sixth driver born outside the US to win a Cup Series race. Until his second career start, van Gisbergen was also one of only two drivers to have a perfect winning record in NASCAR, briefly joiningMarvin Burke in that accomplishment.^[38] On 19 July 2023, Trackhouse Racing announced van Gisbergen would make his second start of the 2023 season at theIndianapolis Motor Speedway road course.^[39] Van Gisbergen scored his second top-ten finish in the one-caution race, the first to start a NASCAR Cup career with two top-tens in their first two starts sinceTerry Labonte in 1978.^[40]

On 2 August 2023, it was announced that van Gisbergen would make both hisNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and NASCAR oval debut, racing in the2023 TSport 200 atLucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park on 11 August, driving the No. 41 forNiece Motorsports.^[41] He qualified 28th and finished nineteenth.^[42]

On 14 September 2023, Trackhouse announced that van Gisbergen would drive part-time in all three of NASCAR's national series in 2024 as part of a development deal with the team.^[43]

On 13 December 2023,Kaulig Racing announced that van Gisbergen would compete full-time in theNASCAR Xfinity Series driving the No. 97 car.^[44] Van Gisbergen also had to run the ARCA race at Daytona in order to receive approval to compete at superspeedway events in NASCAR.^[45] On 2 January 2024, it was announced that van Gisbergen would be competing forPinnacle Racing Group in the race.^[46] On 31 January, he signed withKHI Management.^[47] Van Gisbergen started the season with a twelfth place finish atDaytona. He scored his first two Xfinity Series wins on back-to-back weeks atPortland andSonoma.^[48][49] After retiring at Iowa and scoring two top twenty finishes, the New Zealander took his third victory of the season on his return toChicago.^[50] Van Gisbergen would unfortunately be knocked out of the first round of the Xfinity Series playoffs.

Van Gisbergen also ran some select Cup Series races during the 2024 season, this time with Kaulig Racing driving the No. 13 for only one race and the No. 16 for the rest of the races. During the2024 Watkins Glen race, van Gisbergen led the field with one lap to go, looking for his second Cup win, however,Chris Buescher took the lead after the exit of the "Bus Stop", he ultimately finished second after two failed overtake attempts prevented him from taking the lead.^[51] In his only race in the No. 13 at theCharlotte Roval, van Gisbergen would score his first career Cup Series pole while also leading 21 laps and finishing in seventh place. Van Gisbergen ran twelve Cup Series races that year, scoring one top five and two top tens along with one pole with an average finish of 22.8.

On 24 August 2024, it was announced that van Gisbergen will drive full-time in the Cup Series for Trackhouse Racing, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet in2025.^[52] van Gisbergen would start the 2025 season with a 33rd-place finish at theDaytona 500. He struggled throughout the regular season, scoring only one top-ten finish on the first fifteen races. Despite his setbacks, van Gisbergen scored a win and a playoff spot atMexico City, winning by sixteen seconds.^[53] Three weeks later, he continued his dominance on road courses by winning again atChicago, becoming thewinningest non-American driver in the Cup Series.^[54][55] Additionally, he became the second driver to sweep the Xfinity and Cup races in a single weekend from the pole, joiningKyle Busch at Indianapolis in 2016.^[56] The following week, he won atSonoma, after sweeping the poles for both the Xfinity and Cup races.^[57] His third win of the season tied van Gisbergen withTony Stewart andJimmie Johnson (1999 and 2002, respectively) for most wins in a rookie season in the Cup Series.^[58] One-month later, he earned his fourth win by winning atWatkins Glen, making him the winningest-rookie Cup Series driver in a single-season.^[59] This win also made up for his last-lap pass theprevious year.^[60] Van Gisbergen was eliminated following theBristol playoff race. Despite his elimination, he scored his fifth consecutive road course win at theCharlotte Roval.^[61]

On 10 January 2025, it was announced that van Gisbergen would drive part-time in the Xfinity Series in the No. 9 forJR Motorsports.^[62] In his first start for the team, he won at theChicago street course after holding off teammateConnor Zilisch.^[63] The following week atSonoma, he battled for the second straight week with Zilisch, earning a second-place finish in the end.^[64] AtWatkins Glen, with fourteen laps to go, Zilisch would make contact with van Gisbergen, sending him out of the race.

On November 7, 2025, it was revealed that van Gisbergen would run the No. 97 for his second full-time season.^[65]

In 2025, Van Gisbergen married Jessica Dane, current program manager atCorvette Racing. She and her fatherRoland Dane were co-owners atTriple Eight Race Engineering.^[66]

Year	Team	Car	Qualifying	Main race
2007	International Motorsport	Tatuus TT104ZZ –Toyota	5th	12th
2021	M2 Competition	Tatuus FT-60 –Toyota	10th	1st

(Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2007	Team Kiwi Racing	Ford Falcon BF	John McIntyre	DNF	148
2008	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BF	Jonathon Webb	DNF	91
2009		Ford Falcon FG	Alex Davison	13th	161
2010			John McIntyre	21st	158
2011				6th	161
2012			Luke Youlden	12th	161
2013	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore VF	Jeroen Bleekemolen	11th	161
2014			Jonathon Webb	16th	158
2015				8th	161
2016	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF	Alexandre Prémat	2nd	161
2017			Matthew Campbell	5th	161
2018		Holden Commodore ZB	Earl Bamber	5th	161
2019			Garth Tander	2nd	161
2020				1st	161
2021				18th	161
2022				1st	161
2023		Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6	Richie Stanaway	1st	161

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2013	VIP Petfoods Racing	Matt Kingsley Klark Quinn Tony Quinn	Porsche 997 GT3-R	A	267	3rd	3rd
2014	Darrell Lea	Andrew Kirkaldy Klark Quinn Tony Quinn	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	A	296	4th	4th
2016	Tekno Autosports	Álvaro Parente Jonathon Webb	McLaren 650S GT3	AP	297	1st	1st
2017	Scott Taylor Motorsports	Craig Baird Maro Engel	Mercedes AMG GT3	AA	283	DNF	DNF
2018	YNA Autosport	Côme Ledogar Craig Lowndes	McLaren 650S GT3	APP	119	DNF	DNF
2019	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes	Mercedes-AMG GT3	APP	312	4th	4th
2020		Jamie Whincup Maximilian Götz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	314	3rd	3rd
2022	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Broc Feeney Jefri Ibrahim	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro-Am	291	3rd	3rd
2023		Broc Feeney Maximilian Götz		Pro	322	5th	5th

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2014	Alex Job Racing	Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Leh Keen Shane Lewis Cooper MacNeil	Porsche 911 GT America	GTD	656	26th	8th
2015		Andrew Davis Leh Keen Cooper MacNeil		GTD	704	12th	2nd
2016		Gunnar Jeannette Leh Keen Cooper MacNeil David MacNeil	Porsche 911 GT3 R	GTD	695	28th	13th
2017	Riley Motorsports – WeatherTech Racing	Thomas Jäger Gunnar Jeannette Cooper MacNeil	Mercedes-AMG GT3	GTD	373	48th	21st
2020	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz	Lexus RC F GT3	GTD	728	31st	12th
2025	Trackhouse byTF Sport	Ben Keating Scott McLaughlin Connor Zilisch	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	GTD Pro	722	25th	9th

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2014	Von Ryan Racing	Tim Mullen Robert Bell	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	Pro Cup	40	DNF	DNF
2015		Robert Bell Kévin Estre	McLaren 650S GT3		457	29th	13th
2016	Garage 59	Robert Bell Côme Ledogar	McLaren 650S GT3	Pro	513	31st	19th

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2017	Riley Motorsports – WeatherTech Racing	Cooper MacNeil Gunnar Jeannette	Mercedes-AMG GT3	GTD	132	44th (DNF)	21st (DNF)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Points
2019–20	Eurasia Motorsport	LMP2	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 LV8	SHA	BEN Ret	SEP	CHA	12th	0

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2022	Riley Motorsports	Sam Bird Felipe Fraga	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	347	32nd	5th

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)