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 trip 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 underneath contract with Triple Eight via the 2024 Supercars season, in keeping with Motorsport. Nevertheless, Triple Eight managing director Jamie Whincup stated Monday he wouldn’t are available between van Gisbergen and his NASCAR goals if that was one thing he wished to pursue.

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Shane Van Gisbergen, driver of the #91 Improve Well being Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after profitable the NASCAR Cup Sequence Grant Park 220 on the Chicago Road Course on July 2, 2023 in Chicago. (Chris Graythen/Getty Photos)

“He’s solely contractually sure to us for subsequent 12 months. However me sitting right here proper now, in fact I’m making an attempt to run the enterprise in addition to I probably can, and I want one of the best drivers – but when any driver, engineer, worker got here to me and stated, ‘hey, my dream is to go to the opposite facet of the world and do one thing else’ then I’m not going to face of their method, am I?” he advised FOX Sports activities Australia.

“I wish to open up alternatives for all my workers, so we’ll see. I’m certain 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 definitely received my reward, no matter he desires to do, and we’re going to assist him all the way in which.”

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

Van 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 Undertaking 91 to assist increase its world attain.

“This was a bathe thought,” Trackhouse proprietor Justin Marks stated. “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 deliver my love world motorsport to NASCAR.”

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Shane Van Gisbergen celebrates after profitable a NASCAR Cup Sequence auto race on the Grant Park 220 Sunday, July 2, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photograph/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 exterior 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.